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I Said Yes are an English folk rock band formed in 2005 by drummer Hugh Barne, guitarist Robert Lane and multi-instrumentalist Jim Barne. Soon after some early writing and recording Margot Gibbs and Kit Buchan joined in time for their early gigs (which were almost exclusively in Edinburgh). The band enjoyed early exposure from XFM Scotland (2006) with DJ's Jim Gellatly and Martin Bate both championing the band, with coverage on their 'new music rising' podcast.

As the band's activity moved back to southern England radio exposure followed with BBC Introducing shows on BBC Wiltshire and BBC London helping to further grow the bands fanbase. A break came for the band when they were chosen by Lynn Roberts from For Folks Sake as their pick for the Glastonbury Festival 'emerging talent longlist'. With a reduction in funding for regional BBC Introducing Shows and the closure of BBC Wiltshire Introducing, the band were picked up by BBC Oxford Introducing, and in particular by Dave Gilyeat who later proposed to his girlfriend live on air and played an I Said Yes track to celebrate.

In between other projects, such as Jim's film composing and touring supporting Mumford & Sons (where he played keyboards for Jesse Quin & The Mets) and Kit's poetry and journalism, I Said Yes continued to write, record and release music. The Guardian newspaper featured them in a 'breaking bands' feature and the bands 2016 singles were regularly featured on the BBC Introducing listening post, as well as on Tom Robinson's mixtape

In October 2016 the band's single 'Alexander' was chosen as part of the anti-trump 30 Days, 30 Songs project. The songs metaphorical references to Alexander the Great and much of the songs cynicism was thought to capture important critique of the then Republican nominee.