Yesterday When I Was Young – Single by Charles Aznavour from the album Aznavour Sings Aznavour
B-side: All Those Pretty Girls
Released 1970
Songwriter Charles Aznavour
Composer Georges Garvarentz
Charted No.19 in US; No.3 in Netherlands; No.6 in Belgium; No.33 in France
This song ‘Yesterday When I Was Young’ was originally written by Aznavour with the French title ‘Hier Encore’.
It was released in September 1964 but became a worldwide hit in 1971.
The English-language lyrics, written by Herbert Kretzmer, tell of a man reflecting on his life. He recounts how he had wasted his youth on self-centered pursuits, and that, now that he is older, he will not be able to do all that he had planned; this implies that he may be close to his impending death.
