The U.S. vs. John Lennon (soundtrack)

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The U.S. vs. John Lennon
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Released25 September 2006
Recorded1968–1980
Genre Rock
Length75:27
Label Parlophone, Capitol, EMI
Producer John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector, David Leaf, Lisa Wohl
John Lennon chronology
Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon
(2005)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
(2006)
Gimme Some Truth
(2010)
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon is a soundtrack to the 2006 documentary film The U.S. vs. John Lennon . It was released in September 2006 and it peaked at number 19 on the US Top Soundtracks chart on 14 October that year.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by John Lennon, except where noted.

  1. "Power to the People" – 3:22
  2. "Nobody Told Me" – 3:34
  3. "Working Class Hero" – 3:48
  4. "I Found Out" – 3:37
  5. "Bed Peace" (John Lennon, Yoko Ono) – :13
  6. "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:00
  7. "Give Peace a Chance" – 4:50
  8. "Love" – 3:23
  9. "Attica State" (live, recorded at the 1971 John Sinclair Freedom Rally at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan) [previously unreleased]
  10. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (Ono, Lennon) – 3:37
  11. "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier" – 6:05
  12. "Imagine" (Lennon, Ono) – 3:02
  13. "How Do You Sleep?" (instrumental) [previously unreleased] [4]
  14. "New York City" – 4:30
  15. "John Sinclair" (live, recorded at the 1971 John Sinclair Freedom Rally at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan) [5]
  16. "Scared"
  17. "God" – 4:09
  18. "Here We Go Again"
  19. "Gimme Some Truth" – 3:15
  20. "Oh My Love" (Lennon, Ono) – 2:44
  21. "Instant Karma!" – 3:20

Release details

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom 25 September 2006 Parlophone CD 3749122 / 0946 3 74912 2 5 [6]
United States 26 September 2006 Capitol Records CD0946 3 74912 2 5

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