John Lennon / discography

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John Lennon, 1980
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This discography is an overview of the musical works of the late British pop - rock singer John Lennon . According to the sources, he has sold more than 58.5 million records in his career. The most successful release by John Lennon is the album The John Lennon Collection with around 4.3 million units sold.

introduction

John Lennon's first solo project came about in 1968 when he was still a member of the Beatles . On November 29, 1968, Lennon released the album Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins with the Japanese avant-garde artist Yoko Ono , whom he met in 1966 and married in 1969 . This album, as well as the two albums that followed in 1969, Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions and the Wedding Album were experimental music that was largely influenced by Yoko Ono. Until the Beatles officially split up in April 1970, the three singles Give Peace a Chance , Cold Turkey and Instant Karma! as well as the live album Live Peace in Toronto 1969 . John Lennon released six studio albums from 1970 to 1975, including Some Time in New York City with Yoko Ono. With the end of his record contract with EMI , the compilation Shaved Fish was released in 1975 , which also heralded Lennon's five-year musical break. In 1980 the couple started a comeback with the joint studio album Double Fantasy , on which Lennon and Ono were each represented with seven songs.

On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was shot dead in front of the Dakota Building by a mentally confused assassin in New York . Since then, Milk and Honey , Menlove Ave. , John Lennon Anthology and Acoustic - all albums with unreleased titles or alternate versions of published songs. 1986 saw a second live album with Live in New York City on the market. It contained recordings from 1972. Several compilation albums and video material were also released. Between the years 2000 and 2005, the studio albums were released in newly remastered and partly newly mixed versions; mostly with bonus material. In October 2010, on the occasion of John Lennon's 70th birthday, all studio albums - remastered again, but without bonus material - were re-released. Two compilation boxes also appeared. The signature box contains all eight remastered studio albums plus a CD with non-album singles and B-sides , as well as another CD with demo recordings. The box Gimme Some Truth with four CDs contains songs by Lennon arranged thematically. The album Double Fantasy Stripped Down , also released in October 2010, contains the remastered album from 1980 and a CD with a complete remix made by Jack Douglas and Yoko Ono.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US USTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1968 Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins - - - - US124 (8 weeks)
US
with Yoko Ono
First published: November 29, 1968
1969 Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions - - - - US174 (8 weeks)
US
with Yoko Ono
First published: May 9, 1969
Wedding album - - - - US178 (3 weeks)
US
with Yoko Ono
First published: November 7, 1969
1970 John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band DE39 (1 month)
DE 		- - UK8 (11 weeks)
UK 		US6th
gold
gold

(33 weeks)US
with the Plastic Ono Band
First published: December 11, 1970
Sales: + 500,000
1971 Imagine DE10 (27 weeks)
DE 		AT39 (2018) (1 week)
AT 		CH41 (2018) (1 week)
CH 		UK1
gold
gold

(101 weeks)UK 		US1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(47 weeks)US
with the Plastic Ono Band
First published: September 9, 1971
Sales: + 2,160,000
1972 Some Time in New York City - - - UK11 (6 weeks)
UK 		US48 (17 weeks)
US
with Yoko Ono, the Plastic Ono Band and Elephants Memory
First published: June 12, 1972
1973 Mind Games - - - UK13
gold
gold

(12 weeks)UK 		US9
gold
gold

(31 weeks)US
First published: November 16, 1973
Sales: + 600,000
1974 Walls and Bridges DE41 (2 months)
DE 		- - UK6th
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK 		US1
gold
gold

(35 weeks)US
First published: October 4, 1974 <
Sales: + 560,000
1975 Rock and roll DE37 (6 months)
DE 		- - UK6th
gold
gold

(28 weeks)UK 		US6th
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: February 21, 1975
Sales: + 600,000
1980 Double fantasy DE2
gold
gold

