Imagine

song writen and composed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, originally recorded by John Lennon and released in 1971
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1971
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Summary

Imagine is a musical work/composition[1]. Imagine ranks in the top 1% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,297 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: John Lennon[3]
  • Genre: pop music[4]
  • Performer: John Lennon[5], Eva Cassidy[6], Dolly Parton[7], Susan Boyle[8]
  • Part of: Imagine[9]
  • Commons category: Imagine (John Lennon song)[10]
  • Language of work or name: English[11]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[12]
  • Publication date: 1971[13]
  • Lyricist: John Lennon[14]
  • Tonality: C major[15]
  • Title: Imagine[16]
  • Has characteristic: anti-war song[17]
  • Different from: Imagine[18]
  • First line: Imagine there’s no heaven[19]
  • Last line: And the world will live as one[20]
  • Derivative work: Immagina che[21]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[22]
  • Form of creative work: song[23]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 517ff96c-5970-3eac-9ae5-bcafc15f5bc7[25]

Why It Matters

Imagine has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Imagine is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of our own tag → Imagine - John Lennon (Song)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Archive of our own tag: Imagine - John Lennon (Song), Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/233251525|Imagine - John Lennon (Song) (#233251525)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n"
  2. 14w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987012726776505171
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ National library of israel j9u id: 987012726776505171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  3. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → John Lennon, John Lennon, Eva Cassidy +2
    Form of creative work → song
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T0102600883, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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