Nutopian International Anthem is an instrumental by the English musician and former Beatles guitarist John Lennon from his 1973 album Mind Games.[1]
| Nutopian International Anthem | |
| Type: | instrumental |
| Artist: | John Lennon |
| Album: | Mind Games |
| Released: | 16 November 1973 |
| Recorded: | July – August 1973 |
| Length: | 0:03 |
| Label: | Apple |
| Producer: | John Lennon |
Nutopia is a conceptual country created and announced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.[2] The song was created as the anthem to the country created by the two. The concept of a song with just silence was not the first time Lennon would experiment with this concept, as he would release a song called Two Minutes Silence on the album Unfinished Music No. 2: Life wIth the Lions.[3]
Authors Ben Urish and Ken Bielen said the song might work as a theme of a unified theme or principle of the album.[4] Author Johnny Rogan stated that the silence was appropriate, seeing as Nutopia is a Greek word, meaning nothing.[5]
The Mind Games Ultimate Collection box set features an audio track of the declaration of Nutopia, where John Lennon talks about how to become a citizen of Nutopia. Lennon stated "We put the thought out, then we’ll react to whatever the reaction is."[6]