Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)

"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)"
Single by John Lennon
from the album Double Fantasy
A-side"Watching the Wheels"
Released11 April 1981
Recorded1980
GenrePop rock
Length4:02
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)John Lennon
Producer(s)
John Lennon singles chronology
"Woman"
(1981) 		"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)"
(1981) 		"Love"
(1982)
Double Fantasy track listing
14 tracks
Side one
  1. "(Just Like) Starting Over"
  2. "Kiss Kiss Kiss"
  3. "Cleanup Time"
  4. "Give Me Something"
  5. "I'm Losing You"
  6. "I'm Moving On"
  7. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)"
Side two
  2. "Watching the Wheels"
  3. "Yes, I'm Your Angel"
  4. "Woman"
  5. "Beautiful Boys"
  6. "Dear Yoko"
  7. "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him"
  8. "Hard Times Are Over"

"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" is a song written and performed by John Lennon. It was released on the 1980 album Double Fantasy, the last album by Lennon and Ono released before his death.

Paul McCartney has stated this is one of his favourite songs composed by Lennon, and when he appeared on Desert Island Discs in 1982 included it as his favourite in his selection, as did Yoko Ono as the only John Lennon song in 2007.[1][2]

Originally, the song was released as the B-side of the third and final single from Double Fantasy, "Watching the Wheels", in March 1981, on its US reissue. Subsequently, it was used as the B-side of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" to promote the compilation album The John Lennon Collection in November 1982.

  1. ^ "Paul McCartney: Desert Island Discs". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Yoko Ono: Desert Island Discs". BBC. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.