Imagine (track)
by John Lennon
Imagine appears on the following album(s) by John Lennon:
- Imagine (track #1) (this album) (1971)
- Wonsaponatime (track #5) (compilation) (1998)
- The John Lennon Collection (track #9) (compilation) (1982)
- Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon (track #1) (compilation) (1997)
- Live In New York City (track #8) (1986)
- Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon (track #2) (compilation) (2005)
- Gimme Some Truth (track #15) (compilation) (2010)
- Power To The People: The Hits (track #13) (compilation) (2010)
- Lennon (track #21) (compilation) (1990)
- Imagine: John Lennon (track #13) (compilation) (1988)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/06/2025 04:51 | plasmicmist | 7,423 | 90/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 03:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 51,845 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2025 15:03 | gmessian | 1,400 | 55/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 22:44 |  Superunknown | 506 | 86/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2025 07:53 |  Squonk007 | 3,203 | 73/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.6/100, a mean average of 89.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 17.9.
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Squonk007 09/27/2025 07:56 | #311111
Poignant for such a simple song.
Pretty song but basically the Communist Manifesto put to music.
Goliath 10/27/2020 09:05 | #259822
The second most iconic song ever (according to research, see my chart of most iconic songs https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=62924). It's a simple song with a great melody, but the lyrics are, of course, ridiculous. The verse starting 'Imagine I'm living in cloud cuckoo land' is missing.
teague 06/13/2020 01:54 | #253397
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llibnanoon 06/02/2020 17:00 | #252745
Masterpiece!
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TheDude85 04/09/2019 16:52 | #234687
A true testament of a forward thinking genius.
DeusExMackia 02/01/2019 13:05 | #231103
A dull, plodding, myopic anthem for people who think they're changing the world by posting this on their Facebook wall. Imagine is a bad song because it pretends to be the way forward whilst offering absolutely nothing concrete towards such change. As Billy Bragg said, "The revolution is just a t-shirt away".
Not sure I agree with all the lyrical content on a personal level but it sure is a beautiful song by an amazing artist.
Saradominsm 05/22/2017 20:39 | #191245
Thinking about it, this is a really simple song.
One that needed to be said, a future message that may one day be answered, probably not though.
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