Rock and roll music
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leer más
Lift Me Up
Yes
Discográfica: Arista - Arista ASCD-2218 · · Productor: Trevor Rabin
|
1
|
Lift Me Up
Yes •
w: Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire •
1991 /05 /20
|
0:00 |
|
|
|
2
|
Take the Water to the Mountain (EU)America (US)
Yes •
1991 /05 /20
|
0:00 |
|
Album
Union
Fecha Lanzamiento: 30 Abril 1991 · Fecha Grabación: 1991 -Discográfica: Arista · Estudio de Grabación: Miraval (Correns, France); Guillaume Tell (Paris, France); SARM West (London, England); Record Plant, The Jacaranda Room, Cherokee (Los Angeles, California); Vision Sound, Platinum Island (New York City, New York); Langley (Devon, England) · Productor: Jonathan Elias , Steve Howe , Trevor Rabin , Mark Mancina , Eddy Offord
|
1
|
I Would Have Waited Forever
Yes •
w: Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Jonathan Elias •
1987 /12 /07 Union track listing
|
6:32 |
|
|
|
2
|
Shock to the System
Yes •
w: Anderson, Howe, Elias •
1987 /12 /07 Union track listing
|
5:08 |
|
|
|
3
|
Masquerade
Yes •
w: Howe •
1987 /12 /07 Union track listing
|
2:16 |
|
|
|
4
|
Lift Me Up
Yes •
w: Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
0:00 |
|
|
|
5
|
Without Hope You Cannot Start the Day
Yes •
w: Anderson, Elias •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
5:16 |
|
|
|
6
|
Saving My Heart
Yes •
w: Rabin •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
0:00 |
|
|
|
7
|
Miracle of Life
Yes •
w: Rabin, Mark Mancina •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
7:30 |
|
|
|
8
|
Silent Talking
Yes •
w: Anderson, Howe, Rick Wakeman, Bill Bruford, Elias •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
3:57 |
|
|
|
9
|
The More We Live – Let Go
Yes •
w: Squire, Billy Sherwood •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
4:53 |
|
|
|
10
|
Angkor Wat
Yes •
w: Anderson, Wakeman, Elias •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
5:23 |
|
|
|
11
|
Dangerous (Look in the Light of What You`re Searching For)
Yes •
w: Anderson, Elias •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
3:37 |
|
|
|
12
|
Holding On
Yes •
w: Anderson, Elias, Howe •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
5:23 |
|
|
|
13
|
Evensong
Yes •
w: Tony Levin, Bruford •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
0:50 |
|
|
|
14
|
Take the Water to the Mountain
Yes •
w: Anderson •
1991 /04 /30 Union track listing
|
3:11 |
|
|
|
1
|
Give & Take
Yes •
w: Anderson, Howe, Elias •
1991 /04 /30 European and Japanese editions
|
4:29 |
|
| "Lift Me Up" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single by Yes | ||||
| from the album Union | ||||
| B-side | "Take the Water to the Mountain" (EU) "America" (US) | |||
| Released | 20 May 1991[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1989–1991 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 5:03 (Single version) 6:30 (Album version) | |||
| Label | Arista - Arista ASCD-2218 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Trevor Rabin | |||
| Yes singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Review
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leer más
1991 single by Yes
"Lift Me Up" is a song by the progressive rock band Yes. It was the first single released from their 1991 album Union. It reached the number-one spot on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in May 1991, and stayed in this position for six weeks. "Lift Me Up" was Yes`s third (and as of 2025, last) single to reach number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, following 1983`s "Owner of a Lonely Heart" from 90125 and 1987`s "Love Will Find a Way" from Big Generator.[2]
"Lift Me Up" spent six weeks at the number one spot, from May 4 to June 8, 1991.[3]
It also charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it reached number 86.[2]
Background
Following Yes`s 1987–88 tour to support the Big Generator album, singer Jon Anderson left the band and formed a new group with 1970s-era Yes members Steve Howe (guitars), Rick Wakeman (keyboards) and Bill Bruford (drums). As their new band Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, the quartet released a self-titled album and went on tour.[4]
Meanwhile, the remaining members of the "official" Yes, guitarist Trevor Rabin, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Alan White and keyboardist Tony Kaye, continued work on a follow-up to Big Generator.[4]
Among the songs recorded was the Rabin- and Squire-penned "Lift Me Up", the lyrics of which allude to homelessness:
Lyrically, the verse was a little dark, we tried to make it somewhat vague as to what it was about, but one of the pictures is that it`s a homeless person... `Look around, I`ve got nowhere to stay... you look me up, you look me down` the guy who goes into the restaurant to use the bathroom and they look at him, `No you can`t come in here.` And he just looks to the sky [and says], `Lift me up and turn me over,` you know, help me out.
— Trevor Rabin, Yesstories: Yes in their own words by Tim Morse[5]
The two competing bands had fought for the rights to use the "Yes" name, with the Squire/Rabin/White/Kaye faction filing suit to prevent Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe from using the name "Yes" during their tour promotion.[4] However, once both factions were signed to Arista Records, the record label decided to combine the musicians` efforts and produce an album, Union, featuring songs from each group.[4] "Lift Me Up" was one of four Rabin or Squire songs included on the album; its follow-up single, "Saving My Heart", was another.[5]
Charts
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 86 |
| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[7] | 1 |
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1991 single by Yes
"Lift Me Up" is a song by the progressive rock band Yes. It was the first single released from their 1991 album Union. It reached the number-one spot on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in May 1991, and stayed in this position for six weeks. "Lift Me Up" was Yes`s third (and as of 2025, last) single to reach number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, following 1983`s "Owner of a Lonely Heart" from 90125 and 1987`s "Love Will Find a Way" from Big Generator.[2]
"Lift Me Up" spent six weeks at the number one spot, from May 4 to June 8, 1991.[3]
It also charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it reached number 86.[2]
Background
Following Yes`s 1987–88 tour to support the Big Generator album, singer Jon Anderson left the band and formed a new group with 1970s-era Yes members Steve Howe (guitars), Rick Wakeman (keyboards) and Bill Bruford (drums). As their new band Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, the quartet released a self-titled album and went on tour.[4]
Meanwhile, the remaining members of the "official" Yes, guitarist Trevor Rabin, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Alan White and keyboardist Tony Kaye, continued work on a follow-up to Big Generator.[4]
Among the songs recorded was the Rabin- and Squire-penned "Lift Me Up", the lyrics of which allude to homelessness:
Lyrically, the verse was a little dark, we tried to make it somewhat vague as to what it was about, but one of the pictures is that it`s a homeless person... `Look around, I`ve got nowhere to stay... you look me up, you look me down` the guy who goes into the restaurant to use the bathroom and they look at him, `No you can`t come in here.` And he just looks to the sky [and says], `Lift me up and turn me over,` you know, help me out.
— Trevor Rabin, Yesstories: Yes in their own words by Tim Morse[5]
The two competing bands had fought for the rights to use the "Yes" name, with the Squire/Rabin/White/Kaye faction filing suit to prevent Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe from using the name "Yes" during their tour promotion.[4] However, once both factions were signed to Arista Records, the record label decided to combine the musicians` efforts and produce an album, Union, featuring songs from each group.[4] "Lift Me Up" was one of four Rabin or Squire songs included on the album; its follow-up single, "Saving My Heart", was another.[5]
Charts
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 86 |
| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[7] | 1 |