(44 weeks)DE 		AT1 (4½ months)
AT 		- UK1
platinum
platinum

(36 weeks)UK 		US1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(74 weeks)US
with Yoko Ono
First published: November 17, 1980
Sales: + 3,935,000
1984 Milk and Honey DE20 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT12 (1 month)
AT 		CH15 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK3
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK 		US11
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
with Yoko Ono
First published (posthumous): Jan 27, 1984
Sales: + 650,000

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Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1969 Live Peace in Toronto 1969 - - - - US10 (32 weeks)
US
with the Plastic Ono Band
First published: December 12, 1969
1986 Live in New York City DE65 (1 week)
DE 		- - UK55 (3 weeks)
UK 		US41
gold
gold

(11 weeks)US
First published: February 10, 1986
Sales: + 500,000

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Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1975 Shaved fish - AT5 * (5½ months)
AT 		- UK8th
gold
gold

(29 weeks)UK 		US12
platinum
platinum

(32 weeks)US
with the Plastic Ono Band
Sales: + 1,100,000
First published: October 24, 1975
1982 The John Lennon Collection DE62 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT-
gold
gold
AT 		- UK1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(43 weeks)UK 		US33
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(16 weeks)US
First published: November 1, 1982
Sales: + 4,395,000
1986 Menlove Ave. - - - - US127 (4 weeks)
US
First published: November 3, 1986
1988 Imagine: John Lennon (Music from the Motion Picture) - - CH-
platinum
platinum
CH 		UK64
gold
gold

(6 weeks)UK 		US31
gold
gold

(18 weeks)US
First published: October 10, 1988
Sales: + 710,000
1997 Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon DE11 (17 weeks)
DE 		AT5
gold
gold

(17 weeks)AT 		CH13
gold
gold

(8 weeks)CH 		UK4th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(45 weeks)UK 		US65
platinum
platinum

(9 weeks)US
First published: October 27, 1997
Sales: + 3,510,000
1998 John Lennon Anthology - - - UK62 (1 week)
UK 		US99
gold
gold

(2 weeks)US
First published: November 2nd, 1998
Sales: + 500,000
1998 Wonsaponatime - - - UK76 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: November 2, 1998
2004 Acoustic - - - - US31 (8 weeks)
US
First published: November 1, 2004
2005 Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon DE44 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT22 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH61 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK11
gold
gold

(10 weeks)UK 		US135 (3 weeks)
US
First published: October 3, 2005 <
Sales: + 197,500
2006 Remember - - - - US44 (5 weeks)
US
First published: November 2006
2010 Gimme Some Truth - - - - US196 (1 week)
US
First published: October 1, 2010
Double Fantasy Stripped Down - - - UK80 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: October 1, 2010
Power to the People: The Hits DE33 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT16 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH25 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK15th
silver
silver

(4 weeks)UK 		US24 (11 weeks)
US
First published: October 5, 2010
Sales: + 90,000
Signature box DE30 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - - US148 (1 week)
US
First published: October 5, 2010

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*: albums released during his lifetime that only reached new top positions due to Lennon's death or that entered the charts even later

More compilations

Interview albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1983 Heart Play - unfinished dialogue - - - - US94 (12 weeks)
US
Excerpts from an interview with Playboy shortly before Lennon's death.
First published: December 16, 1983
Number one albums DE-DE AT1AT CH-CH UK3UK US3US
Top 10 albums DE2DE AT3AT CH-CH UK9UK US7thUS
Albums in the charts DE12DE AT7thAT CH4thCH UK16UK US26thUS

More interview albums

Quadrophonically mixed albums

PhD albums

Promotional publications are for advertising purposes and have been or are being sent by record companies to radio stations (or are merely used as advertising supplements for newspapers); they are not officially on sale. The following promotional publications listed either differ significantly in terms of the form of their content from the later official publications or remain entirely individual compilations.

