Imagine - John Lennon

"Imagine" is a song performed by British singer-songwriter John Lennon. The best-selling single of his solo career, the lyrics encourage listeners to imagine a peaceful, materialistic, borderless world that separates nations and has no religion. Not long before his death, Lennon stated that most of the lyrics and content of the song came from his wife, Yoko Ono, and in 2017 she was recognized as a co-writer of the song.

BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) lists "Imagine" as one of the 100 most performed songs of the 20th century. The song ranked 30th on the list of 365 Songs of the Century with the greatest historical influence. of the Recording Industry Association of America. The song won a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Defined the Rock and Roll Style". A survey conducted in the UK by the Guinness Book of Records for the UK hit singles ranked "Imagine" as the second-best single of all time, and Rolling Stone magazine also ranked it at number three on the list. book "500 Greatest Songs".

Meaning: John Lennon desperately wants people to see the world as it is. He asks people to live fully for the present, for today. He hopes that one-day people will do good because it is the right thing to do, not because they are worried about some distant afterlife. John Lennon dreams of a world where there are no rich and poor, no class divisions, everyone works and everyone has a happy life. The world is not the exclusive property of anyone. We are all equal and share the world. John Lennon himself once admitted Imagine was like a communist manifesto in music.

Publishing year: 1971