Now or Never (Yoko Ono song)
"Now or Never" | ||||
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My Lai Massacre victims | ||||
Single by Yoko Ono | ||||
from the album Approximately Infinite Universe | ||||
B-side | "Move on Fast" | |||
Released | November 13, 1972 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 4:55 | |||
Label | Apple | |||
Songwriter(s) | Yoko Ono | |||
Producer(s) | John Lennon, Yoko Ono | |||
Yoko Ono singles chronology | ||||
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"Now or Never" is a song written by Yoko Ono that was first released on her 1973 album Approximately Infinite Universe. It was also the lead single off the album, backed by "Move on Fast." A remixed version of "Move on Fast" was later released as a single and reached #1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[1][2]
"Now or Never" is a political song.
The music of "Now or Never" is
Lennon and Ono rehearsed "Now or Never" for their One on One concerts at
In 1984, a revised version of "Now or Never" was released on the album Every Man Has a Woman celebrating Ono's 50th birthday.[5][11] This version used a children's choir to provide the vocals.[11] According to Urich and Bielen, this added urgency to the lyrics, "as if a very aware child were chastising the adults for what they were permitting the world to become."[11] The instrumentation was from the original 1972 sessions, including Lennon and Elephant's Memory.[5]
In 1994, the song was included in Ono's Off-Broadway musical New York Rock.[9] According to Holden, "Now or Never" "distills the childlike quality of a show that is as sweetly idealistic as it is hopelessly naive."[9]
In 2018, Ono included a new version of the song on her album
References
- ^ a b c "Ono: Move On Fast is #1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart". Yoko Ono Lennon. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
- ^ a b c d Bocaro, Madeline. "When John and Yoko Helped Jerry Lewis". Best Classic Bands. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ^ ISBN 9780954452810.
- ^ ISBN 9781906002022.
- ^ ISBN 9780857121264.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 11, 1972. p. 20. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. November 4, 1972. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ^ ISBN 9781886028593.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-275-99180-7.
- ^ Tosches, Nick (March 15, 1973). "Approximately Infinite Universe". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ^ Perpertua, Matthew (March 4, 2011). "Yoko Ono Scores Sixth Consecutive Dance Chart-Topper With 'Move On Fast'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
- ^ ISBN 0-615-11724-4.
- ^ a b c Geffen, Sasha (October 23, 2018). "Yoko Ono: Warzone". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-08-14.