  • 1998: Excerpts from JOHN LENNON Anthology (seven title promotion compilation album)
  • 1998: Howitis - The John Lennon Anthology (six title promotion compilation album + interview with Yoko Ono)
  • 2000: Selections from Imagine (four title promotion compilation album)
  • 2000: John Lennon Starting Over (six title promotion compilation album [for the albums John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band , Imagine and Double Fantasy ] + interview excerpts by John Lennon and comments by Yoko Ono)
  • 2004: John Lennon Two Sides of Lennon (nine title promotion compilation album (for the albums Acoustic and Rock 'n' Roll ) + comments by Yoko Ono)
  • 2009: John Lennon (supplement to The Mail on Sunday ; twelve title promotion compilation album)
  • 2010: Gimme Some Truth (70th Birthday Catalog Campaign) (twenty title promotion compilation album)
  • 2010: Gimme Some Truth (70th Birthday Celebration with Yoko Ono-One Hour Radio Special + Soundbites) (six title promotion compilation album including interview with Yoko Ono)

Special editions and limited albums

  • 1981: John Lennon (box with eight albums)
  • 1984: Milk and Honey ( Picture Disc )
  • 2004: Double Fantasy / Milk and Honey (the two regular CD albums in a cardboard box)
  • 2007: Lennon Legend - The Very Best Of John Lennon (Limited Edition) (the regular CD with a DVD that [only] contains the bonus material from the DVD of the same name)
  • 2008: Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon (Deluxe Version) (the regular double CD with the DVD Lennon Legend - The Very Best of John Lennon )
  • 2010: Power to the People The Hits (the regular CD with a DVD containing 15 videos)
  • 2011: Imagine 40th Anniversary Special Edition (the vinyl double album was released in November 2011 on the occasion of Record Store Day , it contains the regular album Imagine and another album called Imagine Sessions in white vinyl with a separate cover design. The album comprises six tracks which were taken from the album John Lennon Anthology , the box also contains two postcards, a poster and a sheet. Both albums are in a cardboard box.)
  • 2019: Imagine Raw Studio Mixes (the vinyl album was released in April 2019 on the occasion of Record Store Day , it includes the album Imagine in the raw mixes)

Other publications

  • 2005: iTunes : John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (five free podcasts ; interview of January 21 / February 4, 1971)
  • 2007: iTunes: Testimony - The Life And Times Of John Lennon In His Own Words ( Download ; Interview of December 8, 1980)
  • 2011: iTunes: John Lennon - The Final Interview Radio Special

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US USTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1969 Give Peace a Chance DE4 (29 weeks)
DE 		AT2 (4 months)
AT 		CH4 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK2 (18 weeks)
UK 		US14 (9 weeks)
US
First published: July 4th 1969
as Plastic Ono Band
Cold Turkey - - - UK14 (8 weeks)
UK 		US30 (12 weeks)
US
First published: October 20th, 1969
as Plastic Ono Band
1970 Instant karma! DE7 (26 weeks)
DE 		AT4 (2 months)
AT 		CH9 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK5 (9 weeks)
UK 		US3
gold
gold

(13 weeks)US
First published: February 6, 1970
1971 Mother
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band 		DE26 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT9 (2 months)
AT 		CH3 (11 weeks)
CH 		- US43 (6 weeks)
US
First published: December 28, 1970
Power to the people DE7 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (1 month)
AT 		CH5 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK7 (9 weeks)
UK 		US11 (9 weeks)
US
First published: March 5th, 1971
with the Plastic Ono Band
Imagine
Imagine 		DE7 * (37 weeks)
DE 		AT4 * (4½ months)
AT 		CH2 * (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryCH 		UK1 *
platinum
platinum

(40 weeks)UK 		US3 (9 weeks)
US
First published: October 11, 1971
re-published in 1975, 1980 and 1999 among others
1972 Woman Is the Nigger of the World
Some Time in New York City 		- - - - US57 (5 weeks)
US
First published: May 12, 1972
with the Plastic Ono Band
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) DE10 * (27 weeks)
DE 		AT7 * (25 weeks)
AT 		CH10 * (14 weeks)
CH 		UK2 *
platinum
platinum

