producer Wolfram Dettki written-by Billy Steinberg written-by Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo written-by Rick Nowels The chorus lyrics of Yes borrow lines from James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses, more specifically Molly Bloom's stream-of-consciousness soliloquy during the final portions of the book:
...and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes.