3 Things to Know About the Working Title of “Yesterday”
- Paul McCartney wrote the melody first and needed placeholder lyrics, so he sang “Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs” while working on it.
- The song stayed that way for months until he finally replaced it with “Yesterday.”
- The melody came to him in a dream—he woke up, went to the piano, and wrote the tune before it slipped away.