Artist: John Lennon
Author: John Lennon
Label: Apple
Year: 1971
On Imagine album and n°1 UK. Working title: Child Of Nature, home rehearsed at George Harrison's Esher mansion (Kinfauns) in May '68. Child Of Nature was one of the songs rejected for the double white album (along with Junk - see there). Lennon gave it a second chance in preparation of Let It Be and Get Back, but it finally ended up officially on the remastered white album in 2018. Jealous Guy has the same melody with different lyrics.
Covers:
Claudine Longet [as The Jealous Kind in medley with Don't Let Me Down]
Roxy Music [n°1 UK in the wake of Lennon's fatal death]
Kathy Lindekens [as Bang Om Je Kwijt Te Zijn]
Rob de Nijs [as Jaloerse Gast]
Child Of Nature (John) and Mother Nature's Son (Paul) share the same subject. Might have been written as reflections upon a session both John and Paul attended with the Maharishi in Rishikesh, India.
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