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“Heart of the Sunrise” by Yes
From the album Fragile (1971)
“Heart of the Sunrise” by Yes appears on 6 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2020. It was first released in 1971 on the album Fragile. Its best result is #436 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,061 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Heart of the Sunrise" is the grand finale of Fragile, the album Yes put out on Atlantic in 1971, and it shuts the record the way a cathedral door shuts a street: you can't miss it. Jon Anderson, Chris Squire and Bill Bruford take the writing credit, though keyboardist Rick Wakeman slipped in passages of his own without getting his name on them. Eddy Offord produced it with the band, and engineered and mixed it too.
Ask Anderson what it's about and the answer depends on the night. On tour after tour he told crowds it was about being lost in the city, yet he has also pinned it on love and on the raw energy of the sunrise itself. Whatever it means, it grew into the band's fifth most-played song and even turned up in the 1998 film Buffalo '66.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1878 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2004 | 544 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2009 | 701 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2012 | 436 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2014 | 704 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 592 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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