Released: August 29, 1994
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
"Darling, you were wonderful, you really were quite good
I enjoyed that, though, of course, no one understood
A word of what was going on, they didn't have a clue
They couldn't understand your sense of humour like I do"
[Pre-Chorus]
"You're much too kind"
I smiled with murder on my mind
[Chorus]
Yesterday, when I was mad
And quite prepared to give up everything
Admitting I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
[Verse 2]
"You have a certain quality, which really is unique
Expressionless, such irony, although your voice is weak
It doesn't really matter 'cause the music is so loud
Of course, it's all on tape, but no one will find out"
[Pre-Chorus]
You hated me too
But not as much as I hated you
[Chorus]
Yesterday, when I was mad
And quite prepared to give up everything
Admitting I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
[Post-Chorus]
Then, when I was lonely
I thought again
And changed my mind
[Verse 3]
Then we posed for pictures with the competition winners
And argued about the hotel rooms, and where to go for dinner
And someone said: "It's fabulous you're still around today
You've both made such a little go a very long way"
[Chorus]
Yesterday, when I was mad
And quite prepared to give up everything
Admitting I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
Yesterday, when I was mad
Admitting I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
[Post-Chorus]
Then, when I was lonely
I thought again
And changed my mind
"Darling, you were wonderful, you really were quite good
I enjoyed that, though, of course, no one understood
A word of what was going on, they didn't have a clue
They couldn't understand your sense of humour like I do"
[Pre-Chorus]
"You're much too kind"
I smiled with murder on my mind
[Chorus]
Yesterday, when I was mad
And quite prepared to give up everything
Admitting I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
[Verse 2]
"You have a certain quality, which really is unique
Expressionless, such irony, although your voice is weak
It doesn't really matter 'cause the music is so loud
Of course, it's all on tape, but no one will find out"
[Pre-Chorus]
You hated me too
But not as much as I hated you
[Chorus]
Yesterday, when I was mad
And quite prepared to give up everything
Admitting I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
[Post-Chorus]
Then, when I was lonely
I thought again
And changed my mind
[Verse 3]
Then we posed for pictures with the competition winners
And argued about the hotel rooms, and where to go for dinner
And someone said: "It's fabulous you're still around today
You've both made such a little go a very long way"
[Chorus]
Yesterday, when I was mad
And quite prepared to give up everything
Admitting I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
Yesterday, when I was mad
Admitting I don't believe
In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
[Post-Chorus]
Then, when I was lonely
I thought again
And changed my mind
more tracks from the album
Very: Further Listening 1992 – 1994
- Go West
- Shameless
- Liberation
- Some Speculation
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad
- One in a Million
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Girls & Boys (Live in Rio)
- I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing [7" Version]
- Confidential (Demo for Tina)
- Falling (Demo for Kylie)
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Single Version)
- Go West [12" Version]
- Euroboy
- Can You Forgive Her?
- I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing
- The Theatre
- Decadence
- Young Offender
- If Love Were All (Bitter Sweet)
- To Speak Is a Sin
- A Different Point of View
- Forever in Love
- Violence (Haçienda Version)
- Too Many People
- One and One Make Five
- Dreaming of the Queen
- Hey, Headmaster
- Postscript (I Believe in Ecstasy)
From the albums
- Very: Further Listening 1992 – 1994 (2001)
- PopArt: The Hits (2003)
- PopArt (The Videos) (2003)
Pet Shop Boys popular songs
- West End Girls
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Go West
- Always On My Mind
- Being Boring
- Suburbia
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Domino Dancing
- The Pop Kids
- Left to My Own Devices
- Rent
- New York City Boy
- Love etc.
- Love is a Bourgeois Construct
- Burning the heather
- Dreamland
- Closer to Heaven 3
- Footsteps
- Closer To Heaven / Left To My Own Devices
- Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Coconut 1 12" Mix) [Disco 2 Version]
- In His Imagination
- Sail Away