"Cinema" is an

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by the

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band Yes, from their 1983 album, '' 90125''. In

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it won the

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, the band's only Grammy.

History

The 1980 incarnation of Yes included

Trevor Horn Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English music producer, label and recording studio owner, musician and composer. He is best known for his production work in the 1980s, and for being one half of the new wave band The Buggles (wit ...

, Geoff Downes,

Steve Howe Stephen James Howe (born 8 April 1947) is an English musician, best known as the guitarist in the progressive rock band Yes across three stints since 1970. Born in Holloway, North London, Howe developed an interest in the guitar and began to le ...

Chris Squire Christopher Russell Edward Squire (4March 1948 – 27June 2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Yes. He was the longest-serving original member, having r ...

and Alan White. When this group split up following the tour for the album ''

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'', Squire and White joined forces with singer and guitarist

Trevor Rabin Trevor Charles Rabin (; born ) is a South African rock musician and composer. Born into a musical family and raised in Johannesburg, Rabin took up the piano and guitar at an early age and became a session musician, playing and producing with a va ...

. The three were eventually joined by former Yes member Tony Kaye, and the four began writing and recording demos under the band name "

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". Chris Squire played some of the band Cinema's recordings with former Yes lead singer Jon Anderson, who expressed interest in participating in the project. With four out of the five having been Yes members, it was decided to change the name of the band from Cinema to Yes. The title of the instrumental track "Cinema" is therefore an acknowledgement of the four-piece band that co-wrote and performed it, before Anderson joined and the band was renamed Yes. "Cinema" developed from a twenty-minute-long track with the working title "Time". At just over two minutes in length, "Cinema" is the shortest track on ''90125'', and one of the shortest tracks Yes has recorded. Although the band had recorded short tracks before, they were well known in the 1970s for entire albums of lengthy songs, such as 1973's ''

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'', which has four songs, none shorter than 18 minutes. "Cinema" is one of two songs on ''90125'' (the other being " Leave It") that does not list Anderson as a co-writer.

Live performances

In the '' 9012Live'' concert video, "Cinema" was the first song played, preceding "Leave It" as it does on ''90125''. In later years, Yes would follow "Cinema" with " Owner of a Lonely Heart" instead, as seen in the '' House of Yes: Live from House of Blues'' video concert. In 2004, current and former Yes members Squire, White, Rabin, Howe, and Downes united to perform "Cinema" and "Owner of a Lonely Heart" at the

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concert honouring

References

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