This article will explore 14 of the best Yes songs of all time, as determined by fans and critics alike. These songs, spanning the entire career of the band, will provide a comprehensive overview of the band’s musical evolution and its impact on the music industry.

We compiled the results into the following top 40 list – which, we think, includes a few surprises, and of course doesn’t include consideration of the band’s 2021 album The Quest or 2023 follow-up Mirror To The Sky.

Every so often Yes offered up a reminder that they could do heavy just as well as the Led Zeps and Deep Purples out there when the mood took them – and weave those textures into a bigger, more unorthodox tapestry. “This is a song about climbing mountains,” Anderson has said.

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Those who say Yes were bombastically over the top? This is where they have a point. That conceded, there's a manic genius to the way Yes change time signatures, elongate instrumental flourishes, and shovel in some West Side Story for good measure.