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| name = Leave It |
| name = Leave It |
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| artist = [[Yes (band)|Yes]] |
| artist = [[Yes (band)|Yes]] |
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| album = [[90125]] |
| album = [[90125]] |
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| released = February 1984 (US) |
| released = February 1984 (US)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Yes&titel=Leave+It&cat=s|title=Yes singles}}</ref><br/>5 March 1984 (UK)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1984/Music-Week-1984-03-03.pdf|title=Music Week|page=16}}</ref> |
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| recorded = 1983 |
| recorded = 1983 |
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| ⚫ | | genre = {{hlist|[[Art pop]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thevinylfactory.com/features/re-play-trevor-jackson-on-the-influence-of-audiovisual-pioneers-godley-creme/|title=Re-play: Trevor Jackson on the influence of audio/visual pioneers Godley & Creme|date=8 October 2013}}</ref>|{{nowrap|[[synth-pop]]}}|[[funk]]}} |
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| genre = [[Art |
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| length = 4:14 |
| length = 4:14 |
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| label = [[Atco Records|Atco]] |
| label = [[Atco Records|Atco]] |
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| writer = [[Trevor Rabin]] |
| writer = {{hlist|[[Trevor Rabin]]|[[Chris Squire]]|[[Trevor Horn]]}} |
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| producer = [[Trevor Horn]] |
| producer = [[Trevor Horn]] |
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| prev_title = [[Owner of a Lonely Heart]] |
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"'''Leave It'''" is a song by English rock band [[Yes (band)|Yes]]. It appears on their 1983 album, ''[[90125]]''. |
"'''Leave It'''" is a song by English rock band [[Yes (band)|Yes]]. It appears on their 1983 album, ''[[90125]]'', and released as its second single, following "[[Owner of a Lonely Heart]]". |
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| ⚫ | The song peaked at number 24 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=yes|chart=all}} |title=Yes Album & Song chart History |work=Billboard.com |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |access-date=18 December 2010}}</ref> and number 3 on the Top Album Rock Tracks chart.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rock Tracks|page=142|author=Whitburn, J.|year=1996|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0898201147}}</ref> In the UK, the song rose to number 56 in late March 1984, in a run of five weeks on the chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16452/yes/|title=YES | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The song is the second track on the album's second side, with the song "[[Cinema (Yes song)|Cinema]]" serving as a form of prelude. |
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There were repeated single-issues, most backed with remixes of the song or an [[a cappella]] version. The original version was occasionally placed as the B-side of "[[Owner of a Lonely Heart]]", and on another instance, the original version was found on a 12-inch single with another A-side track, "[[City of Love]]".<ref>[http://yesworld.com/gallery/Singles/leaveit.html Yesworld] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030224122/http://yesworld.com/gallery/Singles/leaveit.html |date=2007-10-30 }} Yes official website, retrieved 2 February 2007.</ref> The song has the distinction of being the only track from ''90125'' virtually unaltered, in terms of writing, from the version recorded by Squire, Rabin, White and Kaye before [[Jon Anderson]] rejoined<ref>{{Cite web|last=Songfacts|title=Leave It by Yes - Songfacts|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/yes/leave-it|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.songfacts.com|language=en}}</ref> and, by the same token, |
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==Release== |
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| ⚫ | The song peaked at number 24 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=yes|chart=all}} |title=Yes Album & Song chart History |work=Billboard.com |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |access-date=18 December 2010}}</ref> and number 3 on the Top Album Rock Tracks chart.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rock Tracks|page=142|author=Whitburn, J.|year=1996|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0898201147}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The 12-inch single release (ATCO 0-96964) featured an extended "Hello, Goodbye" remix by Trevor Horn (9:30) as the A-side, with the B-side consisting of the 7-inch single remix (3:52) and the A Capella remix (3:19). The 7-inch single includes the two B-side tracks of the 12". |
