John Lennon discography explained

Artist:John Lennon
Studio:11
Live:3
Compilation:15
Video:14
Singles:23
Music Videos:64
1Option:5
1Option Name:Box sets

John Lennon was a British singer-songwriter and peace activist, best known as the co-founder of the Beatles. After three experimental albums with Yoko Ono, using tape loops, interviews, musique concrète, and other avant-garde performance techniques, Lennon's solo career properly began with the 1969 single "Give Peace a Chance". Lennon then released two more singles, "Cold Turkey" (1969) and "Instant Karma!" (1970), and a live album, Live Peace in Toronto (1969),[1] before the official break-up of the Beatles.

Lennon's first solo album after the Beatles' break-up was Plastic Ono Band, released simultaneously with Ono's album of the same name. He released the album Imagine the following year, which became his most critical and commercial success. His 1972 political themed album Some Time in New York City received scathing reviews and performed poorly commercially. Lennon's next two albums, Mind Games (1973) and Walls and Bridges (1974) were better received and had more commercial success. In 1975, Lennon released his covers album Rock 'n' Roll before retiring from music to focus on raising his newborn son Sean. He returned to the music industry in 1980 with the album Double Fantasy, but was murdered three weeks after its release. Following his death, the 1984 album Milk and Honey was posthumously released.

In 2020, to celebrate what would have been Lennon's 80th birthday, Ono and her son Sean released the box set Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes, which contained newly remixed versions of 36 of Lennon's songs.[2] In 2018 and 2021, super deluxe box-sets of Imagine and John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band were released.

By 2012, Lennon's solo album sales in the US had exceeded 14 million units. He had 25 number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart as a writer, co-writer or performer.

Albums

Studio albums

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[3]
AUS
[4]
CAN
[5]
FRA
[6]
GER
[7]
ITA
[8]
JPN
[9]
NLD
[10]
NOR
[11]
US
[12]
1968
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 29 November 1968
124
1969
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Zapple
  • Released: 9 May 1969
174
Wedding Album
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 7 November 1969
178
1970John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 11 December 1970
83278514
[13]
6
1971Imagine
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 9 September 1971 (US)
    8 October 1971 (UK)
11251011111
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
1972Some Time in New York City
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 12 June 1972 (US)
    15 September 1972 (UK)
111077615248
1973Mind Games
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 29 October 1973 (US)
    16 November 1973 (UK)
138286146779
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Gold
1974Walls and Bridges
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 29 September 1974 (US)
    4 October 1974 (UK)
6414111141631
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
1975Rock 'n' Roll
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 17 February 1975(US)
    21 February 1975 (UK)
655337121596
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Gold
1980Double Fantasy
(with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Geffen
  • Released: 17 November 1980
1112262411
1984Milk and Honey
(posthumous; with Yoko Ono)
  • Label: Polydor
  • Released: 27 January 1984
341510201634711
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold[19]

Live albums

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
CAN
FRA
JPN
NOR
SWE
[20]
US
1969Live Peace in Toronto 1969
(with The Plastic Ono Band)
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 12 December 1969
7291910
1986Live in New York City 55663333131241
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

YearAlbumPeak chart positionsCertification
UK
AUS
AUT
[22]
CAN
GER
JPN
NLD
NOR
SWE
US
1975Shaved Fish
  • Label: Apple
  • Released: 24 October 1975
885703722592812
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
1982The John Lennon Collection 1129628321433
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum[23]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Gold[24]
  • MC: Platinum
  • SNEP: Platinum
  • IFPI NOR: Gold[25]
1986Menlove Ave.
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Released: 3 November 1986
9232127
1988Imagine: John Lennon
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Released: 10 October 1988
64141431
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[26]
1997
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Released:,
437586114685392865
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum[27]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • MC: Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold[28]
  • RIAJ: Gold[29]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
1998Wonsaponatime
  • Label: Capitol/EMI
  • Released: 2 November 1998
768357
2001
  • Label: Timeless/Traditions Alive Music
  • Released: 1 February 2002
2004Acoustic
  • Label: Capitol/EMI
  • Released: 1 November 2004
1332331
2005Peace, Love & Truth
  • Label: EMI
  • Released: 4 August 2005
  • Label: Parlophone/Capitol/EMI
  • Released: 3 October 2005
1153224439521317135
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold
2006The U.S. vs. John Lennon
  • Label: Parlophone/EMI/Capitol
  • Released: 25 September 2006
Remember
(Starbucks-released compilation)
  • Label: EMI/Starbucks
  • Released: 2006
44
2010
  • Label: EMI/Capitol
  • Released: 5 October 2010
15101673325643324
  • BPI: Silver
  • FIMI: Gold
2014Icon
  • Label: EMI/Capitol
  • Released: 9 September 2014
  • MC: Gold
2020Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes
  • Label: Capitol
  • Released: 9 October 2020
36145062240
  • BPI: Silver
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

