Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon

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Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
Compilation album by John Lennon
Released	27 October 1997 (UK) 24 February 1998 (U.S.)
Recorded	June 1969 - Late 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	77:39
Label	Parlophone/EMI
Producer	John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector and Jack Douglas
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
John Lennon chronology
Lennon (1990) Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (1997) John Lennon Anthology (1998)

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon is the third official compilation album of John Lennon's solo career, coming after 1975's Shaved Fish and 1982's The John Lennon Collection. Because neither collection spanned Lennon's releases up to and including 1984's Milk and Honey, Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon - considered the definitive Lennon retrospective - was compiled to rectify the situation. It was released in the UK in 1997 and early 1998 in the United States.

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon reached #3 in the UK and #65 in the U.S. where it went gold. The album re-entered the UK Chart on 18 June 2007, almost 10 years after its release, at #30. The album also appeared in a commercial for Apple's iPod touch.

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon was also released on DVD in 2003 as a series of remastered, remixed & new music videos with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound audio mixes (See Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon DVD).

[edit] CD Track listing

All songs by John Lennon, except where noted.

1. "Imagine" – 3:02
2. "Instant Karma!" – 3:20
3. "Mother" (single edit) – 3:53
   • US single version, issued in December 1970
4. "Jealous Guy" – 4:14
5. "Power to the People" – 3:17
6. "Cold Turkey" – 5:01
7. "Love" – 3:23
8. "Mind Games" – 4:11
9. "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" – 3:19
10. "#9 Dream" – 4:46
11. "Stand By Me" (Ben E. King/Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) – 3:27
12. "(Just Like) Starting Over" – 3:55
13. "Woman" – 3:26
14. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" – 4:00
15. "Watching the Wheels" – 3:31
16. "Nobody Told Me" – 3:33
17. "Borrowed Time" – 4:30
18. "Working Class Hero" – 3:49
19. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 3:33
20. "Give Peace a Chance"¹ – 4:52

1. Originally credited to Lennon/McCartney, the credit was revised in the 1990s to cite only Lennon as its composer.

[edit] Charts

Country	Charts
	Peak position	Weeks	Certification
United Kingdom	3	44
Austria	5	16[1]
Switzerland	13	8[1]
Finland	22	4[1]
Sweden	28	4[1]
Japan	46	53[2]
United States	65	9	Gold

[edit] References

v • d • e John Lennon 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. vs. John Lennon Box sets Lennon · John Lennon Anthology Books In His Own Write · A Spaniard in the Works · Skywriting by Word of Mouth Films How I Won the War (1967) · Two Virgins (1968) · No. 5 (1968) · Honeymoon (1969) · Rape (1969) · Up Your Legs Forever (1970) · Freedom (1970) · Fly (1970) · Apotheosis (1970) · Erection (1971) · Imagine (1972) · Dynamite Chicken (1972) · Oh! Calcutta! (1972) · Imagine: John Lennon (1988) · The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) Family Julia Lennon · Freddie Lennon · Mimi Smith · Cynthia Lennon · Julian Lennon · Yoko Ono · Sean Lennon Related articles Discography · The Beatles · Lennon/McCartney · 251 Menlove Avenue · David Peel · John Sinclair · Plastic Ono Band · Bagism · Death · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · John Lennon Museum · Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur