Working Class Hero (track)
by John Lennon
Year: 1970
From the album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (track #4)
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Working Class Hero appears on the following album(s) by John Lennon:
- Wonsaponatime (track #2) (compilation) (1998)
- John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (track #4) (this album) (1970)
- Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon (track #18) (compilation) (1997)
- Acoustic (track #1) (compilation) (2004)
- Anthology (track #1) (compilation) (1998)
- Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon (track #7) (compilation) (2005)
- Gimme Some Truth (track #1) (compilation) (2010)
- Lennon (track #11) (compilation) (1990)
- Remember (track #3) (compilation) (2006)
- The U.S. Vs. John Lennon (Music From The Motion Picture) (track #3) (compilation) (2006)
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| ! | 05/20/2026 10:27 | Leginlists | 615 | 84/100 |
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the raw version of Imagine. This is how it is, Imagine is how it should be. My favorite of John's solo work. (Edited)
tgarritsen 02/27/2014 23:38 | #104729
My favourtie John Lennon song. The emotion you don't hear about a lot of the working class hero. (Edited)
mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/22/2018 21:21 | #209281
Good song writing given that I don't think John knew much about being a working class hero.
Lennon doesn't believe in Zimmerman, but tries to sound like him anyway. So sad and phoney. (Edited)
Bi11LL26Y 11/03/2017 13:02 | #200487
Good song, I like Green Day´s cover a little more though. Go ahead, hate me