YearAlbumPeak chart positionsCertification
UK
AUS
CAN
GER
ITA
JPN
NLD
NOR
SWE
US
1990Lennon
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Released: 30 October 1990
3953
1998John Lennon Anthology 6286423099
  • RIAA: Gold
2010Gimme Some Truth
  • Label: EMI/Capitol
  • Released: 5 October 2010
71196
John Lennon Signature Box
  • Label: EMI/Capitol
  • Released: 5 October 2010
2721162340148
2015John Lennon Signature Box
  • Label: UMC
  • Released: 8 June 2015
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
AUT
CAN
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": Top Singles – Volume 13, No. 6. 28 March 1970. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311113750/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3782&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 11 March 2016. dead.
  • "Mother": Top Singles – Volume 14, No. 26. 13 February 1971. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140417163957/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3760&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 17 April 2014. dead.
  • "Power to the People": Top Singles – Volume 15, No. 13. 15 May 1971. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315011204/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5397&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 15 March 2016. dead.
  • "Imagine": Web site: Top Singles – Volume 16, No. 16. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 4 December 1971. PHP. 1 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20171024205554/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7566&type=1&interval=24. 24 October 2017. dead.
  • "Happy Xmas": Top Singles – Volume 16, No. 20. 8 January 1972. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140417153117/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5298&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 17 April 2014. dead.
  • "Woman Is the Nigger of the World": Top Singles – Volume 17, No. 20. 1 July 1972. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140417171652/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7673&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 17 April 2014. dead.
  • "Mind Games": Top Singles – Volume 20, No. 20. 29 December 1973. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051209/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4935&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
  • "Whatever Gets You thru the Night": Top Singles – Volume 22, No. 14. 23 November 1974. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051207/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3882a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
  • "No 9. Dream": Top Singles – Volume 23, No. 1. 1 March 1975. PHP. RPM. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050845/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3937a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
  • "Stand by Me": Top Singles – Volume 23, No. 10. 3 May 1975. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421082205/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6158a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
  • "(Just Like) Starting Over": Top Singles – Volume 34, No. 7. 24 January 1981. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421082027/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0279&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
  • "Woman": Top Singles – Volume 34, No. 15. 21 March 1981. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421082318/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0315&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
  • "Watching the Wheels": Top Singles – Volume 35, No. 2. 20 June 1981. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050720/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0352&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
  • "Nobody Told Me": Top Singles – Volume 39, No. 25. 25 February 1984. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050723/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4473&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
GER
[31]
JPN
[32]
NLD
NOR
SWI
[33]
US
[34]
1969"Give Peace a Chance"
b/w "Remember Love"
(Plastic Ono Band)
2628481111414non-album singles
"Cold Turkey"
b/w "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)"
(Plastic Ono Band)
142530913930
1970"Instant Karma!"
"Who Has Seen the Wind?"
(Lennon/Ono with the Plastic Ono Band)
564275879313
  • RIAA: Gold
"Mother"
b/w "Why" (Yoko Ono)
57912263010343John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
1971"Power to the People"
b/w "Open Your Box" (UK) (Yoko Ono)
"Touch Me" (US) (Yoko Ono)
(John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band)
72111476643511non-album single
"Imagine"
"It's So Hard" (US)
"Working Class Hero" (UK)
11417145323 Imagine
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
(John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir)
b/w "Listen, the Snow Is Falling" (Yoko/Plastic Ono Band)
2 6 6 24 6 30 2 3 10 38 non-album single
1972"Woman Is the Nigger of the World"
(John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and Invisible Strings)
b/w "Sisters, O Sisters" (Yoko Ono)
73382157Some Time in New York City
1973"Mind Games"
b/w "Meat City"
26161137461618Mind Games
1974"Whatever Gets You thru the Night"
(John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band & Elton John)
b/w "Beef Jerky"
363424272211Walls and Bridges
"
  1. 9 Dream
"
b/w "What You Got"
2335979
1975"Stand by Me"
b/w "Move Over Ms. L"
30611913227420Rock 'n' Roll
"Ya Ya"
b/w "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
47
1980"(Just Like) Starting Over"
b/w "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (Yoko Ono)
111143714211
  • BPI: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
  • RIAJ: Gold[40]
Double Fantasy
1981"Woman"
b/w "Beautiful Boys" (Yoko Ono)
1431411522
  • BPI: Silver
  • RIAA: Gold
"Watching the Wheels"
b/w "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" (US Reissue)
"Yes, I'm Your Angel" (Yoko Ono) (UK/US)
304512346610
"I Saw Her Standing There"
b/w "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" (live)
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (live)
(Elton John with John Lennon and the Muscle Shoals Horns)
4081828 November 1974
1982"Love"
b/w "Gimme Some Truth"
419458 The John Lennon Collection
1984"Nobody Told Me"
b/w "O' Sanity" (Yoko Ono)
"I'm Stepping Out" (1990)
664551375Milk and Honey
"Borrowed Time"
b/w "Your Hands" (Yoko Ono)
32108
"I'm Stepping Out"
b/w "Sleepless Night" (Yoko Ono)
8855
"Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him"
b/w "It's Alright" (Sean Lennon)
Every Man Has a Woman
1985"Jealous Guy"
b/w "Going Down on Love" (UK)
"Give Peace a Chance" (US)
6580
  • BPI: Silver[42] 2011 release
Imagine
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videography

