The American rock band The Byrds released a recording of "My Back Pages" on February 6, 1967, as part of their fourth album, "Younger Than Yesterday". The title of "Younger Than Yesterday" was itself directly inspired by the song's refrain of "Ah, but I was so much older then/I'm younger than that now." "My Back Pages" was subsequently issued as a single by The Byrds on March 13, 1967, with the version included on the single being a radio edit that omitted the song's second verse, to reduce the playing time from 3:08 to 2:31. The single reached number 30 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 18 in Canada, but failed to chart in the United Kingdom. "My Back Pages" was the last single by The Byrds to reach the Top 40 of the U.S. charts.