Imagine
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist: | John Lennon (The Beatles) Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) |
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| composer: | John Lennon (The Beatles) |
| publisher: | Downtown DMP Songs EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) Lenono Music フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部 |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/John-lennon-imagine-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/5917 [info] |
| Songfacts: | https://www.songfacts.com/facts/john-lennon/imagine [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q1971 [info] |
| later parody versions: | Imagine Imagine There’s No Boomers |
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| later translated versions: | Immagina che (Italian version) |
| is the basis for: | From Bach to The Beatles |
| lyrics quoted in: | 現代人諸君!! |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1971-05-23 | Imagine (demo) | John Lennon | 3:19 | |
| 1971-05-27 | Imagine (take 1, 5.1 mix) | John Lennon | 3:27 | |
| 1971-05-27 | Imagine (take 1) | John Lennon | 3:06 | |
| 1971-05-27 | Imagine (take 1) (longer version with bass and banter before start) | John Lennon | 3:25 | |
| 1971-05-27 | Imagine (take 10, 5.1 mix) | John Lennon | 3:13 | |
| 1971-05-27 | Imagine (take 10) | John Lennon | 3:12 | |
| 1971-05-27 – 1971-07-04 | Imagine (2018 5.1 mix) | John Lennon | 3:08 | |
| 1971-05-27 – 1971-07-04 | Imagine (2018 remix) | John Lennon | 3:06 | |
| 1971-05-27 – 1971-07-04 | Imagine (Quadrasonic mix) | John Lennon | 3:07 | |
| 1971-07-04 | Imagine (strings, 5.1 mix) | instrumental | John Lennon | 2:15 |
| 1971-07-04 | Imagine (strings) (Elements mix) | instrumental | John Lennon | 2:15 |
| 1971 | Imagine (live, 1971: The Apollo) | live | John Lennon | 3:11 |
| 1971 | Imagine | cover | Merl Saunders - Jerry Garcia, Tom Fogerty, John Kahn, Bill Vitt | 2:36 |
| 1972-01-19 | Imagine | cover and live | Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders | 8:52 |
| 1972-01 | Imagine | cover and instrumental | Hank Crawford | 4:05 |
| 1972-08-30 | Imagine (live 1972-08-30: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | John Lennon | 3:17 |
| 1972 | Imagine | cover | Joan Baez | 3:27 |
| 1973-11-07 | Imagine (live in studio, 1973-11-07: Liisankadun Studio, Helsinki, Finland) | cover | Wigwam | 3:43 |
| 1974-06 | Imagine (live, 1974-06) | cover and live | Wigwam | 3:32 |
| 1975-04-18 | Imagine (Live) (Filmed at the 'Salute To Lew Grade' on April 18th 1975) | live | John Lennon | ?:?? |
| 1980-11-02 | Imagine | cover and live | Elton John | 5:50 |
| 1980-12-04 | Imagine (1980‐12‐4: Frankfurt) | cover and live | Queen | 2:24 |
| 1980-12-14 | Imagine (live, 1980-12-14: Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany) | cover and live | Queen | ?:?? |
| 1980-12-14 | Imagine (1980‐12‐14: Frankfurt, Germany) | cover and live | Queen | 2:18 |
| 1983-12-08 | Imagine | cover and live | David Bowie | 4:39 |
| 1983-12-08 | Imagine (live, 1983-12-08: Hong Kong) | cover and live | David Bowie | 4:48 |
| 1984-05 | Imagine (Aria) | cover | John Bayless | 1:56 |
| 1984-05 | Imagine (Sinfonia) | cover | John Bayless | 3:24 |
| 1985-07-13 | Imagine (live, 1985-07-13: Live Aid 1985, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover and live | Patti LaBelle | 4:58 |
| 1985-07-13 | Imagine (live, 1985-07-13: Live Aid 1985) | live | Patti LaBelle | 4:44 |
| 1985-07-13 | Imagine (live, 1985-07-13: Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK) | cover and live | Patti LaBelle | 4:59 |
| 1985-10 | Imagine | cover | Ofra Harnoy & Armin Electric Strings | 3:26 |
| 1987-03-26 – 1987-03-29 | Imagine | cover | Mark Knopfler | 2:41 |
| 1987-03 | Imagine | cover and live | Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler | 2:53 |
| 1990-10-06 | Imagine (live, 1990-10-06: Sofia, Bulgaria) | cover and live | Sylvie Vartan | 3:34 |
