When John Lennon went into the Hit Manufacturing facility in New York to report what grew to become the primary single from his and Yoko Ono’s return to public life, the Double Fantasy album, the rock’n’roll taste of the monitor was so sturdy that he himself referred to it because the “Elvis Orbison” music. Its upbeat, optimistic spirit was in merciless distinction to what everyone knows occurred simply after its launch. On the chart of December 20, 1980, “(Just Like) Starting Over” grew to become a posthumous UK No.1.
On the time of John’s brutal and surprising homicide on December 8, the one was on its method down the UK charts. It had entered at No.30 in November, his first look on the bestsellers in his dwelling nation for the reason that reissue of “Imagine” in 1975. “Starting Over” climbed to No.20, then No.13, then No.8, its obvious peak, falling to No.10 and No.21 simply earlier than these fateful occasions close to the Dakota Constructing the place John and Yoko lived in New York.
As is so usually the case when such an enormous determine in music leaves us, the industrial and cultural impression of John’s passing was dramatic. The music raced straight to No.1 the next week, after which earlier in 1981, “Imagine” itself reemerged for a four-week run on the high.
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“(Just Like) Starting Over” then grew to become the final US No.1 single of 1980 and Lennon’s second solo chart-topper there, after 1974’s “Whatever Gets You Thru The Night.” It stayed on the summit all through January, in a five-week run that was virtually like a vigil for the irreplaceable expertise the world had misplaced. For thousands and thousands of individuals, the distinction between John’s demise and the infectious optimism of the comeback single he left behind was onerous to bear.
Purchase or stream “(Just Like) Starting Over” on the 2020 John Lennon compilation GIMME SOME TRUTH. The Final Mixes.
