Yes – Owner of a Lonely Heart: The Melodic Cowbell You’ll Never Un-Hear 🐄 This isn’t your typical rock cowbell — it’s subtle, textural, and it changes pitch with the song’s chord changes. Instead of using multiple cowbells, they sampled a single hit and programmed it to follow the harmony. Once you hear it, you can’t un-hear it. It’s a perfect example of 80s studio experimentation meeting musical precision. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes Released 1983 Jon Anderson – lead/backing vocals Trevor Ra