It's So Hard
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| "It's So Hard" | ||
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| Single by John Lennon | ||
| from the album Imagine | ||
| A-side(s) | Imagine | |
| Released | October 11, 1971 | |
| Format | 7" vinyl | |
| Recorded | 1971 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 02:25 | |
| Label | Parlophone | |
| Writer(s) | John Lennon | |
| Producer(s) | Phil Spector, John Lennon and Yoko Ono | |
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| John Lennon singles chronology | ||
| "Power to the People"/"Open Your Box" (1971) |
"Imagine"/"It's So Hard" (1971) |
"Happy Xmas (War is Over)"/"Listen, the Snow is Falling" (1971) |
"It's So Hard" is a song written and performed by John Lennon which first appeared on his 1971 album Imagine. Shortly after the album's release, the song was released as the B-side to the single "Imagine."
The lyrics of the song describe Lennon's attitude towards life, that though things are hard and sometimes you "feel like going down," "you got to live, you got to love, you got to be somebody," and so forth.
The song, when taken into context with "Imagine" or some of the other overtly political tracks on the album such as "Gimme Some Truth," could be heard as having political connotations, saying that one must rebel against the clear-cut lines drawn by the government to live their own lives and to love.
[edit] Trivia
- Klaus Voormann, a longtime friend of the Beatles and designer of the cover for their Revolver album, plays bass on the song.
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Studio albums: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band • Imagine • Mind Games • Walls and Bridges • Rock 'n' Roll 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 Live albums: Live Peace in Toronto 1969 • Live in New York City Compilations: Shaved Fish • The John Lennon Collection • Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon • Peace, Love & Truth • Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon Posthumous albums: Menlove Ave. • Acoustic • Wonsaponatime Soundtracks: Imagine: John Lennon • The U.S. Versus John Lennon Box sets: Lennon • John Lennon Anthology Books: In His Own Write • A Spaniard in the Works Related articles
Discography • The Beatles • Lennon/McCartney • Julia Lennon • Freddie Lennon • Mimi Smith • 251 Menlove Avenue • Cynthia Lennon • Julian Lennon • Yoko Ono • Sean Lennon • David Peel • John Sinclair • The Plastic Ono Band • Bagism • Albert Goldman |
