Jealous Guy (track)
by John Lennon
Jealous Guy appears on the following album(s) by John Lennon:
- Imagine (track #3) (this album) (1971)
- The John Lennon Collection (track #10) (compilation) (1982)
- Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon (track #4) (compilation) (1997)
- Anthology (track #13) (compilation) (1998)
- Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon (track #4) (compilation) (2005)
- Gimme Some Truth (track #27) (compilation) (2010)
- Power To The People: The Hits (track #7) (compilation) (2010)
- Lennon (track #23) (compilation) (1990)
- Imagine: John Lennon (track #17) (compilation) (1988)
- Icon (track #7) (compilation) (2014)
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| ! | 07/09/2026 07:19 | HAMEDNIKKHAH | 34 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2026 19:50 | mash | 4,561 | 92/100 |
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While the title track captures the zeitgeist of the peace movement and is a good hymn for humanism, I kind of think Jealous Guy is the crown jewel of the album, in stead of preaching Lennon is speaking from the heart for Yoko, their is more honesty and sincerity here, and the whistling is a nice addition. My favorite.
neilgee 09/24/2015 16:50 | #150374
I'm surprised in all those comments on 'Imagine' that nobody had pointed out how that song has been played to death over the years. I missed the original release in the UK but it was reissued and charted again in 75, 80 and 2000 something. I'm so over-familiar with it that I don't really hear it anymore, it just washes over me. That's not a criticism of the song, but you can hear anything too much eventually.
With 'Jealous Guy' the opposite is true, for me, because I didn't buy this album until the 1980's and I was familiar with the smoother, more commercial Roxy Music version so to hear the rougher, more honest original was refreshing.
He certainly was, from what I understand
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