| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Imagine | ||
|---|---|---|
| Compact Disk single by John Lennon | ||
| From the album Imagine | ||
| Released | October 24 1975. | |
| Recorded | Unknown | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 6 min, 54 sec | |
| Record label | Parlophone | |
| Producer | Phil Spector | |
| Imagine track listing | ||
| Imagine | Working Class Hero | |
"Imagine" is a utopian song, with elements of
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Some writers see this song as unintentionally self- satiricalSatire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. In Celtic societies, it was thought a bard's satire could have phys, as the multimillionaire songwriter is depicted in a film of the song playing a white grand piano in an enormous country house, while inviting us to "Imagine no possessions".
When the LiverpoolFor alternate uses of "Liverpool" see Liverpool (disambiguation Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside in north west England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary. Liverpool is governed by Liverpool City Council, one of five council airport was named after Lennon, a phrase from the song, "above us only sky", was painted on the ceiling of the terminal. George GallowayGeorge Galloway (born August 16, 1954) is a Scottish politician and Member of Parliament for the Glasgow Kelvin constituency. He started his political life in the Labour Party, but was expelled from it in October 2003 following controversial statements ab quoted the line I'm Not The Only One for the title of his autobiography. The song was used in the last sequence of the film The Killing Fields and was performed during a show commemorating the 30th anniversary of Star Trek. The song is often used as a celebration of peace.
In 1999, BMI named "Imagine" as one of the 100 most performed songs of the 20th century.
Lennon's original recording of "Imagine" appears 23rd in the list of best-selling singles in the UK issued in 2002.
In the UK, the song is regularly voted at or near the top of polls to find the greatest song or single of all time.