"Give Peace a Chance" | ||||
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Single by Plastic Ono Band | ||||
B-side | "Remember Love" (Yoko Ono) | |||
Released | 4 July 1969 (UK) 7 July 1969 (US) | |||
Recorded | 1 June 1969, Room 1742, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||
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Length | 4:54 | |||
Label | Apple | |||
Songwriter(s) | John Lennon (originally credited to Lennon–McCartney) | |||
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"Give Peace a Chance" is an anti-war song written by John Lennon (originally credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with Yoko Ono in a hotel room in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Released as a single in July 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, it is the first solo single issued by Lennon, released while he was still a member of the Beatles, and became an anthem of the American anti-war movement during the 1970s. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the British singles chart.