The document summarizes the song "Imagine" by John Lennon. It was the title track on his 1971 album of the same name. The song expresses Lennon's hope for a united world without countries, religions, or possessions, where all people can live in harmony. It became one of Lennon's most famous and celebrated songs both commercially and critically, being ranked the 3rd greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
2. IMAGINE, thesong of John Lenon. Imagine is a song written and performed by English musician John Lennon. It is the opening track on his album Imagine, released in 1971. "Imagine" was issued as a single a month after the album in the United States, catalogue Apple 1840, and peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It reached number one in Canada on the RPM national singles chart, remaining there for two weeks, and was Lennon's only solo Australian number one single, spending five weeks there. When asked about the song in one of his last interviews, Lennon declared "Imagine" to be as good as anything he had written with the Beatles. The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with "Instant Karma!" and "Give Peace a Chance", in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Rolling Stone ranked "Imagine" the third greatest song of all time in their editorial The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
3. IMAGINE (English) Imagine there's no heavenIt's easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today... Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as one Imagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of manImagine all the peopleSharing all the world... You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one.
4. IMAGINA (Spanish) Imagina que no hay cielo Es fácil si lo intentas sin el infierno debajo de nosotros sobre nosotros un solo cielo Imagina a toda la gente Viviendo en el presente Imagina que no hay países No es difícil de hacer nada para matar o para morir Y tampoco religiones Imagina la gente viviendo la vida en paz Puedes decir que soy un soñador Pero no soy el único Espero que algún día te unas a nosotros Y el mundo será como uno Imagina que no hay posesiones Me asombraría si puedes sin necesidad de avaricia o hambre Una hermandad de hombres Imagina toda la gente Compartiendo el mundo Puedes decir que soy un soñador Pero no soy el único Espero que algún día te unas a nosotros Y el mundo será como uno.
5. THE TOPIC OF THE SONG The title track "Imagine" was written as a plea for world peace. The topic of the song is inspired in the hope’s Lennon deposited in the world peace and get a idyllic world, of union, peace and solidarity. John Lennon state the message of the song ‘‘Imagine’’: It isn’t a new message, only we say: ‘‘It gives an opportunity to the peace’’.