(73 weeks)UK 		US42 (2 weeks)
US
First release: November 24, 1972
John & Yoko with the Plastic Ono Band
& the Harlem Community Choir
regularly featured in various charts at Christmas
1973 Mind Games
Mind Games 		DE37 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - UK26 (9 weeks)
UK 		US18 (13 weeks)
US
First published: October 31, 1973
1974 Whatever Gets You thru the Night
Walls and Bridges 		DE42 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - UK36 (4 weeks)
UK 		US1 (15 weeks)
US
First published: September 16, 1974
with the Plastic Ono Band
# 9 Dream
Walls and Bridges 		- - - UK23 (8 weeks)
UK 		US9 (12 weeks)
US
First published: December 16, 1974
1975 Stand By Me
Rock 'n' Roll 		DE22 (12 weeks)
DE 		AT19 (1 month)
AT 		- UK30 (7 weeks)
UK 		US20 (9 weeks)
US
First published: March 10, 1975
Ya ya
rock 'n' roll 		DE47 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: July 1975
1980 (Just Like) Starting Over
Double Fantasy 		DE4 (24 weeks)
DE 		AT1 (5 months)
AT 		CH1 (13 weeks)
CH 		UK1
gold
gold

(15 weeks)UK 		US1
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
First published: October 24, 1980
1981 Woman
double fantasy 		DE4 (28 weeks)
DE 		AT3 (4 months)
AT 		CH2 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK1
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK 		US2
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
First published: January 12, 1981
Watching the Wheels
Double Fantasy 		DE46 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT12 (4 months)
AT 		- UK30 (6 weeks)
UK 		US10 (17 weeks)
US
First published: March 13, 1981
1982 Love
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band 		- - - UK41 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 15, 1982
1984 Nobody told me
milk and honey 		DE55 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK6 (6 weeks)
UK 		US5 (14 weeks)
US
First published: January 5, 1984
Borrowed Time
Milk and Honey 		- - - UK32 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: March 9, 1984
I'm Steppin 'Out
Milk and Honey 		- - - - US55 (6 weeks)
US
First published: May 11, 1984
with Yoko Ono
1985 Jealous Guy
Imagine 		- - - UK45 (7 weeks)
UK 		US80 (4 weeks)
US
First published: November 18, 1985
in the US only published in 1988

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

*: Singles released during his lifetime that only reached new top positions due to Lennon's death or that entered the charts even later

Chart placements as a guest musician

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1981 I saw her standing there - - - UK40 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
Elton John Band feat. John Lennon & the Muscle Shoals Horns
Number one singles DE-DE AT1AT CH1CH UK3UK US2US
Top 10 singles DE7thDE AT7thAT CH8thCH UK8thUK US8thUS
Singles in the charts DE14thDE AT10AT CH8thCH UK18thUK US18thUS

Single releases

The following list is limited to the singles that have appeared in the UK, USA and Germany.

