Imagine (De-Sugarcoated Version)
1971

Lennon viewed the song as a “manifesto” or a “commercial political statement”. Having learned from the success of The Beatles, he understood that to get a radical message (which he described as “anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, and anti-capitalistic”) across to a mass audience, he had to “sugarcoat” it with a beautiful, commercial melody. He essentially used the tools of high-end advertising to sell a product: the idea of world peace