''Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon'' is the third official compilation album of

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's ...

's solo career, coming after 1975's ''

Shaved Fish ''Shaved Fish'' is a compilation album by English rock musician John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Band, issued in October 1975 on Apple Records. It contains all of the singles that he had issued up to that point in the United States as a solo art ...

'' and 1982's ''

The John Lennon Collection ''The John Lennon Collection'' is a posthumous compilation album of music from John Lennon's solo career, released on 8 November 1982 through Parlophone Records in the UK and 10 November through Geffen Records in the US. Release and selection Th ...

''. Because neither collection spanned Lennon's releases up to and including 1984's ''

Milk and Honey Milk and Honey may refer to: Music * The Milk and Honey Band, an English band * Milk and Honey (album), ''Milk and Honey'' (album), a 1984 album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono * Milk & Honey (Crowder album), ''Milk & Honey'' (Crowder album), 2021 * M ...

'', ''Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon'' – considered the definitive Lennon retrospective – was compiled. It was released in the UK in 1997 on

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and early 1998 in the US. ''Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon'' peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and certified 2× Platinum by the BPI in May 1998. The album has also certified Platinum in the US and Canada as of December 2008. In the history of Japanese Oricon chart, ''Lennon Legend'' has been one of the longest charting albums that failed to reach top 40, selling more than 190,000 copies up to late 2006. The album re-entered the UK Chart on 18 June 2007, almost ten years after its release, at number 30. The album also appeared in a commercial for Apple's

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. A DVD with the same name was also released in 2003 as a series of remastered, remixed & new music videos with

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audio mixes. A limited edition, with both the CD and the DVD was also released in Europe in 2007.

Track listing

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Instant Karma! "Instant Karma!" (also titled "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)") is a song by English musician John Lennon, released as a single on Apple Records in February 1970. The lyrics focus on a concept in which the consequences of one's actions are ...

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Jealous Guy "Jealous Guy" is a song written and originally recorded by the English rock musician John Lennon from his second studio album '' Imagine'' (1971). Not released as a single during Lennon's lifetime, it became an international hit in a version by ...

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Cold Turkey "Cold Turkey" is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apples 1001 in the United Kingdom, Apple 1813 in the United States. It is the second solo single issued by Lennon ...

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Love Love is a feeling of strong attraction and emotional attachment (psychology), attachment to a person, animal, or thing. It is expressed in many forms, encompassing a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most su ...

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Mind Games Mind games (also power games or head games) are actions performed for reasons of psychological one-upmanship, often employing passive–aggressive behavior to specifically demoralize or dis-empower the thinking subject, making the aggressor ...

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Whatever Gets You Thru the Night "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1974 on Apple Records, catalogue number Apple 1874 in the United States and Apple R5998 in the United Kingdom. In the U.S. it peaked at No. 1 on all ...

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Mike Stoller Leiber and Stoller were an American songwriting and record production duo, consisting of lyricist Jerome Leiber (; April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933). As well as many R&B and pop hits, they wr ...

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(Just Like) Starting Over "(Just Like) Starting Over" is a song written and performed by John Lennon from the 1980 album, '' Double Fantasy''. It was released as a single on 24 October 1980 in the United Kingdom, with Yoko Ono's " Kiss Kiss Kiss" as the B-side. It reac ...

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Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" is a song written and performed by John Lennon. It was released on the 1980 album ''Double Fantasy'', the last album by Lennon and Ono released before his death. Paul McCartney has stated this is one of his favour ...

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Watching the Wheels "Watching the Wheels" is a single by John Lennon released posthumously in 1981, after his murder. The B-side features Yoko Ono's "Yes, I'm Your Angel." It was the third and final single released from Lennon and Ono's album ''Double Fantasy'', and ...

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Nobody Told Me "Nobody Told Me" is a song by John Lennon. The B-side features Yoko Ono's "O' Sanity"; both are on the ''Milk and Honey'' album. The promo video for the single was made up of clips of footage from Lennon's other videos, as are most posthumous L ...

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Working Class Hero "Working Class Hero" is a song by John Lennon from his 1970 album '' John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band'', his first album after the break-up of the Beatles. It was released as the B-side to the single " Imagine" in Britain on 24 October 1975. The ...

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Happy Xmas (War Is Over) "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a Christmas song released in 1971 as a single by the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir. It was the seventh single released by John Lennon outside his work with the Beatles. The song reached numb ...

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Give Peace a Chance "Give Peace a Chance" is an anti-war song written by John Lennon (originally credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with Yoko Ono in a hotel room in Montreal, Quebec, C ...

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Charts and certifications

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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