Home videos

YearTitleNotes
1971Sweet Toronto
  • Released: 22 December 1971 (Theatrical)
  • 1988 (Europe Laserdisc/VHS)
  • 1989 (US Laserdisc)
  • 1990 (Europe VHS)
  • 20 May 1998 (US DVD)
  • 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 (DVD)
  • 23 June 2009 (US DVD)
Concert film of the Toronto Rock'N'Roll Revival Festival 1969.
1972John Lennon and Yoko Ono Present the One-to-One Concert (TV)Live in New York City (video title)
  • Released: 15 December 1972 (TV)
  • 1985 (US Laserdisc/VHS)
  • 24 February 1986 (UK VHS)
  • 21 December 1989 (US VHS)
  • 1989 (Europe Laserdisc/VHS)
  • 1992 (Europe Laserdisc)
Television special benefit concert for the Willowbrook Institution for Retarded Children in New York. Filmed 30 August 1972 at Madison Square Garden by Jake Films.
1972Imagine: The Film
  • Released: 23 December 1972 (TV)
  • 1985 (UK Laserdisc/VHS)
  • 1986 (US Laserdisc/VHS)
  • 21 December 1989 (US VHS)
  • 5 October 2018 (US DVD/Blu-ray)
Music film television special.
1988
  • Released: 7 October 1988 (Theatrical)
  • 1988 (UK VHS)
  • 1989 (US Laserdisc/VHS)
  • 1 July 1991 (US VHS)
  • 31 March 1995 (US VHS)
  • 30 June 2000 (US DVD)
  • 6 December 2005 (Deluxe Edition DVD)
"The Definitive Film Portrait" documentary.
1992The John Lennon Video Collection
  • Released: 1992 (UK VHS)
  • 1992 (US Laserdisc/VCD)
  • 6 April 1993 (US VHS)
  • 1996 (US Laserdisc/VCD)
  • 10 November 1998 (Europe VHS)
Music video collection.
2000Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
  • Released: 11 April 2000 (US VHS/DVD)
  • 27 April 2000 (Europe DVD)
  • 5 October 2018 (US DVD/Blu-ray)
Documentary video with bonus footage.
2000John & Yoko's Year of Peace
  • Released: 2000 (TV)
  • 17 September 2002 (US VHS/DVD)
  • 29 September 2009 (Europe DVD)
Documentary on the "Bed-In" for peace.
2003Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
  • Released: 3 November 2003 (Europe DVD)
  • 18 November 2003 (US DVD)
Remastered music video collection.
2005The Dick Cavett Show – John & Yoko Collection
  • Released: 1 November 2005 (US DVD)
Three episodes (9/11/71, 9/24/71, 5/12/72) of their appearances on the show with special features.
2006The U.S. vs. John Lennon
  • Released: 15 September 2006 (Theatrical)
  • 13 February 2007 (US DVD)
Documentary on the U.S. government's attempt to deport Lennon.
2006John & Yoko: Give Peace a Song
  • Released: 3 October 2006 (US DVD)
Documentary on the "Bed-In" for peace.
2008Classic Albums

