Owner of a Lonely Heart

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

It became Yes's only single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, a commercial breakthrough for a band previously known for progressive rock. [1] Questlove has cited the song as containing the first use of a sample as a breakbeat, drawing on a five-second sample of the drum breakdown from Funk, Inc.'s "Kool is Back" worked into Alan White's midsection drum break. [2] Its music video, directed by Storm Thorgerson, received heavy MTV rotation and introduced the retooled Yes lineup and sound to a new generation of fans unfamiliar with the band's earlier progressive rock style. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Covered 2 Ruffsource
• Covered Asource
• Covered Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howesource
• Covered Anderson Ponty Bandsource
• Covered Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howesource
• Covered Billy Sherwood & Tony Kayesource
• Written by Chris Squiresource
• Covered Emmerson Nogueirasource
• Written by Jon Andersonsource
• Covered Jon Andersonsource
• Covered London Philharmonic Orchestrasource
• Covered Ninja Sex Partysource
• Covered Sealsource
• Written by Trevor Hornsource
• Written by Trevor Rabinsource
• Covered Trevor Rabinsource
• Remixed by Yes, Owner of a Lonely Heart (Tee’s Henry St. dub mix)source
• Remixed by Yes, Owner of a Lonely Heart (Todd Terry mix)source

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Chilecl · deezer2026-07-272026-07-27#111#11
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3. South Koreakr · deezer2026-08-142026-08-14#111#11
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4. Uruguayuy · shazam2026-08-242026-10-10#2006#96
   #200
5. Ecuadorec · deezer2026-09-152026-09-15#861#86
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6. Perupe · deezer2026-09-252026-09-25#151#15
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7. Portugalpt · deezer2026-09-292026-09-29#61#6
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8. Sloveniasi · deezer2026-10-102026-10-10#1001#100
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9. Jordanjo · deezer2026-10-202026-10-20#121#12
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10. Show all 9 markets

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. World feedworld · shazam2026-07-222026-10-30#9379#71
   #93

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