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| ⚫ | There were repeated single-issues, most backed with remixes of the song or an [[a cappella]] version. The original version was occasionally placed as the B-side of "[[Owner of a Lonely Heart]]", and on another instance, the original version was found on a 12-inch single with another A-side track, "[[City of Love (Yes song)|City of Love]]".<ref>[http://yesworld.com/gallery/Singles/leaveit.html Yesworld] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030224122/http://yesworld.com/gallery/Singles/leaveit.html |date=2007-10-30 }} Yes official website, retrieved 2 February 2007.</ref> The song has the distinction of being the only track from ''90125'' virtually unaltered, in terms of writing, from the version recorded by Squire, Rabin, White and Kaye before [[Jon Anderson]] rejoined<ref>{{Cite web|last=Songfacts|title=Leave It by Yes - Songfacts|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/yes/leave-it|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.songfacts.com|language=en}}</ref> and, by the same token, one of only two tracks on the album whose credits do not include Anderson. |
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| ⚫ | The song is the second track on the album's second side, with the song "[[Cinema (Yes song)|Cinema]]" serving as a form of prelude. |
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==Reception== |
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"Leave It" has been described as the band's "[[Funk|funkiest]]" song, "riding out a nimble bass groove, ping-ponging choral vocals, and [[Graham Preskett]]'s unexpected violin flourishes."<ref>{{Cite web|first=Ryan|last=Reed|date=4 December 2018|title=All 183 Yes Songs Ranked Worst to Best|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/yes-songs-ranked/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|language=en}}</ref> Also notable, according to Stuart Chambers, are the use of sampled drum sounds, the "chorale effect’’, taken by Anderson, to a "higher plateau" and the importance of Horn’s production.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chambers|first=Stuart|title=Yes: An Endless Dream of '70s, '80s and '90s Rock Music : an Unauthorized Interpretative History in Three Phases|year=2002|pages=61}}</ref> |
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''[[Cash Box (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' described "Leave It" as having "a rather unnerving mixture of urgent, albeit contradictory, elements" and said that it starts with "a rich studio chorale intro" and has a "real tasty Vanilla Funk groove."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-02-25.pdf|date=2 February 1984|accessdate=2022-07-07|page=7}}</ref> |
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==Music video== |
==Music video== |
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The music video (directed by [[Godley and Creme]]) |
The music video (directed by [[Godley and Creme]]) depicts the band members standing in a line and dressed in black business suits as their images go through video-created abstract effects. It was one of the first music videos to utilize [[computer-generated imagery]]. Eighteen different variations of the video were made (the first one, for instance, simply had the band upside-down, but motionless for the whole song, while the seventh one was just the first one but with only Jon Anderson), with the eleventh one chosen as the "standard" version, and has remained the "official" video. A half-hour documentary on the making of the video was broadcast on MTV in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9KJZ2DDL0s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/X9KJZ2DDL0s |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Yes - 1984 MTV Special: Making of the "Leave It" Music Videos|publisher=YouTube|access-date=12 July 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Also, a marathon showing all eighteen videos, one after the other, was also shown on MTV. |
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== Personnel == |
== Personnel == |
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===Yes=== |
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| ⚫ | *[[Trevor Rabin]] – co-lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, backing vocals |
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| ⚫ | *[[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]] – drums, percussion, [[Fairlight CMI]], backing vocals |
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| ⚫ | *[[Tony Kaye (musician)|Tony Kaye]] – keyboards, backing vocals |
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*[[Jon Anderson]] |
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*[[Trevor Rabin]] |
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* [[Graham Preskett]] – violin |
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===Production=== |
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*[[Trevor Horn]] – producer |
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* Graham Preskitt – [[electric violin]] |
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*[[Gary Langan]] – engineer |
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*[[Steve Lipson]] – engineer |
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*Garry Mouat of Assorted Images – single packaging |
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==Live performances== |
==Live performances== |
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"Leave It" appeared in a similar manner on the [[9012Live]] tour as it had on the album; it was the second song performed each night, with "Cinema" serving as the intro. The song was performed on all 113 shows of the 9012Live tour, but has never been performed by the band since.<ref>[http://forgottenyesterdays.com/search.asp?mType=7&q=3&sType=2&stime=0&searchq=Leave%20It&alltime=00/00/0000&tname=1&SortBy=tDate&so=asc&memid=0&ssub=0&graphictype=0 Forgotten Yesterdays] Yes tour log, retrieved 2 February 2007</ref> |
