Real Love (John Lennon song)
"Real Love" is a 1988 posthumous song by John Lennon and was used in the documentary movie Imagine: John Lennon. In 1996 The Beatles recorded a version of Real Love for their album Anthology 2. It went to number 4 in the United Kingdom and was their last top 40 hit in the United States.
| "Real Love" | |
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| Song by John Lennon | |
| from Imagine: John Lennon" | |
| Released | 10 October 1988 |
| Recorded | October 1979, New York City |
| Length | 2:48 |
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| Songwriter(s) | John Lennon |
| Producer(s) | |
| "Real Love" | |||||
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| Single by the Beatles | |||||
| from Anthology 2" | |||||
| B-side | "Baby's in Black" (Live) | ||||
| Released | 4 March 1996 | ||||
| Recorded | July 1980 Bermuda February 1995 Hogg Hill Mill, Sussex, England | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:54 | ||||
| Label | Apple 58544 | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | John Lennon | ||||
| Producer(s) | George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne | ||||
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| "Real Love" at YouTube | |||||
Track listings
All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.
- 7" (R6425)
- "Real Love" (Lennon) – 3:54
- Recorded at The Dakota, New York City, circa 1979 (original demo) and at The Mill Studio, Sussex, in February 1995.
- "Baby's in Black" – 3:03
- Recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl on 29 August 1965 (spoken introduction by Lennon) and 30 August 1965 (song performance).
- CD (CDR6425)
- "Real Love" (Lennon) – 3:54
- "Baby's in Black" – 3:03
- "Yellow Submarine" – 2:48
- Recorded at EMI Studios, London, on 26 May and 1 June 1966. A new remix with a previously unreleased "marching" introduction with the sound effects mixed higher in volume throughout.
- "Here, There and Everywhere" – 2:23
- Recorded at EMI Studios, London, on 16 June 1966. This is a combination of take 7 (a mono mix of the basic track with McCartney's guide vocal) with a 1995 stereo remix of the harmony vocals as overdubbed onto take 13 superimposed at the end.
