Yester Love

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Yester Love" (Tamla 54167) was a 1968 song by Motown Records R&B group The Miracles (aka "Smokey Robinson" and The Miracles) on its Tamla subsidiary label. It was recorded on December 18, 1967 (released on 5/13/68), and was included on the group's album, Special Occasion. Composed by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, and Motown staff songwriter Al Cleveland and produced by Robinson, the song was a Billboard Top 40 Pop hit, peaking at #31, and a Top 10 R&B hit as well, peaking at #9. A mid-tempo song, instead of the usual ballad, a trademark of The Miracles, this tune was a sad lament about a lost love, the theme of many Miracles' songs. The song's title,"Yester Love", is a shortened form of "Yesterday Love", or "Love of Yesterday", indicating the relationship has now ended.