Steel and Glass

"Steel and Glass"
Song by John Lennon
from the album Walls and Bridges
PublishedLennon Music/ATV Music
Released26 September 1974
RecordedJuly – August 1974
GenreRock • Folk Rock[1]
Length4:37
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)John Lennon
Producer(s)John Lennon
Walls and Bridges track listing
12 tracks
Side one
  1. "Going Down on Love"
  2. "Whatever Gets You thru the Night"
  3. "Old Dirt Road"
  4. "What You Got"
  5. "Bless You"
  6. "Scared"
Side two
  2. "#9 Dream"
  3. "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)"
  4. "Steel and Glass"
  5. "Beef Jerky"
  6. "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)"
  7. "Ya Ya"

"Steel and Glass" is a song written and performed by John Lennon, released on his 1974 album Walls and Bridges. A dark folk song,[2] it has been interpreted as an attack on Lennon's former business manager Allen Klein but others argue Lennon was in fact addressing the song to himself, in a similar fashion to the Beatles' track "Nowhere Man".[3][4]

The song contains a lick performed by violins and horns in the chorus that is reminiscent of Lennon's song "How Do You Sleep?", an attack on his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney.[3][5]

  1. ^ "Walls and Bridges by John Lennon | Classic Rock Review". 9 July 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Walls and Bridges by John Lennon | Classic Rock Review". 9 July 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference The_Beatles_Bible was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Deriso, Nick (6 October 2014). "John Lennon – Walls and Bridges: On Second Thought". Something Else!. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  5. ^ Gerson, Ben (21 November 1974). "John Lennon: Walls and Bridges". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 May 2017.