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Jealous Guy is a song written and performed by John Lennon which first appeared on his 1971 album “Imagine.” It is one of the most commonly covered Lennon songs, with at least ninety-two recorded cover versions by musicians like Donny Hathaway, the Black Crowes, Jeff Tweedy, Peter Criss (of KISS), and Deftones.

The song’s genesis came in India, after The Beatles attended a lecture by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi about a “son of the mother nature”. This inspired both Paul McCartney and John Lennon to write songs about the same subject. McCartney’s composition “Mother Nature’s Son” was selected for The Beatles (the White Album), while Lennon’s song “Child of Nature” was not. After that, Lennon continued to play it into the Get Back sessions. Eventually, the lyrics were scrapped and replaced by the now well known “Jealous Guy” lyrics for Imagine.

According to the Jealous Guy Songfacts, Joey Molland and Tom Evans of the band Badfinger both played acoustic guitar on this track. Badfinger were signed to the Beatles-run Apple label and George Harrison recommended to Lennon, “if you need some guitar players on Imagine, use the Badfinger guys.”

“Jealous Guy” was released as a single with “Going Down on Love” (a track from Walls and Bridges) as the B-side in the United Kingdom in November 1985. It reached number 65 in the charts.
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  • MiguelDas

    Uno de los mejores temas de Johnny Boy!!

    12 days ago

  • xtwntraphq

    One of my favs .......my John ☺♥

    21 days ago

  • yearsofdecay

    favorite john song,post beatles

    24 days ago

  • DeathNoteAddict

    the coolest nerd in the world........give peace a chance [2]

    last month

  • AmeliaFiend

    Love it ! <3

    last month

  • pablo323

    They'd seen his face before.. ♫

    March 2012

  • LSBumblebee

    10/10

    March 2012

  • lastinglove

    I'm just a jealous girl. :) This song is so good. I don't even know how to explain it.

    March 2012

  • kinkykongshh

    the coolest nerd in the world........give peace a chance

    March 2012

  • DeathNoteAddict

    best whistle of all whistles in songs! [2] :D

    March 2012

  • DeathNoteAddict

    He had such a beautiful soul! [2] I love this song <3

    March 2012

  • MilesAboveYou

    Best song by him during his solo career. Imagine is up too.

    March 2012

  • MarshAndChris

    Muy buenos - that means I really dig this.

    February 2012

  • sergeyisu

    Противоречивый человек. И противоречивая песня. Слушаю The Beatles и сольники с 1983, и если он тут искренен, то снимаю головной убор. Хотя и скотиной был Джонни (из книг о нем).

    February 2012

  • Toyah-Fan81

    honest John

    February 2012

  • WWOMENN

    VERY, VERY LOVE THIS SONG♥

    January 2012

  • assderasse

    One word, GREAT !

    January 2012

  • flickothewrist

    This one was always my favourite one of John's without his Beatle hat on and when the chap in the photo re-invented it as a tribute I was struck dumb and in fact I have not been able to speak properly since, a song for the ages

    January 2012

  • keanequeen

    O assovio..^^ lindoooooooooooo

    December 2011

  • PattySauce

    He had such a beautiful soul!

    December 2011
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