Watching the Wheels
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| “Watching the Wheels” | |||||
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| Single by John Lennon from the album Double Fantasy |
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| Released | 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Label | Geffen Records | ||||
| Producer | John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Jack Douglas | ||||
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"Watching the Wheels" is a 1981 single by John Lennon, released posthumously after his assassination the year before. It was the third and final single released from Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy album, and reached #10 in the U.S.
"Watching the Wheels" concerns Lennon's dismissal of those who were confounded by his "househusband" years, 1975-1980. During this period, he stayed away from the music industry and raised his son Sean with Yoko. The song's second verse seems to contain an allusion to Plato's "Allegory of the cave".
The song features a hammered dulcimer accompanying the lead piano.[1]
The b-side features Yoko's "Yes, I'm Your Angel."
The photograph on the cover was taken by Paul Goresh, a fan of John Lennon. Goresh also took the infamous photo of Lennon signing a copy of Double Fantasy for Mark David Chapman.
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The song was covered by Matisyahu for the Lennon cover album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur.
