(Brian Holland; Freddie Gorman; Georgia Dobbins; Robert Bateman; William Garrett) Jobete Music Co ASCAP / Stone Agate Music BMI 2:50
A&M 1646 Single released: 11/8/74
Billboard #1, 11/23/74
b/w This Masquerade
Original album mix: clapping at start all on right channel
– HORIZON LP and all CDs of this title
– A&M GOLD SERIES VOL 1
– A&M NEW GOLD SERIES VOL 2
– ANTHOLOGY (89)
– CARPENTERS COLLECTED
– THE CARPENTERS COLLECTION (THEIR GREATEST HITS)
– CLASSICS VOL 2 and YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (85)
– FROM THE TOP
– ONLY YESTERDAY-THEIR GREATEST HITS
– REMINISCING
– THE SINGLES 1974-1978 (CD version only)
– ULTIMATE COLLECTION (NL)
– ULTIMATE COLLECTION (UK)
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (84)
Original album mix, reversed:
– O MELHOR DE CARPENTERS-ONLY YESTERDAY (BRZ)
– A-ARTE-DE-CARPENTERS
Original single mix: compressed, “pinched” sonics, clapping slightly left
– CARPENTERS-THE COMPLETE SINGLES
– JAPANESE SINGLE BOX
– SWEET SIXTEEN
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (UK)
– THE SINGLES 1974-1978 (LP version only)
A mono single folddown exists on the promo single
1991 remix: heavier bass and drums, reverb added, clapping at start in both channels, vaguely right
– 20th CENTURY MASTERS MILLENNIUM COLLECTION
– 40/40 BEST SELECTION (JP)
– 40/40 (US)
– ANTHOLOGY (97)
– BEST OF BEST+
– THE BEST OF CARPENTERS (Brazil)
– CARPENTERS BEST VOL. 1
– CARPENTERS COLLECTION (Time-Life)
– ESSENTIAL COLLECTION
– GOLD (JP)
– GOLD (UK)
– GOLD (US)
– INTERPRETATIONS (UK)
– MAGICAL MEMORIES OF THE CARPENTERS
– THE NATION’S FAVOURITE CARPENTERS SONGS (UK)
– THE SINGLES 1969-1981
– THE SINGLES 1969-1981 SACD on SACD stereo layer and CD Audio layer
– SWEET MEMORY someday
– THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (Readers Digest)
– TWENTY TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (98)
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (NL)
Karaoke remix: backing track to the 1991 remix
– ORIGINAL MASTER KARAOKE-YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
SACD 5.1 surround mix:
– THE SINGLES 1969-1981 SACD on surround layer
Quad mix:
– HORIZON quad album
2018 RPO Mix: enhanced version recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
– Carpenters With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chris May says:
Regarding the SACD surround mix: The most notable changes with the mix are: Backing vocals are much more separated. The piano is brought up and the track “bed” with respect to the sax, castanets are much more defined.
Original promotional ads for this single: