Yoko Ono is a Japanese multimedia artist,singer,songwriter,and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.
Double Fantasy is the fifth studio album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono,and the final one to feature Lennon before his death. Released in November 1980 on Geffen Records,the album marked Lennon's return to recording music full-time,following his five-year hiatus to raise his son Sean. Recording sessions took place at the Hit Factory in New York City between August and October 1980. The final album features songs from both Lennon and Ono,largely alternating between the two in its track listing. Other tracks recorded by Lennon from the sessions were compiled by Ono for release on Milk and Honey in 1984.
"Give Peace a Chance" is an anti-war song written by John Lennon,and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with Yoko Ono in a hotel room in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. Released as a single in July 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records,it is the first solo single issued by Lennon,released while he was still a member of the Beatles,and became an anthem of the American anti-war movement during the 1970s. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the British singles chart.
"(Just Like) Starting Over" is a song written and performed by John Lennon from the 1980 album,Double Fantasy. It was released as a single on 24 October 1980 in the United Kingdom,with Yoko Ono's "Kiss Kiss Kiss" as the B-side. It reached number one in both the US and UK after Lennon was murdered on 8 December 1980. It was Lennon's final single released in his lifetime.
Onobox is a 1992 comprehensive 6-disc collection of Yoko Ono's work from 1968 to 1985. The discs are grouped by era and theme. Disc one centers around the albums Fly and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band,while Disc two features nearly the entirety of Approximately Infinite Universe in a different running order and most of the tracks remixed exclusively for this boxed set. Disc three features the entire Feeling the Space project,which was originally conceived and recorded as a double album before being edited down,while disc six is the previously unreleased 1974 album A Story,which was later reissued separately with an expanded track listing,along with the rest of Ono's back catalogue.
Season of Glass is the fifth studio album by Yoko Ono,her first solo recording after the murder of her husband John Lennon. Season of Glass,released in 1981,reached number 49 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart,making it Ono's highest-charting solo album to date.
"No,No,No" is a song by Yoko Ono from her 1981 album Season of Glass. The song is one of the most dramatic tracks on the album to address her husband John Lennon's murder. The song begins with the sound of four gunshots and Ono screaming.
"Hell in Paradise" is a song by Yoko Ono from the 1985 album Starpeace. The lyrics are about mankind's perceived idea of hell,despite living in the paradise that Ono considers to be planet Earth. After "Walking on Thin Ice",it was her biggest hit of the 1980s,charting at number 16 on the US dance chart. Ono went on hiatus after Starpeace;this would be her last proper single until 2001's remix of "Open Your Box".
"Open Your Box" is a The Plastic Ono Band song by Yoko Ono,released on 12 March 1971 as the B-side of John Lennon's single "Power to the People". Lennon played guitar and produced the song.
"Kiss Kiss Kiss" is a song by Japanese singer Yoko Ono. It was originally released on Double Fantasy,her joint album with John Lennon,as well as on the B-side of his "(Just Like) Starting Over" single. The disco and new wave-influenced song features Ono gasping heavily and appearing to reach orgasm.
Starpeace is a 1985 concept album by Yoko Ono,designed to spread a message of peace around the world as an opposition to Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense system. As with most Ono albums,it did not chart extensively but the single release of "Hell in Paradise" reached #16 on the US dance charts. The album was subtitled An Earth Play for Sun and Air in the booklet and on the disc.
"Woman" is a song written and performed by English singer John Lennon from his 1980 album Double Fantasy. The track was chosen by Lennon to be the second single released from the Double Fantasy album,and it was the first Lennon single issued after his murder on 8 December 1980. The B-side of the single is Ono's song "Beautiful Boys".
"Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" is a song by Yoko Ono from the album Double Fantasy with John Lennon. Other versions were released,including one released as a single where Ono's voice was removed,leaving what had been Lennon's backing vocal as the primary vocal.
Yes,I'm a Witch is a remix album by Yoko Ono released on February 6,2007 by Apple Records and Astralwerks. Artists invited to contribute were asked to select a song from Ono's back catalogue,and were then presented with all the necessary elements to create a remix/cover of their desire. According to the press release,nearly every artist chose only the vocals,and created entirely new backing tracks to demonstrate the versatility of Ono's compositions.
Open Your Box is a remix album by Yoko Ono which was released on April 24,2007. It is a compilation of her successful series of remix singles released since 2001 with the addition of several new mixes. Collaborators include Basement Jaxx,Felix da Housecat and the Pet Shop Boys. "You're the One" was released as a single and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States. Ono achieved a number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in August 2008 with "Give Peace a Chance".
"Give Me Something" is a song by Yoko Ono,originally released in 1980 on John Lennon and Ono's duet album Double Fantasy. The song appeared in Ono's off-Broadway musical New York Rock and her compilation albums Walking on Thin Ice and Onobox. In 2010,the Junior Boys remix of the song was released as a free download on MySpace Music and RCRD LBL.
"You're the One" is a song by Yoko Ono,originally released in 1984 on Ono's and John Lennon's duet album Milk and Honey. The song was also on the compilation albums Onobox and Walking on Thin Ice.
"Death of Samantha" is a song written by Yoko Ono and first released on her 1973 album Approximately Infinite Universe. It was also released as a single,backed by "Yang Yang". It has also been covered by a number of artists,including Boy George,Hermine Demoriane and Porcupine Tree.
"Woman Power" is a single released by Yoko Ono. It was originally released on September 24,1973 through Apple. John Lennon played guitar on the track in a performance that Ken Bielen and Ben Urish described as,"especially gritty." Bielen and Urish described Lennon's rhythm guitar solo as prefiguring his guitar playing on his last creative work,Ono's "Walking on Thin Ice." Lennon uses the alias "John O'Cean" for the song,possibly in reference to Ono's name translating as "Ocean Child" in Japanese. A remix version was released on August 26,2014 through Mind Train / Twisted. It reached number six on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Japanese multimedia artist,singer and songwriter Yoko Ono has released 14 studio albums,eight collaborative albums,and 40 singles as a lead artist. Married to English singer-songwriter and the Beatles member John Lennon until his murder in 1980,she has contributed several B-sides to his singles from late 1960s to the 1980s. Ono released her debut studio album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band in December 1970,faring poorly in the United States. Similar moderate success was achieved with her follow-up records Fly (1971) and Approximately Infinite Universe (1973).
