3 Things to Know About Paul McCartney’s “Scrambled Eggs” Working Title for “Yesterday”

McCartney wrote the melody first and used “Scrambled Eggs” as a placeholder until he landed on the final lyrics. The full dummy line was “Scrambled eggs / Oh, my baby how I love your legs.”

The tune came to him in a dream. He woke up, played it on the piano, and needed nonsense lyrics to remember the melody. “Scrambled Eggs” stuck for months.

This shows how songs get built from rough ideas. If you ever feel stuck naming a project, remember that one of the most covered songs of all time started as a breakfast placeholder.