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

  • Released: 29 April 2008 (US DVD)
  • 30 December 2008 (Europe DVD)
  • 9 June 2010 (Europe DVD)
The making of the classic album.
2010LennoNYC
  • Released: 25 September 2010 (Theatrical)
  • 7 December 2010 (US DVD)
  • 11 January 2011 (US Blu-ray)
  • 20 August 2013 (Europe DVD)
Documentary on Lennon's life in New York City.
2018
  • Released: 24 November 2018 (UK Theatrical)
  • 10 March 2019 (US Broadcast)
  • 13 September 2019 (US/Europe DVD/Blu-ray)
Documentary on their relationship during the making of the Imagine album.
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Music videos

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1969"Give Peace a Chance"John Lennon & Yoko OnoVersion 1 has been presented in color, black & white and an extended cut in color
"Cold Turkey"Version 1
"Cold Turkey" (Live)D. A. PennebakerLive version from 1971 film Sweet Toronto
1970"Instant Karma!" (Live)Brian WhitehouseFilmed for Top of the Pops on 11 February, 2 versions aired: "Cue Cards" & "Knitting"
1971"Imagine" (Version 1)John Lennon & Yoko OnoFilmed for the 1972 musical TV film Imagine
"Crippled Inside" (Version 1 & 2)
"Jealous Guy" (Version 1)
"It's So Hard"
"I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama"
"Power to the People" (Version 1)
"Gimme Some Truth"
"Oh My Love"
"How Do You Sleep?"
"How?"
"Oh Yoko!"
Yoko Ono: "Don't Count the Waves"Lennon co-produced the music and appears in the videos with Ono
Yoko Ono: "Mrs. Lennon"
1973"Mind Games"John LennonVersion 1, John dancing with a man impersonating Her Majesty the Queen
1974"Whatever Gets You thru the Night"John LennonVersion 1, with Elton John (voice only), original live action with Lennon in Manhattan
1975"Stand by Me" (Live, Version 1)Tom CorcoranFilmed at The Hit Factory in New York on 18 March 1975
"Slippin' and Slidin'" (Live)
"Imagine" (Live)Dave WilsonFilmed at the "Salute to Lew Grade" concert on 18 April 1975
1980"(Just Like) Starting Over"John Lennon & Yoko OnoVersion 1, first released in 1992 with The John Lennon Video Collection
1981"Woman"Restored in 2003 for Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon video
1984"Nobody Told Me" (Version 1)Archive footage
"Borrowed Time" (Version 1)
"I'm Stepping Out"
"Grow Old with Me"
"Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him"Roger H. LyonsOriginal video made for MTV about two people meeting on a boardwalk
1985"Jealous Guy"Yoko OnoVersion 2 created for the single release
1986"Come Together" (Live)Carol Dysinger & Steve GebhardtUsed to promote the 1972 Madison Square Garden concert video Live in New York City
1987"Imagine" (Version 2)Zbigniew RybczyńskiCreated for the documentary
1988"Jealous Guy" (Version 3)Steve Purcell & Andrew Solt
1992"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (Version 1)Yoko Ono & Gerald MeolaCreated for The John Lennon Video Collection
"Power to the People" (Version 2)
"Mind Games" (Version 2)
"
  1. 9 Dream
" (Version 1)
"Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (Version 2)John Canemakerwith Elton John, animation created for The John Lennon Video Collection, extended version restored in 1994
1997"Working Class Hero" (Version 1)Brian Vosko & Bruce WestcottCreated to promote the John Lennon Anthology
1998"I'm Losing You" (w/ Cheap Trick)Dean Karr
2000"(Just Like) Starting Over"Joe PytkaVersion 2
2003"Cold Turkey" (Version 2)Simon Hilton, Gebhardt, Lennon & OnoCreated for the 2003 Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon DVD with archival footage
"Power to the People" (Extended Version 2)Yoko Ono & Simon Hilton
"Love"
"Mind Games" (Version 3)John Lennon & Simon Hilton
"Mother"Simon Hilton
"Working Class Hero" (Version 2)
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (Version 2)
"Jealous Guy" (Version 4)Lennon, Ono & Hilton (editor)
"#9 Dream" (Version 2)
"Stand by Me" (Version 2)
"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)"
"Watching the Wheels"
"Nobody Told Me" (Version 2)
"Borrowed Time" (Version 2)
"Give Peace a Chance" (Version 2)
2018"How Do You Sleep? (Takes 5&6, Raw Mix Outtake)"Created to promote Imagine: The Ultimate Collection Box Set
"Jealous Guy (Raw Outtake)"
"How? (Raw Outtake)"
"Gimme Some Truth (Raw Outtake)"
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (New Alt Acoustic Mix)"Yoko Ono
2019"Oh My Love (Raw Studio Mix)"
"Oh Yoko(Bahamas 1969)"Nic KnowlandFilmed at the Sheraton Oceanus Hotel, Freeport, Bahamas, 25 May 1969
2020"The Luck of the Irish" (Live w/ Yoko Ono)John ReillyFilmed at John & Yoko's apartment, 105 Bank Street, New York, 12 November 1971
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Collaborations and other appearances

