Roundabout (song)
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"Roundabout" is the track which opens the 1971 album Fragile produced by British progressive rock band Yes. In 1972, an edited version of the song was released as a single with "Long Distance Runaround" on the B side. [1] The single has been listed at #23 on one list of 1972s best songs [2], and "Roundabout" has become one of the best-known songs by Yes.
These are the lyrics of the first verse:
- "I’ll be the roundabout
- The words will make you out ’n’ out
- And change the day your way
- Call it morning driving thru the sound and in and out the valley." [3]
"Roundabout" was written by Jon Anderson and Steve Howe. Howe's use of harmonics on the acoustic guitar introduction of the song has become one of his signature pieces of guitar work. In the film School of Rock, Fragile is given to the keyboardist Lawrence as he is told to listen to "Roundabout".
The song "Roundabout" has appeared on many compilation albums by Yes, including Yesstory, Classic Yes, and The Ultimate Yes.
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