And You and I

"And You and I"
Single by Yes
from the album Close to the Edge
A-side"(Part I)"
B-side"(Part II)"
Released13 October 1972 (US)[1]
GenreProgressive rock[2][3]
Length10:12
LabelAtlantic
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Jon Anderson
Producer(s)
Yes singles chronology
"America"
(1972)
"And You and I"
(1972)
"Soon"
(1975)
Close to the Edge track listing
3 tracks
Side one
  1. "Close to the Edge"
Side two
  1. "And You and I"
  2. "Siberian Khatru"

"And You and I" is the second track from the album Close to the Edge by the English progressive rock band Yes. The song is just over ten minutes in length and consists of four movements. The first and second parts of the song were released as a single edit and reached number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]

Introducing the song live in 1972, lead vocalist Jon Anderson said Yes called it "The Protest Song" when they were making the Close to the Edge album.[5]

  1. ^ "Cash Box" (PDF).
  2. ^ Murphy, Sean (31 March 2017). "The 100 Best Classic Progressive Rock Songs: Part 5, 20-1". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. ^ Cavanagh, David (2015). Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life. Faber & Faber. p. 158. ISBN 9780571302482.
  4. ^ "Yes". Billboard. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. ^ Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two, Rhino, 2015