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Yes – Going for the One Lyrics 8 years ago
Read Dan Hedges book about Yes. It was written in 1980 and specifically mentions this.

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Yes – Going for the One Lyrics 12 years ago
Actually, Yes were approached by the International Olympic Committee about writing music for the 1976 Olympics for interstitial usage and also in commercial "bumpers". I'm not sure of the particulars, but either Yes or the IOC eventually decided to not employ this song and Emerson, Lake & Palmer's version of Aaron Copland's "Fanfare For The Common Man" was employed instead. Gives a new insight into "The truth of sport plays rings around you," doesn't it, especially if you consider them to be the rings of the Olympic emblem.

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