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Australian singles chart:
Jealous Guy entered the Kent Music Report on 30 March 1981 and peaked at #1. It was the #5 song on the Top 100 of 1981.
Songwriter:
John Lennon
Producers:
Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor
Bonus clip below – Jealous Guy by John Lennon
Songfacts:
John Lennon wrote this when he was in The Beatles. They recorded it as a demo called Child of Nature, which he’d written about their trip to India to study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It didn’t make it onto any Beatles albums, so Lennon used it on his Imagine album with the lyrics changed to reflect on his relationship with Yoko, and how possessive he became of her while The Beatles were breaking up.
Following the murder of Lennon in December 1980, Roxy Music recorded this in 1981 as a tribute, including a whistling solo by Bryan Ferry. His whistling prowess harks back to his paper round days as a youngster when he used to do plenty of whistling.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/john-lennon/jealous-guy
Lyrics:
I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control
I didn’t mean to hurt you
I’m sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn’t want to hurt you
I’m just a jealous guy
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BONUS CLIP
Jealous Guy by John Lennon from his Imagine album which entered the Kent album charts on 29 November 1971 and peaked at #1.
This includes footage of John recording Jealous Guy in the studio at Tittenhurst Park Studios in June 1971, and the Jealous Guy driving and rowing sequences (filmed on 21 July 1971) used in John & Yoko’s Imagine film.
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