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“Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes

From the album 90125 (1983)

“Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes appears on 92 radio countdowns from 34 stations between 1983 and 2026. It was first released in 1983 on the album 90125. Its best result is #7 on the KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #117 alternative song of 1983 and #5,303 alternative song of all time.

92countdowns
34stations
#7best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1983–2026years charted

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"Owner of a Lonely Heart" kicks off 90125, the band's eleventh album, from 1983, and it was the first single pulled from it. Trevor Rabin wrote most of it, with Jon Anderson, Chris Squire and producer Trevor Horn adding their parts to the finished track, and Gary Langan engineered.

Horn gives it a hard, glossy sheen: a chopping Rabin riff, Squire's bass and Alan White's drums hitting like a slammed door, Tony Kaye's keyboards stabbing in, with Anderson's high voice gliding over the lot. It was the band's only single to top the Billboard Hot 100 and the Mainstream Rock chart, and it kept coming back in remixed reissues for years afterward.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 54 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91
1983 7 KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1983 25

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 495 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1991 202 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 256 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 226 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 215 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 167 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 173 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 187 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 152 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 348 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 183 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 182 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2007 692 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2011 188 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 286 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 287 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 104 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 97 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 94 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 222 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 347 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 846 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 147 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 117 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 105 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 232 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 374 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 411 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 260 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2017 132 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 114 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 200 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 132 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2018 110 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 237 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 385 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 48 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 298 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 124 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2020 388 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 89 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 260 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 169 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 115 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2021 246 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 79 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 424 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 373 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 196 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 376 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 159 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2022 93 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 54 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 316 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 154 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 130 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 380 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 129 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 412 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 382 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2023 138 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 583 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 233 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 147 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 112 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 290 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 432 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 440 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 93 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 498 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2024 122 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 149 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 326 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 387 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 202 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 295 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 323 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 313 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 595 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738
2025 203 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 95 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 396 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 289 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 303 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 342 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 399 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 380 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499
2026 442 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 301 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 240 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Owner Of A Lonely Heart; Owner of a Lonley Heart; Owner of a Lonely Hear.

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