John Lennon Instant Karma! (We All Shine On!) (2010 Stereo Remaster)

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"Instant Karma!" is John Lennon's third solo single on Apple Records. The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with "Imagine" and "Give Peace a Chance", in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It ranks as one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history, recorded (at London's Abbey Road Studios) the same day it was written, and coming out only ten days later. Lennon remarked to the press, he "wrote it for breakfast, recorded it for lunch, and we're putting it out for dinner." The record was produced by Phil Spector, the first of many solo recordings by the Beatles that Spector worked on through 1970.
The track features a version of the ever-changing Plastic Ono Band — Lennon on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and electric piano, Billy Preston on grand piano, Klaus Voorman on bass guitar and backing vocals, Alan White on drums, George Harrison on electric guitar and backing vocals, Yoko Ono on backing vocals, Beatles assistant Mal Evans on chimes and handclaps, Beatles then-manager Allen Klein and a dozen or so late-night pub revellers from Hatchetts Pub on overdubbed backing vocals — it was released on 6 February 1970. Backed by Ono's "Who Has Seen the Wind?" (which Lennon produced), it peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and number five on the UK Singles Chart. The pair appeared on Top of the Pops to perform the song live.
Harrison would later remark that he was enticed and interested by Lennon's idea of an instant single release, and this partially contributed to Harrison's willingness to participate. Harrison felt that it related in some way to his devotion to the Hindu religion (karma) and he therefore felt Lennon could use the single to promote it.
The single was released with a standard green Apple label (UK number: APPLES 1003; US number: 1818), with the words "Play Loud" printed above and beneath the spindle. (The B-side label, by contrast, carried the words "Play Soft.")
The song appeared later in the singles compilation record Shaved Fish, in 1975.

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[IFeelFine2011]

John Lennon Forever 1940 - 1980

[kris1991]

They copied that Beady Eye song.

[IFeelFine2011]

Awesome Song .

[tandlaguilera420]

@p0llenp0ny That's too bad. I don't really dig yes.

[tandlaguilera420]

@thepriceofpearls I know the drumming is just great isn't it?

[teddibearsworld]

@AgentOroko People like you aren't even worthy of calling themselves a Lennon fan. And if you're gonna post your bile here, don't tell us you don't care what we think, otherwise you would've kept it to yourself, wouldn't you, genius? Yoko was a part of John. All fans like you did was alienate John from the fans that understood him. Telling him to get rid of Yoko just to please you? How arrigant, hateful.. and pitiful.

[purplecat11]

I mean about "Instant Karma" Thanks for Music,John:-)

[purplecat11]

Too True!

[AgentOroko]

@jerry226 Oh I see the problem; You have confused me with someone who gives a damn what you think.Tell me, how has the world gotten better with Yoko? John was a brilliant musician and singer. He contributed to the collective good and we are worse off without him, so when I say that it is too bad that John got shot as opposed to Yoko, I meant every word of it! Who knows, we could have had a Beatles reunion, but no, Mark David Chapman took John from us, leaving us to suffer with Yoko!

[jerry226]

@AgentOroko thats the most mean spiritied thing ive ever seen on youtube. john loved yoko so much why would u say soemthing like that ur a fucking idiot!!