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“Imagine” is a song by John Lennon, which appears on his 1971 album, Imagine. It was released as a single in the same year, and reached number three in the U.S. Billboard charts, and number six in the United Kingdom.

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine voted “Imagine” the third greatest song of all time. Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said, “In many countries around the world — my wife and I have visited about 125 countries — you hear John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’ used almost equally with national anthems.”

In the book Lennon in America, written by Geoffrey Giuliano, Lennon commented that the song was “an anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic song, but because it’s sugar-coated, it’s accepted.” Lennon also commented, it’s “virtually the Communist Manifesto, even though I am not particularly a communist and I do not belong to any movement.”

The lyrics were thought to be inspired by Lennon’s hopes for a more peaceful world, though their origins are not known for certain. In 1963 Lennon penned the lyrics to “I’ll Get You” with an opening verse of, “Imagine I’m in love with you, it’s easy cause I know.” The first verse of “Imagine” would seem to be a reworking of this. But the song’s refrain may have been partly inspired by Yoko Ono’s poetry, in reaction to her childhood in Japan during World War II. According to The Guardian, primordial versions of the song’s refrain can be found in her 1965 book Grapefruit, where she penned lines such as, “imagine a raindrop” and “imagine the clouds dripping.
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  • asyaamccartney

    adore this one. one of the best songs ever. love you, John

    Saturday morning

  • WarriorJones

    Have trouble listening to this, too much emotion for me to handle

    8 days ago

  • klinikromantik

    Sometimes I think the world would have been a better place if this song was never recorded. [2]

    8 days ago

  • weakeen

    One of the best songs ever written

    12 days ago

  • Enokii

    the hypocrit communist! damn he

    15 days ago

  • Ztephphe

    I hope someday you'll join us and the world will be as 1 ~ 1love

    26 days ago

  • pravdt

    Sometimes I think the world would have been a better place if this song was never recorded.

    last month

  • Pawa17

    Великая композиция!

    last month

  • icicle241286

    I'd be really interested to know how many more possessions Lennon was able to buy with the profits he made from this song. Quite a lot, probably...

    last month

  • melanie712

    above us only sky

    March 2012

  • retrodancedark

    great

    March 2012

  • carolzetas

    Before to understand the meaning of this song, I already wanted to cry everytime I heard it.

    February 2012

  • lukasz_pulawski

    check out Randy Crawford's cover

    February 2012

  • ManiacForces

    worst song ever

    February 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    piano bar..leave a tip,please...yes yes we know it sounds like elevator music or stuck on hold on the phone...thank you...last.fm,the mgmt.

    January 2012

  • Oregon_Myst

    Imagine John's voice singing this song...

    January 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    "What floor,Madame?"

    January 2012

  • nicole9124

    ☮ ♥ ♫ ¡perfecta!

    January 2012

  • BeatleFreak98

    But it's very nice and relaxing. :)

    January 2012

  • BeatleFreak98

    Where's the singing? D:

    January 2012
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