Imagine

"Imagine" is the title track of the album by the British musician John Lennon, released in 1971. Placed as the opening track of that album and also released as a seven-inch single, it was produced by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector. Although authorship of the song is credited to Lennon alone, the contribution of his wife, Yoko Ono, has been widely recognised; she was only officially credited as a co-writer in June 2017.

This pacifist and utopian anthem invites the listener to imagine a world without borders, without countries, without religions, without reasons to kill or die for a cause, without possessions, and within a great human brotherhood.

"Imagine" is considered one of the finest pop songs ever created; Rolling Stone magazine ranks it third on its list of the greatest songs of all time. The song also received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999, presented to John Lennon (posthumously) and the Plastic Ono Band for its "historical or qualitative significance". On 14 June 2017, the National Music Publishers Association in the United States awarded it the "Song of the Century" prize. On that occasion, Yoko Ono was officially recognised as a co-writer. In 2023, it was inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in Washington.

Ten years after its release, in January 1981, "Imagine" held the number one spot in UK sales, within the month following the murder of John Lennon in New York.