Title! scope="col"
YearAlbum
"Imagine"
(John Lennon & Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir)
2012A Symphony of British Music

As session musician and producer

YearAlbum/singleCollaboratorComment
1962B-side: "I've Just Fallen for Someone"Johnny Gentleuncredited co-writer (middle eight)[48]
1965"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"The Silkieproducer
1967"We Love You"The Rolling Stonesbacking vocals, tambourine, handclaps
1970"Down in the Alley"Ronnie Hawkinsspoken introduction
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono BandYoko Onoproducer, guitar
1971"God Save Oz" / "Do the Oz"Bill Elliot and the Elastic Oz Bandwriter of both songs, lead vocals on "Do the Oz"
FlyYoko Onoproducer, guitar, piano, organ
1972The Pope Smokes DopeDavid Peel and The Lower East Sideproducer
Elephant's MemoryElephant's Memoryproducer, guitar, backing vocals
1973Approximately Infinite UniverseYoko Onoproducer, guitar, backing vocals
RingoRingo Starrwriter, piano and harmony vocals on "I'm the Greatest"
Feeling the SpaceYoko Onoproducer, guitar on "She Hits Back" and "Woman Power"
"Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)"Mick Jaggerproducer[49]
1974Pussy CatsHarry Nilssonproducer, co-writer of "Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga"
CaribouElton JohnTambourine on "The Bitch Is Back"[50]
Goodnight ViennaRingo Starrwriter/vocals/piano on title song, guitar on "All by Myself" and "Only You (And You Alone)"
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" / "One Day (At a Time)"Elton Johnguitar, backing vocals
John Dawson Winter IIIJohnny Winterwriter of "Rock and Roll People"
1975Two Sides of the MoonKeith Moonwriter of "Move Over Ms. L"
Young AmericansDavid Bowievocals, guitar, backing vocals on "Across the Universe" and "Fame" (also co-writer)
1976Ringo's RotogravureRingo Starrwriter/piano on "Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)"
1980John Lennon for PresidentDavid Peel and the Lower East Sideproducer[51]
1981"Walking on Thin Ice"Yoko Onoproducer, guitar

