The music of course is fantastic, it is The Beatles after all, with some of their greatest hits exuberantly performed, making one want to sing along regardless of whether they know all the words or not. Lily James looks great and the camera clearly loves her. 'Yesterday' is a slick looking film, not exemplary but never cheap. At the time of its first appearance the song was released by the Beatles' record company as a single in the … "Yesterday" is a song originally recorded by the Beatles for their 1965 album Help!. It remains popular today with more than 2,200 cover versions, and is one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music. Although credited to "Lennon–McCartney", the song was written solely by Paul McCartney.