Leave It" is a song by English rock band
Yes. It appears on their 1983 album,
90125.
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". The song has the distinction of being the only
track from 90125 virtually unaltered from the version
recorded by Squire, Rabin, White and Kaye before
Jon Anderson rejoined.
The song peaked at number 24 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the Top Album
Rock Tracks chart.
The song is the second track on the album's second side,
with the song "Cinema"
serving as a form of introduction.
"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.
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
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.