  • July 1969: Give Peace a Chance / Remember Love +
  • October 1969: Cold Turkey / Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)
  • February 1970: Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) / Who Has Seen the Wind
  • December 1970: Mother (Edit) / Why (USA / Germany)
  • March 1971: Power to the People / Open Your Box
  • October 1971: Imagine / It's so Hard (USA / Germany) +
  • December 1971: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / Listen the Snow Is Falling (USA, GB: November 1972, also on green vinyl)
  • April 1972: Woman Is the Nigger of the World / Sister O Sister (USA)
  • October 1973: Mind Games / Meat City (Single Mix)
  • September 1974: Whatever Gets You thru the Night / Beef Jerky
  • December 1974: # 9 Dream (Edit) / What You Got
  • March 1975: Stand By Me (Single Mix) / Move over Mrs. L
  • June 1975: Ya Ya / Be-Bop-A-Lula (Germany)
  • October 1975: Imagine / Working Class Hero (GB) +
  • October 1980: (Just Like) Starting Over / Kiss Kiss Kiss
  • January 1981: Woman / Beautiful Boys
  • March 1981: I Saw Her Standing There / Whatever Gets You thru the Night - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (GB) +
  • March 1981: Watching the Wheels (Edit) / Yes, I'm Your Angel
  • November 1982: Love (Remix) / Give Me Some Truth (GB / Germany)
  • November 1982: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (USA)
  • January 1984: Nobody Told Me / O'Sanity
  • March 1984: Borrowed Time / Your Hands
  • March 1984: Borrowed Time / Your Hands / Never say Goodbye (12 ″, GB)
  • July 1984: I'm Stepping Out / Sleepless Night
  • July 1984: I'm Stepping Out / Sleepless Night / Loneliness (12 ″, GB)
  • October 1984: Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him / (Sean Lennon :) It's alright
  • November 1985: Jealous Guy / Going Down on Love (GB)
  • November 1985: Jealous Guy / Going Down on Love / Oh Yoko (12 ″, GB)
  • October 1988: Jealous Guy / Give Peace a Chance (USA)
  • November 1988: Imagine / Jealous Guy / Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (GB, also as Picture Disc )
  • November 1988: Imagine / Jealous Guy / Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / Give Peace a Chance (12 ″ -CD, GB)
  • May 1992: Instant Karma! / Oh My Love / Mother / Bless You (CD)
  • December 1999: Imagine / Happy Xmas (War is over) / Give Peace a Chance / Imagine (Video - Enhanced CD)
  • December 2003: Happy Xmas (War is over) / Imagine (GB, green vinyl)
  • December 2003: Happy Xmas (War is over) / Imagine / Instant Karma (We All Shine On) (approx. 15 seconds longer outro) / Imagine (Instrumental, + Photo Gallery Enhanced CD)

+ Listed singles appeared in Germany in 1981 as a 12 ″ maxi single with no additional title.

Limited and rare single releases

  • July 1971: God save Us / Do the OZ (Bill Elliot sings on the A side, John Lennon on the B side)
  • April 1977: Stand By Me / Woman Is the Nigger of the World (USA, Star Line Series)
  • June 1981: (Just Like) Starting Over / Woman (USA, re-release)
  • November 1981: Watching the Wheels (Edit) / Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (USA, re-release)
  • March 1984: Give Peace a Chance / Cold Turkey (GB, Golden 45's Series)
  • April 1990: Nobody Told Me / I'm Stepping Out (USA, Polydor Timepieces Series)
  • January 2001: (Just Like) Starting Over / Watching the Wheels (USA, Jukebox -Single: blue vinyl)
  • January 2001: Woman / Walking on thin Ice (USA, jukebox single: clear vinyl)
  • April 2010: John Lennon Singles Bag (Contents: Mother (Edit) / Why; Imagine / It's so Hard ; Watching the Wheels / Yes, I'm Your Angel [limited to 7000 copies in the USA])

Promotion singles

These are promotion singles that (in this form) did not appear as regular sales singles.

  • 1970: John Lennon on Ronnie Hawkins: The Short Rap & Down in the Alley / The Long Rap (7 ″; USA promotional single for a Ronnie Hawkins single, for which John Lennon has a short introduction on the A-side and a short introduction on the B. -Page speaks an advertising text)
  • 1974: Whatever Gets You Thru 'The Night / Interview With John Lennon by Bob Mercer and a Message To The Salesmen (7 ″; UK)
  • 1974: What You Got (Mono) / What You Got (Stereo) (7 ″; USA)
  • 1975: Ain't That a Shame (Mono) / Ain't That a Shame (Stereo) (7 ″; USA)
  • 1975: Slippin 'and Slidin' (Mono) / Slippin 'and Slidin' (Stereo) (7 ″; USA)
  • 1980: (Just like) Starting Over / Kiss Kiss Kiss (12 ″; approx. 20 seconds longer outro of Starting Over )
  • 1982: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (12 ″; USA)
  • 1985: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (12 ″ in white vinyl; USA)
  • 1986: Imagine (Live) / Come Together (Live) (12 ″; USA)
  • 1986: Rock and Roll People / Rock and Roll People (12 ″; USA)
  • 1998: God (Spain)
  • 1998: Happy Xmas (Rough Mix '71) / Be-Bop-A-Lula (Sessions 1974; USA)
  • 1998: I'm Losing You / Only You (USA)
  • 2001: Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him (Lennon Version) / Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him (Ono Version, 7 ″; USA)

