"Yesterdays" is the third track on the Guns N' Roses album Use Your Illusion II. It was written by Axl Rose, West Arkeen, Del James and Billy McCloud. This song is featured in the 2004 compilation Greatest Hits, and the Vegas version below was included on the album Live Era '87–'93. The song reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 72 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan. Filmed in black and white, the first version featured the band playing in an empty warehouse. The second version mixes clips of the band playing in the warehouse and photographs of band members during the Use Your Illusion Tour, as well as former members Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler, who had left the group by then. It is included on their Welcome to the Videos DVD.

Yesterdays (Guns N' Roses song)

Track listings

Personnel

W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano

Slash – lead guitar

Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar

Duff McKagan – bass guitar

Matt Sorum – drums

Dizzy Reed – organ

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1991 songs

1992 singles

Geffen Records singles

Guns N' Roses songs

Music videos directed by Andy Morahan

Song recordings produced by Mike Clink

Songs written by Axl Rose

Songs written by Del James

Songs written by West Arkeen

Black-and-white music videos

Yesterdays (Guns N' Roses song)