See also

References

Footnotes

Citations

Notes and References

  1. Live Peace in Toronto, 1969; "Give Peace a Chance", 1969; "Cold Turkey", 1969; "Instant Karma!", 1970.
  2. Grow. Kory. 26 August 2020. John Lennon's Solo Work Gets Upgraded for New Box Set. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201012124952/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/john-lennon-gimme-some-truth-box-set-1049807/. 12 October 2020. 13 October 2020. Rolling Stone.
  3. Web site: John Lennon. . 20 August 2022.
  4. Peak chart positions for albums and singles in Australia:
    • All releases between 1970 and 1989: Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
    • Releases from 1989 onwards: Web site: John Lennon discography. australian-charts.com. Hung Meiden. 4 April 2014.
    • Releases pre-1969: Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book (1940–1969). Australian Chart Book, 2005. Turramurra, N.S.W.. 2005. 0-646-44439-5.
    • Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon: 164.
    • Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes: The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 19 October 2020. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1598. 6. 19 October 2020.
  5. Peak positions for albums in Canada.
    • John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: Web site: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 14, No. 22. 16 January 1971. RPM. 3 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224120746/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3736&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 24 December 2013. dead.
    • Imagine: Web site: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 16, No. 12. 6 November 1971. RPM. 3 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121112103308/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7541&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 12 November 2012.
    • Mind Games: Web site: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 20, No. 24, January 26, 1974. RPM. 3 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421081853/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4961a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
    • Walls and Bridges: Web site: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 22, No. 15. 30 November 1974. RPM. 3 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021111107/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3888a&type=1&interval=30&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 October 2012. dead.
    • Rock 'n' Roll: Web site: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 23, No. 8, April 19, 1975. RPM. 3 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208133411/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3951a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 8 December 2015. dead.
    • Double Fantasy: Web site: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 34, No. 7, January 24, 1981. RPM. 3 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130607115140/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0278&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 7 June 2013. dead.
    • Milk and Honey: Web site: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 39, No. 24. 18 February 1984. RPM. 3 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110828133410/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php. 28 August 2011. dead.
    • Live in New York City: Web site: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 44, No. 1. 29 March 1986. RPM. 3 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050721/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0651&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
    • Menlove Ave.: Web site: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 45, No. 10. 29 November 1986. RPM. 3 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421082208/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0861&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
    • Lennon Legend: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 66, No. 15. RPM. PHP. 15 December 1997. 18 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051023/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3418&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 April 2014. dead.
    • All releases from 2000 onwards [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=john lennon|chart=Canadian Albums}} John Lennon Album & Song Chart History – Canadian Albums]. Billboard. 7 May 2012.
  6. Web site: InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste . infodisc.fr . fr . 12 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103025136/http://infodisc.fr/Album_L.php . 3 November 2013 .
  7. Web site: Discographie von John Lennon. GfK Entertainment. 14 October 2020.
  8. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. January 23, 2024. Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "John Lennon" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".
  9. Peak chart positions for albums in Japan:
    • All releases except as noted below: Book: Okamoto, Satoshi . Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 . Oricon Entertainment . Roppongi, Tokyo . 2006 . 978-4-87131-077-2.
