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This article is about the John Lennon song. For the Zard album, see Oh My Love (album)
"Oh My Love" Song by John Lennon from the album Imagine Released October 8, 1971 Recorded June 23, 1971-July 5, 1971 Genre Folk rock, pop rock, symphonic rock Length 2:44 Label Apple/EMI Writer John Lennon/Yoko Ono 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 My Love" is a song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono that appeared on Lennon's Imagine album in 1971. George Harrison contributed guitar on this and several other songs for the album.
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Oh My Love was also released on the Lennon album Wonsaponatime in 1998, and also on the album The U.S. vs. John Lennon in 2006. It is track number 7 on Wonsaponatime and track number 20 on The U.S. vs. John Lennon.
The song was originally written and demoed in 1968 after sessions for the album The Beatles. This demo was released on many Beatles bootleg albums.
Covered versions
The song has been covered by numerous artists, including The Bells, Cilla Black, Jackson Browne, Yoshida Brothers, Susheela Raman, Raimundo Fagner, The Jangles, The Wackers, Yellowcard, Morgan Fisher, Martin Gore and Fredo Viola.[1]
In popular media
The song has also been used in a couple of films, namely Little Darlings and several times throughout the film Heartbreakers. The song is on the first season soundtrack to the television show Gilmore Girls.
Personnel
- John Lennon: vocal, piano
- George Harrison: guitar
- Nicky Hopkins: piano
- Alan White: tybetan cymbals
Notes
- ^ "Oh My Love". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=17:1114905~1~T000. Retrieved 2009-03-27.[dead link]
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
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