The song with the most cover versions has been named
Musicians create hits so that listeners remember them. Such songs do not lose their relevance for centuries and can even compete with folk art, which is preserved and passed on to generations.
Rock musicians are not yet recognized as cultural heritage, but their work lives on.
We'll tell you which famous song has had the largest number of cover versions throughout its entire existence.
This gave the right to include the famous hit in the equally famous Guinness Book of Records.
In this nomination, all the laurels go to the song Yesterday, which was written by Paul McCartney.
The Beatles released it on their Help! album in August 1965.
It's hard to imagine how many ears have heard and continue to listen to the famous hit since then.
It was only possible to count the number of cover versions written by other bands.
Thus, in the first almost ten years, 1186 versions of this song appeared.
By 1986, there were already 1,600 variations on the Yesterday theme.
By 2003, the number of covers exceeded 2,500 units.
It's hard to tell if anything new will emerge after all the attention McCartney's work has received.
Earlier we told you why Jyoti Amji from India got into the Guinness Book of Records.
