[Doesn't really matter what you feel. What we need to do is try to find out how Mr. Lennon came to write such a song. And I've done just that, using a simple internet search. Apparently much of the song originated in Yoko Ono's 1964 book entitled "Grapefruit", where she wrote lyrics that seemingly had a strong influence on Imagine. For instance:
"Imagine the clouds dripping
Dig a hole in your garden to put them in
Imagine myself crying and using my tears to make myself stronger"
And so on. Lennon himself expressed later on that he should have given her joint writing credit on Imagine, confessing that he was overly selfish at the time he published it and that she had originated the concept. Ono was given co-writer credit on Imagine in 2017 by the National Music Publishers' Association. I suppose that is a consolation prize since most of the revenue brought in by the song preceded 2017. ](https://www.songfacts.com/facts/john-lennon/imagine)
[Doesn't really matter what you feel. What we need to do is try to find out how Mr. Lennon came to write such a song. And I've done just that, using a simple internet search. Apparently much of the song originated in Yoko Ono's 1964 book entitled "Grapefruit", where she wrote lyrics that seemingly had a strong influence on Imagine. For instance:
"Imagine the clouds dripping Dig a hole in your garden to put them in
Imagine myself crying and using my tears to make myself stronger"
And so on. Lennon himself expressed later on that he should have given her joint writing credit on Imagine, confessing that he was overly selfish at the time he published it and that she had originated the concept. Ono was given co-writer credit on Imagine in 2017 by the National Music Publishers' Association. I suppose that is a consolation prize since most of the revenue brought in by the song preceded 2017. ](https://www.songfacts.com/facts/john-lennon/imagine)