The Song With the Nonsense Title

Long before Yesterday became one of the world’s best-loved songs, Paul McCartney had another problem.

He couldn’t think of the right words.

The melody had come to him in a dream, but to stop himself forgetting it, he began singing nonsense lyrics instead:

“Scrambled eggs… oh my baby, how I love your legs…”

It was never intended to be serious. It was simply a placeholder while he searched for the real lyrics.

For weeks, friends and fellow musicians heard him playing “Scrambled Eggs”, convinced it would eventually become something else.

It certainly did.

When the finished song was finally released as Yesterday, it became one of the most recorded songs in music history, proving that even the greatest songs often begin as nothing more than a rough idea.

Every masterpiece has a first draft.

Sometimes it just happens to be called Scrambled Eggs.

🎵 Question:

Have you ever heard the “Scrambled Eggs” story before, or does knowing it make you hear Yesterday a little differently?