State of Independence

Jon and Vangelis

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Score: 2

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Played: 91

Album:

The Best of Jon and Vangelis

Released: 26 Oct 2008

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Chill, Relaxing, Positive - Master of Chillout (44 times) EDM Music (Progressive, Deep, Trap, Dub, Electro, etc..) (7 times) zero 7 (4 times) The sound of an eclectic guitar (2 times) party (1 times)

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From the album The Friends of Mr Cairo. Covered by Donna Summer and released as a single by her in 1982. It got to #2 in the British charts Jon & Vangelis released "State of Independence" as a single in 1981, with "Beside" as the B-Side. It was re-released in 1984 and this version peaked at 67 in the UK Singles Chart. Jon Anderson recorded a new version of the song for his solo album Change We Must (1994) and a live acoustic version can be found on his Live from La La Land (2007). Jon Anderson also released a live version with Yes bandmate Rick Wakeman as Anderson/Wakeman.

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