It features some of the Beatles' most complex and dissonant three-part vocal harmonies and showcases George Harrison's early use of volume pedal guitar.

"[2] In his 1980 interview with Playboy, John Lennon described "Yes It Is" as an attempt to rewrite "This Boy" (the style of the song) that "didn't quite work".

[3] Paul McCartney on the other hand described it as "a very fine song of John's" that he and Lennon had finished writing together.

[6] Over the course of a five-hour recording session, the Beatles attempted 14 takes of the basic track before perfecting it.

The song was included on Beatles VI in the U.S. (using the "duophonic" stereo remix from the original mono track, with additional echo and reverb added), and on compilation albums, including Love Songs, the British version of the Rarities album; Only the Beatles, an unauthorised British promotional cassette for Heineken Beer in 1986 (on which it made its first true stereo appearance); Past Masters, Volume One; and on Anthology 2 in an alternate version that combines the second and fourteenth takes.