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{{Infobox song
| name       = Imagine
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       =single
| artist     = [[John Lennon]]
| album      = [[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]
| EP         =
| B-side     = "It's So Hard" (US)<br>'"Working Class Hero" (UK)
| written    =
| published  =
| released   = 11 October 1971 (US)<br>24 October 1975 (UK)
| format     =
| recorded   = 1971
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Soft rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pandora.com/|title=Music and Podcasts, Free and On-Demand|website=Pandora}}</ref>
| length     = 3:02
| label      = [[Apple Records|Apple]]
| writer     = [[John Lennon]]
| composer   =
| lyricist   =
| producer   = [[John Lennon]], [[Yoko Ono]], [[Phil Spector]]
| prev_title = [[Power to the People (song)|Power to the People]]
| prev_year  = 1971
| title      =
| next_title = [[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]
| next_year  = 1971
}}
  
"'''Imagine'''" is a song written and performed by English rock musician [[John Lennon]]. It is the first track on his album ''[[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]'', released in 1971. "Imagine" was released as a single in the [[United States]] where it reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. When asked about the song in one of his last interviews, Lennon said that "Imagine" was as good as anything he had written with the [[The Beatles|Beatles]].<ref name="rs-imagine">{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595848/imagine |title=Imagine |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |accessdate=2009-04-09 |archive-date=2010-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409085234/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595848/imagine |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with "[[Instant Karma!]]" and "[[Give Peace a Chance]]", in [[the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]]. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked "Imagine" the 3rd greatest song of all time in their [[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] issue.<ref name="rs-500">{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs |title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |work=Rolling Stone |date=2004-12-09 |accessdate=2009-07-17 |archive-date=2012-03-10 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6642LDK3b?url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[David Archuleta]] sang the song in Season 7 of ''[[American Idol]]''.
The song was written to encourage people to believe/imagine a world where everyone was equal and peaceful, without the separation of different religions, beliefs, races etc.

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