"Leave It" appeared in a similar manner on the [[9012Live]] tour as it had on the album; it was the second song performed each night, with "Cinema" serving as the intro. The song was performed on all 113 shows of the 9012Live tour, but has never been performed by the band since.<ref>[http://forgottenyesterdays.com/search.asp?mType=7&q=3&sType=2&stime=0&searchq=Leave%20It&alltime=00/00/0000&tname=1&SortBy=tDate&so=asc&memid=0&ssub=0&graphictype=0 Forgotten Yesterdays] Yes tour log, retrieved 2 February 2007</ref> |
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==Remixes== |
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Several remixes of the song exist, two of which can be found on a tape issued in 1984, known as ''Twelve Inches on Tape'' ([[Atco Records|Atco]] 7-90156-4-A). The cover of the tape displays the cover of a 12" A-side single issue of "Leave It" backed with "Owner of a Lonely Heart" as its B-side. This 12" single, however, may not actually exist, with this cover being only created for the tape. The tape track-list is "Leave It (Remix)", "Owner of a Lonely Heart (Red and Blue Mix)", "Leave It (Hello, Goodbye Mix)", "Owner of a Lonely Heart", the last of which is the same as the ''90125'' album version. All four tracks appear on both sides of the tape. These remixes can also be found on other singles. While this tape is a rarity, "Leave It (Hello, Goodbye Mix)" was re-released on the [[ZTT Records]] compilation ''The Art of the 12" Volume Three'' in February 2014 with a runtime of 9:29. |
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An a cappella version was issued, which appeared as the B-side to other versions of the single. The 2004 remastered CD version of ''90125'' includes the a cappella and single remix versions of the song. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* {{MetroLyrics song|yes|leave-it}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> |
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| Released | February 1984 (US)[1] 5 March 1984 (UK)[2] | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Length | 4:14 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
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| Producer(s) | Trevor Horn | |||
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"Leave It" is a song by English rock band Yes. It appears on their 1983 album, 90125, and released as its second single, following "Owner of a Lonely Heart".
The song peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100[4] and number 3 on the Top Album Rock Tracks chart.[5] In the UK, the song rose to number 56 in late March 1984, in a run of five weeks on the chart.[6]
The song is the second track on the album's second side, with the song "Cinema" serving as a form of prelude.
The 12-inch single release (ATCO 0-96964) featured an extended "Hello, Goodbye" remix by Trevor Horn (9:30) as the A-side, with the B-side consisting of the 7-inch single remix (3:52) and the A Capella remix (3:19). The 7-inch single includes the two B-side tracks of the 12".
There were repeated single-issues, most backed with remixes of the song or an a cappella version. The original version was occasionally placed as the B-side of "Owner of a Lonely Heart", and on another instance, the original version was found on a 12-inch single with another A-side track, "City of Love".[7] The song has the distinction of being the only track from 90125 virtually unaltered, in terms of writing, from the version recorded by Squire, Rabin, White and Kaye before Jon Anderson rejoined[8] and, by the same token, one of only two tracks on the album whose credits do not include Anderson.
"Leave It" has been described as the band's "funkiest" song, "riding out a nimble bass groove, ping-ponging choral vocals, and Graham Preskett's unexpected violin flourishes."[9] Also notable, according to Stuart Chambers, are the use of sampled drum sounds, the "chorale effect’’, taken by Anderson, to a "higher plateau" and the importance of Horn’s production.[10]
Cash Box described "Leave It" as having "a rather unnerving mixture of urgent, albeit contradictory, elements" and said that it starts with "a rich studio chorale intro" and has a "real tasty Vanilla Funk groove."[11]
The music video (directed by Godley and Creme) depicts the band members standing in a line and dressed in black business suits as their images go through video-created abstract effects. It was one of the first music videos to utilize computer-generated imagery. Eighteen different variations of the video were made (the first one, for instance, simply had the band upside-down, but motionless for the whole song, while the seventh one was just the first one but with only Jon Anderson), with the eleventh one chosen as the "standard" version, and has remained the "official" video. A half-hour documentary on the making of the video was broadcast on MTV in 1984.[12] Also, a marathon showing all eighteen videos, one after the other, was also shown on MTV.
"Leave It" appeared in a similar manner on the 9012Live tour as it had on the album; it was the second song performed each night, with "Cinema" serving as the intro. The song was performed on all 113 shows of the 9012Live tour, but has never been performed by the band since.[13]
