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"Oh Yoko!" Song by John Lennon from the album Imagine Released October 8, 1971 Recorded June 23, 1971-July 5, 1971 Genre Rock Length 4:20 Label Apple/EMI Writer John Lennon Producer John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Phil Spector Imagine track listing 10 tracks - Side one
- "Imagine"
- "Crippled Inside"
- "Jealous Guy"
- "It's So Hard"
- "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier"
- Side two
- "Gimme Some Truth"
- "Oh My Love"
- "How Do You Sleep?"
- "How?"
- "Oh Yoko!"
"Oh Yoko!" is a 1971 song, written and performed by John Lennon, that can be found on his album Imagine and the greatest hits compilation Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon.
The song was written about his wife Yoko Ono, and features Nicky Hopkins on piano and co-producer Phil Spector on harmony vocal. Lennon plays harmonica for the first time on a solo recording (since The Beatles' "Rocky Raccoon"), and it would also be the last time he used the instrument.
In popular culture
- The song was featured in the 1998 film Rushmore, starring Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman.
Personnel
- John Lennon: lead vocal, electric guitar, harmonica
- Nicky Hopkins: piano
- Klaus Voormann: bass guitar
- Alan White: drums
- Phil Spector: harmony vocal
- Rod Linton: acoustic guitar
- Andy Davis: acoustic guitar
- The Flux Fiddlers: strings
John Lennon Studio albums With Yoko Ono Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins · Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions · Wedding Album · Some Time in New York City · Double Fantasy · Milk and Honey · Double Fantasy Stripped DownLive albums Compilations Shaved Fish · The John Lennon Collection · Menlove Ave. · Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon · Wonsaponatime · Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits · Acoustic · Peace, Love & Truth · Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon · Power to the People: The HitsSoundtracks Imagine: John Lennon · The U.S. vs. John LennonBox sets Books Films How I Won the War (1967) · Two Virgins (1968) · No. 5 (1968) · Honeymoon (1969) · Freedom (1970) · Fly (1970) · Legs (1970) · Apotheosis (1970) · Erection (1971) · Imagine (1972) · Dynamite Chicken (1972) · Oh! Calcutta! (1972) · John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985) · Imagine: John Lennon (1988) · In His Life: The John Lennon Story (2000) · The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) · The Killing of John Lennon (2006) · Chapter 27 (2007) · I Met the Walrus (2007) · Nowhere Boy (2009) · Lennon Naked (2010)Family Alfred Lennon (father) · Julia Lennon (mother) · Mimi Smith (aunt) · George Smith (uncle) · Julia Baird (half-sister) · Cynthia Lennon (1st wife) · Julian Lennon (1st son) · Yoko Ono (2nd wife) · Sean Lennon (2nd son)Related PeopleThe Beatles · Lennon–McCartney · May Pang · Harry Nilsson · John Sinclair · Rosaura Lopez · Frederic Seaman · Plastic Ono Band · Mark David ChapmanMediaThe Lost Lennon Tapes · Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music (concert) · ROOTS: John Lennon Sings The Great Rock & Roll Hits · Pussy Cats · Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon · Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur · The 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute: Live from the Beacon Theatre, NYC · A Toot and a Snore in '74 · Lennon (musical) · Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (DVD) · The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll CircusArticlesCategories:- John Lennon songs
- 1971 songs
- Songs written by John Lennon
- Songs produced by John Lennon
- Songs produced by Phil Spector
- Songs produced by Yoko Ono
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