Leave It (partially found series of Yes music videos; 1984)

Screenshot of "Version 11" of Leave It.

Status: Partially Found

In 1983, the British progressive rock band Yes released its eleventh album 90125, reaching 3 million copies sold in the US alone. After the success with their number-one hit single Owner of a Lonely Heart, the band released their second single Leave It in February 1984. The single peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the Top Album Rock Tracks chart. Unconventionally, Accompanying the song was nineteen music videos to the song. The videos were all shown with MTV announcing with a version that was about to be played on MTV. After a while, Version 11 of the series was declared the "official video" to Leave It and the other videos fell into obscurity.

Background

The Leave It videos were directed by Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, also known as the rock duo Godley & Creme.

Availability

As of 2021, two versions of the video have been found. Version 11 has been the official music video to the song and is on the Yes Official YouTube channel. Version 7 has also been found, having been posted on the Internet Archive by Mickeys Tape Collection on November 2nd, 2020.

Versions

#	Description	Status
1	Unknown	Lost
2	Unknown	Lost
3	Unknown	Lost
4	Unknown	Lost
5	Unknown	Lost
6	Unknown	Lost
7	One member in the video	Found
8	Unknown	Lost
9	Unknown	Lost
10	Unknown	Lost
11	Official Music Video	Found
12	Unknown	Lost
13	Unknown	Lost
14	Unknown	Lost
15	Unknown	Lost
16	Unknown	Lost
17	Unknown	Lost
18	Unknown	Lost
19	Unknown	Lost

Gallery

MTV Extra: Making of the "Leave It" Music Videos.