Yesterday

Paul McCartney woke up with the melody of ‘Yesterday’ fully formed in his head in 1965 and spent weeks asking friends if they recognized it, convinced he had subconsciously plagiarized it. With over 2,200 recorded cover versions, the Guinness World Records confirms it as the most covered song in music history, and it remained McCartney’s personal live-show closer for 30 years. It outperforms 'What's Going On' on this list by having 1,500 more cover versions than any other track, and it was streamed 100 million times on Spotify by 2020.