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"Working Class Hero" is a song by John Lennon from his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, his first album after the break-up of the Beatles. It was released as the B-side to the single " Imagine " in Britain on 24 October 1975.
Her cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" was recorded as a tribute to her own heroes such as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, David Bowie and Iggy Pop, and Lennon himself. [ 4 ] The last track, the six-and-a-half-minute "Why'd Ya Do It?", is a caustic, graphic rant of a woman reacting to her lover's infidelity.
Morgan Fisher covered the song on the album Echoes of Lennon, Peter Randall on the album Better Times. [citation needed] Mary Chapin Carpenter recorded it in 1995 on the Lennon tribute album Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon and it went to #17 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. [65]
The lyrics were written by the band's frontman Marilyn Manson. [8] During pre-release interviews, Manson described it as a "signature Marilyn Manson song." [9] Its bouncing guitar riff and teutonic staccato has roots in Gary Glitter's song "Rock and Roll, Pt. 2" and KISS's song "I" from their Music from "The Elder" album. [10]
Those brought up working class will forever have a mutual inheritance: an ingrained work ethic, a physical contribution to the growth of society, the power of community. With all of that comes the ...
The beginning verse also started with the lines "Look at me; who am I supposed to be?" The album title itself is a reference to another Lennon song, "Working Class Hero". Joseph Arthur recorded a version for the Lennon Covered #2 CD issued by Q magazine. Orenda Fink covered "Look at Me" as an extra-song on the download-only single "Ace Of Cups ...
In 1995, Blues Traveler recorded the song for the Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon album [90] and Dave Matthews has performed the song live with them. [89] American singer and guitarist Eva Cassidy recorded a version for her 2002 album of the same name ; [ 91 ] this version failed to reach the top 100 in the United Kingdom but ...
And the raw idea of taking Martin Clunes – a beloved actor known for his grinning affability – and turning him into a hard-bitten working-class hero isn’t a bad one.