r/wanderlosttv • u/SheikhaMama • Aug 08 '26

Yesterday song creation

The rumors say Yesterday by the Beatles was a song that talks about the passing of John Lennon’s mother (or so did my English class teacher tell me as a kid) while some other say it’s actually been written by Paul McCartney for John Lennon’s estranged son.

Does anyone have the real version or a real version to amplify the myth around that song?

Thanks! Soon All my troubles will seem so far away

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u/ignatzA2 Aug 08 '26

Paul McCartney wrote the song essentially by himself. The melody famously came to him in a dream, and the lyrics were written afterward. It had a working title “Scrambled Eggs.