Open Your Eyes (Yes song)

"Open Your Eyes" is a song by the progressive rock band Yes, from their 1997 album of the same name. It was a rock radio hit for the band, reaching number 33 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.^[2] It would also be the only song from the Open Your Eyes album that would be performed live regularly during the subsequent tour.^[3]

Details

The song was written by singer/songwriter Billy Sherwood and Yes bassist Chris Squire prior to Sherwood joining the band. Originally titled "Wish I Knew", the song was intended for inclusion on a solo album of Squire's. Following the 1997 departure of keyboardist Rick Wakeman from the band, Sherwood was invited to join as the band's second guitarist (primary guitarist Steve Howe having rejoined the group in 1996.)^[4]

Guitar work by Howe and vocals by Yes lead singer Jon Anderson were added to the song, which was renamed "Open Your Eyes", and writing credits were given to all five Yes members (Sherwood, Squire, Howe, Anderson and drummer Alan White). Toto keyboardist Steve Porcaro performs keyboards on the song,^[5] which was the band's first single without a full-time keyboardist in the band.^[4] Porcaro had previously played keys with Squire's solo project, The Chris Squire Experiment.^[5]

Release, reception and re-release

The song was released as the lead single from the Open Your Eyes album in 1997, and reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. As of 2011, "Open Your Eyes" is the band's last charting single.^[2]

Allmusic reviewer Gary Hill describes the song as a "merge [of] the '70s and '80s Yes styles", noting a similarity in sound to Squire's 1975 solo album Fish Out of Water.^[6]

In 2000, Sherwood left the band; that same year he and Squire released an alternate version of "Open Your Eyes" as a hidden track on the Squire/Sherwood album Conspiracy.^[7]

Yes has also included their version of "Open Your Eyes" in their 2003 greatest hits compilation The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection, their 2002 boxed set In a Word: Yes (1969–), and several other anthologies.^[1]

Personnel

Yes

Jon Anderson – vocals
Steve Howe – guitar
Billy Sherwood – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Chris Squire – bass, vocals
Alan White – drums, percussion, vocals

Guest musicians

Steve Porcaro – keyboards

Chart position

Chart	Position
US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	33^[2]

References

1 2 "Yes: Open Your Eyes". allmusic. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
1 2 3 "Yes: Billboard singles chart information". allmusic. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
↑ Setlist.fm
1 2 Welch, Chris (1999). Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes (1st ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-7119-6930-8. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
1 2 Chambers, Stuart (January 1, 2002). Yes: An Endless Dream of '70S, '80s and '90s Rock Music. General Store Publishing House. p. 173. ISBN 1-894263-47-2. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
↑ Hill, Gary. "Yes: Open Your Eyes". allmusic. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
↑ Connolly, Dave. "Chris Squire: Conspiracy (Deluxe Edition)". allmusic. Retrieved April 8, 2011.

Yes

Steve Howe Alan White Geoff Downes Billy Sherwood Jon Davison Chris Squire Jon Anderson Peter Banks Bill Bruford Tony Kaye Tony O'Reilly Rick Wakeman Patrick Moraz Trevor Horn Trevor Rabin Eddie Jobson Igor Khoroshev Benoît David Oliver Wakeman

Studio albums	Yes Time and a Word The Yes Album Fragile Close to the Edge Tales from Topographic Oceans Relayer Going for the One Tormato Drama 90125 Big Generator Union Talk Keys to Ascension Keys to Ascension 2 Open Your Eyes The Ladder Magnification Fly from Here Heaven & Earth

Live albums	Yessongs Yesshows 9012Live: The Solos Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969–1970 House of Yes: Live from House of Blues Symphonic Live Live at Montreux 2003 Union Live In the Present – Live from Lyon Songs from Tsongas Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Center

Compilations	Yesterdays Classic Yes Yesstory Highlights: The Very Best of Yes Keystudio Yes Remixes Yes, Friends and Relatives Greatest Hits Live

Singles	"Your Move" "Roundabout" "America" "And You and I" "Don't Kill the Whale" "Into the Lens" "Owner of a Lonely Heart" "Leave It" "It Can Happen" "Hold On" "Love Will Find a Way" "Rhythm of Love" "Lift Me Up" "Make It Easy" "Saving My Heart" "The Calling" "Walls" "Open Your Eyes" "We Can Fly"

Other notable songs	"Yours Is No Disgrace" "Starship Trooper" "South Side of the Sky" "Long Distance Runaround" "Heart of the Sunrise" "Close to the Edge" "Siberian Khatru" "The Gates of Delirium" "Changes" "Cinema" "Our Song" "Big Generator" "Shoot High Aim Low" "The Solution"

Video releases	Yessongs 9012Live YesYears Greatest Video Hits Yes: Live - 1975 at Q.P.R. Live in Philadelphia Keys to Ascension Yesspeak Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss Classic Artists: Yes Yesspeak Live: The Director's Cut The Lost Broadcasts Rock of the '70s

Box sets	Yesyears In a Word: Yes (1969–) The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection The Word Is Live Essentially Yes Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two

Tours	The Yes Album Tour Fragile Tour Close to the Edge Tour 1960s–70s 1980s–90s 2000s–10s

Related bands	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman Art of Noise Asia Badger Bodast Bruford Bruford Levin Upper Extremities The Buggles Cinema Circa Conspiracy Detective Earthworks Explorers Club Flash Ginger Baker's Air Force Glass Hammer GTR Jon and Vangelis King Crimson The Koobas Lodgic Mabel Greer's Toyshop Manfred Mann's Earth Band The Moody Blues Mystery Nektar Plastic Ono Band Rabbitt Refugee The Selfs Sky Cries Mary Squackett Steve Howe Trio Strawbs The Syn The Syndicats Tomorrow The Trevor Horn Band U.K. Warhorse White World Trade XYZ Yoso

Related articles	Discography Band members Yesoteric Jimmy Haun Tom Brislin Jay Schellen Roger Dean Brian Lane Symphonic Music of Yes Run with the Fox

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