I Just Shot John Lennon

I Just Shot John Lennon
Artista	The Cranberries
Autore/i	Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan
Genere	Rock alternativo
Edito da	Island Records
Pubblicazione originale
Incisione	To the Faithful Departed
Data	1996
Durata	2 min : 41 s

I Just Shot John Lennon è un brano musicale del gruppo rock irlandese The Cranberries inserito nell'album To the Faithful Departed del 1996.

Il brano

La canzone narra gli eventi accaduti la notte dell'8 dicembre 1980, quando il musicista John Lennon fu assassinato da Mark David Chapman davanti al Dakota Building a New York. Si tratta di uno dei molti omaggi in musica dedicati a Lennon, che ripercorrono gli avvenimenti di quella notte.

Il titolo della canzone deriva dalle parole pronunciate da Chapman la sera dell'omicidio di Lennon. Interrogato se fosse a conoscenza di quanto aveva appena fatto, egli rispose freddamente: «Yes, I just shot John Lennon» ("Si, ho appena sparato a John lennon").

Esecuzioni dal vivo

I Cranberries eseguirono dal vivo la canzone al Late Night with David Letterman nel 1995.^[1] Altra versione live fu pubblicata come B-side del singolo Salvation.

Note

^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tfntVLEgHY

Collegamenti esterni

(EN) I Just Shot John Lennon, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.

V · D · M The Cranberries
Mike Hogan · Noel Hogan · Fergal Lawler · Dolores O'Riordan
Album in studio	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? · No Need to Argue · To the Faithful Departed · Bury the Hatchet · Wake Up and Smell the Coffee · Roses · Something Else · In the End
EP	Uncertain · Doors and Windows
Raccolte	Stars - The Best of 1992-2002 · Treasure Box - The Complete Sessions 1992-1999 · Gold · Remembering Dolores
Album dal vivo	Bualadh Bos
Singoli	Dreams · Linger · Zombie · Ode to My Family · I Can't Be with You · Ridiculous Thoughts · Salvation · Free to Decide · When You're Gone · Hollywood · Promises · Animal Instinct · Just My Imagination · You & Me · Analyse · Time Is Ticking Out · This Is the Day · Stars · Tomorrow · Losing My Mind · Raining in My Heart · Why · All over Now · The Pressure · Wake Me When It's Over
Discografia

V · D · M

John Lennon

Discografia

Album	Unfinished Music No.1 - Two Virgins (1968) · Unfinished Music No.2 - Life with the Lions (1969) · Wedding Album (1969) · John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970) · Imagine (1971) · Some Time in New York City (1972) · Mind Games (1973) · Walls and Bridges (1974) · John Lennon - Rock 'n' Roll (1975) · Double Fantasy (1980) · Milk and Honey (1984) (postumo) · Menlove Ave. (1986) (postumo) · Double Fantasy "Stripped Down" (2010) (postumo)
Compilation	Shaved Fish · The John Lennon Collection · Wonsaponatime · Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon · Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon · Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits · Acoustic · Peace, Love & Truth · Power to the People: The Hits · Icon · Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes
Colonne sonore	Imagine: John Lennon (1988) · The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
Box-set	Lennon (1990) · John Lennon Anthology (1998) · Gimme Some Truth (2010) · John Lennon Signature Box (2010)
Live	Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (1969) · Live in New York City (1986) (postumo)
Singoli	Give Peace a Chance/Remember Love · Cold Turkey/Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow) · Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)/Who Has Seen the Wind? · Mother/Why · Power to the People · Imagine · Happy Xmas (War Is Over)/Listen the Snow Is Falling · Woman is the Nigger of the World/Sisters O Sisters · Mind Games/Meat City · Whatever Gets You Thru the Night/Beef Jerky ·#9 Dream/What You Got · Stand by Me · (Just Like) Starting Over · Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) · Woman · Watching the Wheels · Love · Nobody Told Me · Borrowed Time · I'm Stepping Out · Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him · Jealous Guy
Album tributo	Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon (1995) · Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (2007) · The 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute: Live from the Beacon Theatre, NYC (2011) · Lennon Bermuda (2013)

Filmografia

Come ho vinto la guerra · Two Virgins · No. 5/Smile · Honeymoon · Rape · Self-Portrait ·Up Your Legs Forever · Freedom · Fly · Apotheosis · Erection · Clock · Sweet Toronto · Imagine · Ten for Two · Oh Calcutta! · One to One · John and Yoko: A Love Story · Imagine: John Lennon · Gimme Some Truth · Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music · La vera storia di John Lennon · Due di noi - The Beatles · U.S.A. contro John Lennon · Chapter 27 - L'assassinio di John Lennon · The Killing of John Lennon · I Met the Walrus · Nowhere Boy · Lennon Naked - Essere John Lennon · LennoNYC · The Lennon Report · Looking for Lennon · John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky

Voci correlate

The Beatles · The Dirty Mac · Lennon-McCartney · Bed-In · Bagism · Elephant's Memory Band · Mark David Chapman · Cynthia Lennon · Yōko Ono · Julian Lennon · Sean Lennon · Julia Lennon · Alfred Lennon · Mimi Smith · Dakota Building · Rosaura Lopez · Plastic Ono Band · Skywriting by Word of Mouth · In His Own Write · A Spaniard in the Works · Harry Nilsson · Pussy Cats · A Toot and a Snore in '74 · Strawberry Fields Memorial · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · Parco John Lennon · The Lost Lennon Tapes · S.I.R. John Winston Ono Lennon · Marx & Lennon · The Immigrant · All Those Years Ago · Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) · Here Today · I Call Your Name · Roll On John · Life Is Real (Song for Lennon) · Peace and Love · That's My Life (My Love and My Home) · Peace Dream · The Late Great Johnny Ace · I Just Shot John Lennon · Omicidio di John Lennon · Discografia di John Lennon