Cold Turkey

"Cold Turkey"
Single by Plastic Ono Band
B-side"Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)" (Yoko Ono)
Released20 October 1969 (1969-10-20)
Recorded30 September 1969
StudioEMI, London
Genre
Length5:01
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)John Lennon
Producer(s)
  • John Lennon
  • Yoko Ono
Plastic Ono Band singles chronology
"Give Peace a Chance"
(1969)
"Cold Turkey"
(1969)
"Instant Karma!"
(1970)

"Cold Turkey" is a song written by English singer-songwriter John Lennon, released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apples 1001 in the United Kingdom, Apple 1813 in the United States. It is the second solo single issued by Lennon and it peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's first appearance on an album was Live Peace in Toronto 1969 where the song had been performed live on 13 September 1969 with Lennon reading the lyrics off a clip-board.[4][5][6]

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