| 1990-10-06 | Imagine (live, 1990-10-06: Sofia, Bulgarie / introduction en bulgare « La chanson suivante est de John Lennon, et c’est l’une de mes préférées car elle parle d’espoir, de tolérance et de liberté. ») | cover and live | Sylvie Vartan | ?:?? |
| 1991-08-25 | Imagine | cover, instrumental and live | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | 7:24 |
| 1991-12-12 | Imagine (live, 1991‐12‐12: Sunderland, UK) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:09 |
| 1991-12-12 | Imagine (live, 1991-12-12: WEAR FM, Toscas Sunderland, UK) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:09 |
| 1992-10-08 | Imagine (live, 1992-10-08: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | The Flying Elephants | 3:40 |
| 1993-04-03 | Imagine (live, 1993-04-03: Feldbach, Austria) | cover and live | Chesney Hawkes | 3:28 |
| 1993-04 | Imagine | instrumental | Stanley Cowell | 6:11 |
| 1993-07-16 | Imagine (Live in Argentina) | cover and live | Guns N’ Roses | 2:11 |
| 1993-07-16 | Patience / Imagine (“Unplugged” live, 1993-07-16: USA) | cover, live, medley and partial | Guns N’ Roses | 8:17 |
| 1994-06-23 | Imagine | cover and instrumental | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | 6:29 |
| 1995-09-02 | Imagine / Give Peace a Chance (live, 1995-09-02: Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH, USA) | cover, live and medley | Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora | 6:07 |
| 1995-09-12 | Imagine ~ Give Peace a Chance (acoustic) (live, 1995-09-12: Cleveland, OH, USA) | cover and live | Bon Jovi | 6:26 |
| 1995-12-29 | Imagine (live, 1995‐12‐29: Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, USA) | live | Blues Traveler | 5:59 |
| 1996-12 – 1997-01 | Imagine! | cover | Jeff Berlin | 7:38 |
| 1999-06 | Imagine | cover and instrumental | Karumanta | 3:07 |
| 2001-09-21 | Imagine (live, 2001-09-21: Sony Music Studios, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Neil Young | 3:13 |
| 2001-10-21 | Imagine | cover and live | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | ?:?? |
| 2004-07-15 | Imagine | cover and live | Santana | 5:05 |
| 2004-11-22 – 2004-11-23 | Imagine | cover and instrumental | Vijay Iyer | 3:44 |
| 2004 | Imagine (studio demo 2004) | cover | Madonna | ?:?? |
| 2005-07-15 | Imagine (soundcheck, Hyde Park, UK July 15th, 2005) | cover and live | Queen + Paul Rodgers | 3:16 |
| 2005-07-15 | Imagine (Hyde Park, UK July 15th, 2005) | cover and live | Queen + Paul Rodgers | 3:53 |
| 2008-02 | Imagine | cover | Maureen McGovern | 3:31 |
| 2010-11-04 | Imagine (live, 2010‐11‐04: Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ, USA) | cover and live | A Perfect Circle | 5:49 |
| 2010 | Imagine (live, 2010: USA) | cover and live | A Perfect Circle | 4:56 |
| 2010 | Imagine | cover | Herbie Hancock feat. P!nk, Seal, India.Arie, Jeff Beck, Konono Nº1 & Oumou Sangaré | 7:20 |
| 2011-01-10 – 2011-01-11 | Imagine | cover | Jesse Fischer & Soul Cycle feat. Rogiérs | 4:24 |
| 2011-04-23 | Imagine (live, 2011‐04‐23: Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI, USA) | cover and live | Chris Cornell | 4:07 |
| 2011-07-08 | Imagine (live, 2011-07-08: Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | A Perfect Circle | ?:?? |
| 2011-07-26 | Imagine (live, 2011‐07‐26: SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA) | cover and live | A Perfect Circle | 4:52 |
| 2011-11-16 | Imagine (live; 2011-11-16: The Howard Stern Show: New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Chris Cornell | 3:31 |
| 2011 | Imagine | cover | Waterloo | 4:22 |
| 2013-03-30 | Imagine (live, 2013-03-30: Jockey Club de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) | cover and live | A Perfect Circle | 4:51 |
| 2014-04-11 | Imagine (live, 2014-04-11: Changsha, Hunan, China) | cover and live | G.E.M. 邓紫棋 | 3:53 |
| 2014-07-18 | Imagine | cover and live | Eddie Vedder | 3:57 |
| 2014-10-03 | Imagine (live, 2014-10-03: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO, USA) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 3:35 |
| 2014-10-05 | Imagine (live, 2014-10-05: Zilker Park, Austin, TX, USA) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 4:49 |