    • Imagine: John Lennon, Lennon, Lennon Legend, John Lennon Anthology, Wonsaponatime, Acoustic, Working Class Hero, Gimme Some Truth, Power to the People, Signature Box: Web site: ジョン・レノンのCDアルバムランキング. John Lennon: Highest position and charting weeks on the albums chart. ja. oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. 8 May 2012.
  10. Web site: dutchcharts.nl John Lennon discography . nl. MegaCharts/Hung Medien. 30 December 2023.
  11. Web site: norwegiancharts.com John Lennon discography. VG-lista. 4 May 2012.
  12. John Lennon Chart History: Billboard 200. 27 May 2020. Billboard.
  13. Web site: norwegiancharts.com – Norwegian harts portal . . 17 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104164424/http://norwegiancharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=1971&date=197108&cat=a . 4 November 2012 . NOTE: Reference mistakenly indicates "Some Time in New York City" was placed at number-four on the chart, but it was not recorded as of 1971
  14. Web site: RIAA Gold and Platinum Searchable Database . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140807/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Lennon%22 . dead . 24 September 2015 . Recording Industry Association of America. 1 April 2014 .
  15. United Kingdom. John Lennon. 12 April 2023.
  16. Web site: Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 26 December 2022.
  17. France. John Lennon. infodisc. album.
  18. Web site: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank. 18 November 2010.
  19. Web site: Gold Platinum Database: John Lennon . . 12 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120225041920/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st= . 25 February 2012 .
  20. Web site: swedishcharts.com – Discography John Lennon. sv. 17 September 2011.
  21. Web site: RIAA Gold and Platinum Searchable Database. Recording Industry Association of America. 1 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142914/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Plastic+Ono+Band%22. 24 September 2015. dmy-all.
  22. Web site: Discographie John Lennon – austriancharts.at. 17 September 2011.
  23. Australia. Coolio. album. 1990. 27 November 2021.
  24. Web site: IFPI Austria . . de . 16 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130701062753/http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin . 1 July 2013 . Note: User needs to enter "John Lennon" in the "Interpret" field and click the "Suchen" button.
  25. Web site: IFPI Norsk platebransje . 14 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724180126/http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist . 24 July 2011 .
  26. Web site: Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community. hitparade.ch. 18 November 2010.
  27. Web site: ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. 8 July 2008.
  28. Web site: GOLD-/PLATIN-DATENBANK. 15 April 2013.
  29. Web site: RIAJ > The Record > February 1999 > Certified Awards (December 1998). . ja . 2 August 2013.
  30. Peak positions for singles in Canada:
    • "Give Peace a Chance": Top Singles – Volume 12, No. 1, August 23, 1969. PHP. RPM. 1 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021111024/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6017&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 October 2012. dead.
    • "Cold Turkey": Top Singles – Volume 12, No. 19. 27 December 1969. RPM. PHP. 3 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021111039/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6125&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 21 October 2012. dead.
    • "Instant Karma
  31. Web site: Discographie John Lennon. GfK Entertainment. 28 December 2018.
  32. Book: Okamoto, Satoshi. Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968–2010. 2011. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. ja. 978-4-87131-088-8.
  33. Web site: Swiss Chart > John Lennon. hitparade.ch. 8 May 2013.
  34. John Lennon Chart History: Hot 100 . 28 December 2022 . Billboard.
  35. Web site: Award.
  36. Web site: dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20240209182612/https://pro-musicabr.org.br/home/certificados/?busca_artista=John+Lennon&busca_tipo_produto=SINGLE&busca_tipo_certificado=&busca_pela_gravadora=&busca_ano= . CERTIFICADOS - Pro-Música Brasil . 2024-02-09 . pt . 2024 . pro-musicabr.org.br.
  37. Australia. 2023. 18 June 2024.
  38. single. Japan. ジョン・レノン. ハッピー、クリスマス(戦争は終った). 2017. 11. true. 29 October 2022.
  39. Italy . John Lennon . 3 January 2024.
  40. Japan. single. ジョン・レノン. スターティング・オーヴァー. 1997. 5. 29 October 2022.
  41. Japan. single. ジョン・レノン. ラヴ. 1998. 11. 29 October 2022.
  42. Web site: Award.
  43. Web site: John Lennon. 6 October 2018. IMDb.
  44. Web site: John Lennon Videos. 6 October 2018. Discogs.
  45. Web site: John Lennon. IMVDb.
  46. Web site: johnlennon - YouTube. www.youtube.com.
  47. Web site: John Lennon - IMDb. .
  48. Book: Goldman, Albert. The Lives of John Lennon. William Morrow & Co. 9780688047214. 1988. 97.
  49. Book: Aeppli, Felix. The Rolling Stones 1962–2002: The Ultimate Guide to the First Forty Years. 2003. Paul Pelletier Publishing. 978-0907872306.
  50. Book: Blaney, John. John Lennon: Listen to This Book. 2005. Paper Jukebox. [S.l.]. 978-0-9544528-1-0. illustrated. 139. 1973 to 1975: The Lost Weekend Starts Here.
  51. Web site: John Lennon for President - David Peel & the Lower East Side | Credits | AllMusic. AllMusic.