I'll Find My Way Home is a song written by

Jon Anderson Jon Anderson (born John Roy Anderson, 25 October 1944) is a British, and latterly American, singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the former lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes (band), Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassis ...

and

Vangelis Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (, ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; , ), was a Greek musician, composer, and producer of electronic, progressive, ambient, and classical orchestral music. He composed ...

. It was included on the second edition of Jon and Vangelis' 1981 album '' The Friends of Mr Cairo''. The song was written after the initial release of ''The Friends of Mr Cairo'', which commercially underperformed expectations set by the band. Following a dinner between the two, Vangelis informed Anderson of a chord sequence he was developing and invited Anderson over to finish it, which they accomplished over the span of three hours. It was issued as a single in November 1981 and reached the top ten in several European countries, including the UK Singles Chart. Upon the song's chart success, it was later appended to ''The Friends of Mr Cairo'' as the opening track.

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In the

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, the single peaked at No.6 and was certified Silver (1982) for sales of over 250,000 copies by BPI. It reached No. 51 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 41 on the

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chart. In Europe, it peaked at No. 1 in Switzerland and Poland, No. 2 in Ireland and the Netherlands, No. 3 in Belgium, No. 5 in Israel, No. 6 in West Germany, No. 9 in Sweden, No. 13 in France, and No. 19 in Austria. It also reached the top 50 in Australia and New Zealand. In 2012, it reached No. 4 on the Sweden Digital Songs chart.

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