| 2014-10-09 | Imagine (live, 2014-10-09: Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, NE, USA) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 3:37 |
| 2014-10-16 | Imagine (live, 2014-10-16: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 4:18 |
| 2014-10-17 | Imagine (live, 2014-10-17: iWireless Center, Moline, IL, USA) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 3:23 |
| 2014-10-19 | Imagine (live, 2014-10-19: Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, USA) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 4:21 |
| 2014-10-22 | Imagine (live, 2014-10-22: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO, USA) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 3:40 |
| 2014-12-07 | Imagine | cover and instrumental | Orquestra Ouro Preto | 5:02 |
| 2015-10-01 | Imagine | cover and live | Iiro Rantala, Viktoria Tolstoy, Ulf Wakenius, Lars Danielsson & Morten Lund | 8:19 |
| 2015-11-04 | Imagine (live, 2015-11-04: Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 3:58 |
| 2015-11-07 | Imagine (live, 2015-11-07: Estadio Ciudad de la Plata, La Plata, Argentina) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 5:23 |
| 2015-11-14 | Imagine (live, 2015-11-14: Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 4:28 |
| 2016-04-11 | Imagine (live, 2016-04-11: Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL, USA) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 3:49 |
| 2016-04-30 | Imagine (live, 2016-04-30: International Jazz Day 2016: The White House, Washington, DC, USA) | live | Herbie Hancock, Esperanza Spalding, Kurt Elling, Aretha Franklin, Al Jarreau, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jamie Cullum, Sting, Terence Blanchard, Dianne Reeves, Terri Lyne Carrington, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Wayne Shorter, Christian McBride, Marcus Miller, Lionel Loueke, Trombone Shorty & Zakir Hussain | ?:?? |
| 2016-05-10 | Imagine (live, 2016-05-10: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 4:06 |
| 2016-12-03 | Imagine (live, 2016‐12‐03: Zénith de Rouen, Le Grand-Quevilly, France) | cover and live | Kids United | 2:56 |
| 2016 | Imagine | cover and live | The Best of Britain | 3:28 |
| 2017-04-28 | Imagine | cover, instrumental and live | Iiro Rantala & The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen | 6:36 |
| 2017-10-28 | Imagine (live, 2017-10-28: Foro Pegaso, Toluca, Mexico) | cover and live | A Perfect Circle | 4:55 |
| 2017-11-10 | Imagine (live, 2017‐11‐10: Cross Insurance Arena, Portland, ME, USA) | cover and live | A Perfect Circle | 4:50 |
| 2018-06-16 | Another One Bites the Dust / Image / Jump / Blitzrieg Bop (Live at Megaland, Landgraaf, Netherlands, June 16, 2018) | cover, live and partial | Foo Fighters | ?:?? |
| 2018-06-16 | Another One Bites the Dust / Imagine / Jump / Blitzkrieg Bop (live, 2018-06-16: Pinkpop Festival, Netherlands) | cover, live and partial | Foo Fighters | 11:07 |
| 2018-06-19 | Jump X Imagine (2018-06-19: Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England) | cover, live and partial | Foo Fighters | 2:53 |
| 2018-06-26 | Imagine (live, 2018-06-26: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 3:38 |
| 2018-07-07 | Imagine (live, 2018-07-07: Festival Park Werchter, Werchter, Belgium) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 3:36 |
| 2018-10-22 | Keyboard Solo / Jump / Imagine | cover, live and partial | Foo Fighters | ?:?? |
| 2019-07-26 | Imagine (live, 2019-07-26: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Yes with John Lodge | 4:53 |
| 2020-11 | Imagine | cover | Meena Cryle, Andy Baum, Peter Dürr, Viki Miehl, Christian Loebenstein, Bluatschink, Tini Kainrath, Anzo Morawitz, Christian Becker, Thomas Eder, Rue Kostron, Mario Stübler & Max Tschida | 3:46 |
| [Imagine (instrumental, 5.1 mix)] | instrumental | John Lennon | 3:06 | |
| Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / Imagine | cover and medley | Dave Koz feat. Rebecca Jade | 4:54 | |
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