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46 Years After He Wrote Imagine John Lennon’s Plea For Peace Is As Relevant As Ever

by K. Gitter

Published May 28, 2017

46 Years After He Wrote Imagine John Lennon’s Plea For Peace Is As Relevant As Ever

John Lennon’s “Imagine” is the best-selling single of his solo career, its lyrics encourage the listener to imagine a world at peace without the barriers of borders or the divisions of religion and nationality, and to consider the possibility that the focus of humanity should be living a life unattached to material possessions.

Ono described the lyrical statement of “Imagine” as “just what John believed: that we are all one country, one world, one people.” Rolling Stone described its lyrics as “22 lines of graceful, plain-spoken faith in the power of a world, united in purpose, to repair and change itself”.

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Some observers have described the song has having a distinctly anti-religious viewpoint, to the point that some have embraced it as an “atheist anthem”. Lennon himself, however, stated about the song:

If you can image a world at peace, with no denominations of religion — not without religion but without this my-God-is-bigger-than-your-God thing — then it can be true.

— John Lennon
Rolling Stone described “Imagine” as Lennon’s “”, praising “the serene melody; the pillowy chord progression; [and] that beckoning, four-note [piano] figure”.
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