Give Peace a Chance: Difference between revisions

After being issued as a single, it appeared on album in a truncated form for the singles compilation ''[[Shaved Fish]]'' in 1975. The track's first full-length album appearance was on the 1982 compilation ''[[The John Lennon Collection]]''. Although technically the first "solo" single released by a member of The Beatles while the band was still intact, the artist credit was to the Plastic Ono Band, not John Lennon.<ref>{{cite book|last=Noyer|first=Paul Du|title=John Lennon: The Stories Behind Every Song 1970–1980|year=2010|publisher=Carlton Books Ltd.|location=London|isbn=978-1-84732-665-2|edition=Rev.|page=14|chapter=Shining On}}</ref> Shortly after the [[Death of John Lennon|death of Lennon]], fans gathered outside [[the Dakota]] and sang "Give Peace a Chance".<ref name=Stories25/> The single re-charted in the UK in January 1981, peaking at number 33.<ref name=Listen18>{{cite book|last=Blaney|first=John|title=John Lennon: Listen to This Book|year=2005|publisher=Paper Jukebox|location=[S.l.]|isbn=978-0-9544528-1-0|edition=illustrated|page=18}}</ref> The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with "[[Instant Karma!]]" and "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]", in [[the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]].