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Thursday, August 6, 2020

#tbt: owner of a hit single

Posted yesterday as part of Tom Breihan's long-running The Number Ones column at Stereogum is his commentary on "Owner of a Lonely Heart" which indeed held that distinction on the Billboard Hot 100 for two glorious weeks in January of 1984 and remains the only Yes single ever to go to number one overall in the US (as both "Love Will Find A Way" and "Lift Me Up" also topped the Mainstream Rock/Album Rock chart in their respective years).

https://www.stereogum.com/2093596/the-number-ones-yes-owner-of-a-lonely-heart/franchises/columns/the-number-ones/

And for historical context, here's what the chart looked like on that momentous occasion:
https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1984-01-21
(One can spot prog stalwart Genesis in the top twenty as well.)