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"Imagine" is a song by the British musician John Lennon from his 1971 album of the same name. The best-selling single of his solo career, the lyrics encourage listeners to imagine a world of peace, without materialism, without borders separating nations and without religion.
When initially released in 1969, the song was credited to Lennon–McCartney. [7]On later releases curated by the Lennon Estate, only Lennon is credited; viz. the 1990s reissue of the 1986 album Live in New York City, the 2006 documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon, and the 1997 compilation album Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon and its DVD version six years later.
According to author John Blaney, the lyrics of "It's So Hard" represent a summary of Lennon's struggle with life's difficulties. [3] The lyrics describe one of Lennon's attitudes towards life, complaining about difficulties and the need to eat and love, commenting that sometimes things get so difficult he wants to stop trying; [4] he ultimately finds solace with his lover.
The song was notable as a favourite of Lennon's, despite his later claim that the song was a "throwaway". [2] Pang said on the matter, "This was one of John's favorite songs, because it literally came to him in a dream. He woke up and wrote down those words along with the melody. He had no idea what it meant, but he thought it sounded beautiful ...
Lady Gaga would have made John Lennon proud with her astounding performance of his beloved song "Imagine." Mother Monster -- who sat behind a floral piano -- left the massive crowd at Azerbaijan's ...
Lennon wrote "How Do You Sleep?" in the aftermath of Paul McCartney's successful lawsuit in the London High Court to dissolve the Beatles as a legal partnership. [1] This ruling was caused by the publication of Lennon's remarks about the Beatles in a December 1970 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, and McCartney and his wife taking full-page advertisements in the music press, in which, as ...
John Lennon's hit 1971 song "Imagine" is still soothing fans to this day. The song took center stage at the 2024 Paris Olympics when a DJ played it to ease tensions between Brazil and Canada's ...
Born in 1963 as John Charles Julian Lennon (he officially changed his name to Julian in 2020) to Cynthia and John Lennon in Liverpool, United Kingdom, he was named after his father’s mother ...