Participation in other artists

  • 1963: Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas - Bad to Me (composition)
  • 1963: The Fourmost - I'm in Love (composition)
  • 1965: The Silkie - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (additional producer: Paul McCartney)
  • 1967: The Rolling Stones - We Love You (backing vocals)
  • 1968: The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus - Yer Blues (vocals and guitar) , Whole Lotta Yoko (guitar) , released: 1996
  • 1970: Yoko Ono - Album: Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band (co-production and guitar); Reissue 1997: Guitar for the bonus titles: Open Your Box (Alternative Version), Something More Abstract and The South Wind
  • 1971: Bill Elliott and the Elastic Oz Band - 7 ″ single: God Save Us / Do the OZ (production, composition and vocals [B-side])
  • 1971: Yoko Ono - Album: Fly (coproduction of the album and guitar with Midsummer New York (+ piano), Mind Train, Mind Holes, Don't Worry Kyoko, Hirake , O 'Wind and Fly; Mrs. Lennon (only piano) ; Reissue 1997: Guitar for the bonus titles: Between the Takes and Will You Touch Me )
  • 1972: David Peel - Album: The Pope Smokes Dope (production and choral singing / guitar on two tracks)
  • 1972: Elephant's Memory - Album: Elephant's Memory (production, choral singing and guitar / piano on three tracks)
  • 1973: Yoko Ono - Album: Approximately Infinite Universe (co-production of the album and guitar with Move On Fast and Is Winter Here to Stay ; Reissue 1997: guitar with the bonus track: Dogtown )
  • 1973: Ringo Starr - Album: Ringo (composition and piano / refraing vocals on I'm the Greatest )
  • 1974: Yoko Ono - album: Feeling the Space (guitar with She Hits Back and Women Power ; Reissue 1997: guitar with the bonus tracks: I Learned to Stutter / Coffin Car and Mildred, Mildred )
  • 1974: Harry Nilsson - Album: Pussy Cats (Production and co-composition by Mucho Mungo / Mt. Elga )
  • 1974: Mick Jagger - Album: The Very Best of (production of Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup) ), released: 2007
  • 1974: Ringo Starr - Album: Goodnight Vienna (guitar with All by Myself and Only You (And You Alone) as well as composition / refrain singing and piano with (It's All Da-Da-Down To) Goodnight Vienna )
  • 1974: Elton John - 7 ″ single: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds / One Day at a Time (refraing vocals / guitar on the A-side and guitar on the B-side)
  • 1975: David Bowie - Album: Young Americans (co-composition and refrain singing / guitar with Fame and guitar with Across the Universe )
  • 1976: Ringo Starr - Album: Ringo's Rotogravure (composition and keyboard with Cookin '(In the Kitchen of Love) )
  • 1981: Yoko Ono - It Happened (voice at the beginning of the track)

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

  • May 1981: Lennon - A Legend (Interview with Tom Snyder) (Re-release April 2008: John, Paul, Tom & Ringo: The Tomorrow Show )
  • November 1985: John Lennon - IMAGINE THE FILM (video film from 1972)
  • January 1986: John Lennon Live in New York City (concert on August 30, 1972)
  • April 1989: John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band: Sweet Toronto (DVD: May 1998)
  • May 1989: Imagine: John Lennon (Documentary)
  • December 1990: John & Yoko the Bed-in All We Are Saying Is Give Peace a Chance
  • October 1992: The John Lennon Video Collection
  • April 1995: How I won the war
  • April 2000: Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's "Imagine" album
  • September 2002: John & Yoko's Year of Peace
  • October 2003: John Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
  • November 2005: The Dick Cavett Show - John & Yoko Collection
  • October 2006: John & Yoko - Give Peace a Song
  • February 2007: The US vs. John Lennon
  • May 2008: John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band… the Definitive Authorized Story of the Album
  • November 2010: LENNONYC
  • September 2019: Above Us Only Sky

Music videos

year title Director
1969 Give Peace a Chance
Cold Turkey Jonas Mekas
1970 Working Class Hero
Mother
1971 Imagine Zbigniew Rybczyński
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
1973 Mind Games
1975 Stand by Me
1980 (Just Like) Starting Over
1981 Watching the wheels
Woman
1982 Love

Filmography

  • 1968: Film No.5 (Smile) - (Length of film: 50 minutes)
  • 1968: Two Virgins - (length of film: 21 minutes)
  • 1969: Film No.6-Rape - (length of film: 77 minutes)
  • 1969: Honeymoon - (length of the film: approx. 60 minutes)
  • 1969: Give Peace a Chance - (promotional film)
  • 1969: Self Portrait - (length of film: 15 minutes)
  • 1969: Apotheosis - (length of film: 16 minutes)
  • 1969: Cold Turkey - (promotional film)
  • 1970: Up your legs forever - (length of film: 75 minutes)
  • 1970: Fly - (length of film: 50 minutes)
  • 1971: Erection - (length of film: 19 minutes)
  • 1971: Imagine - (length of film: 55 minutes)
  • 1971: Clock - (length of film: 60 minutes)
  • 1971: Freedom (1 & 2) - (film length: 1 minute each)

Books

  • 1964: In His Own Write (German edition: In his own writing , Geneva and Hamburg, Verlag Helmut Kossodo)
  • 1965: A Spaniard in the Works (German edition: A Spaniard doesn't make a summer , Geneva and Hamburg, Verlag Helmut Kossodo)
  • 1986: Skywriting by the Word of Mouth (German edition: Zwei Jungfrauen or Wahnsinnig in Denmark (flight writing from mouth to wind) , Bielefeld, Pendragon, 1993)
  • 1990: ai: Japan Through John Lennon's Eyes - A Personal Sketchbook (there are 84 illustrations on 198 pages; no German edition)
  • 1999: Real Love - The Drawings for Sean (there are 40 illustrations on 48 pages; German edition: Rowohlt Verlag)
  • 2012: The John Lennon Letters ( 400 pages are printed 284 letters, postcards, notices, instructions to employees, etc. by John Lennon, Hunter Davies added extensive explanations to each document and to the individual stages of John Lennon's life ; German edition: Piper Verlag)
  • 2014: John Lennon: The Collected Artwork (204 pages contain drawings by John Lennon; no German edition)

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF) Argentina (CAPIF) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 188,000 capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 310,000 aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 190,000 ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 250,000 musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI) Europe (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 2,000,000 ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 620,000 infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 20,000 Individual evidence
Ireland (IRMA) Ireland (IRMA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 7,500 irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 240,000 fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 650,000 riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 255,000 musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON) Mexico (AMPROFON) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 10,000 Individual evidence
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 45,000 nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 50,000 ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 75,000 hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 250,000 mediafire.com ES2
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 31 × gold31 Platinum record icon.svg 24 × platinum24 47,650,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 10 × silver10 Gold record icon.svg 14 × gold14th Platinum record icon.svg 10 × platinum10 7,420,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 10 × silver10 Gold record icon.svg 72 × gold72 Platinum record icon.svg 63 × platinum63

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ Cold Turkey on beatlesbible.com, accessed on June 5, 2014