John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Battery Park, NYC
Imagine
 is a song written and performed by John Lennon, and was the best-selling single of his solo career. Lennon and Yoko Ono co-produced the song with Phil Spector.

BMI named Imagine one of the 100 most-performed songs of the 20th century. The song ranked number 30 on the Recording Industry Association of America's list of the 365 Songs of the Century bearing the most historical significance. It earned a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. A UK survey conducted by the Guinness World Records British Hit Singles Book named it the second best single of all time, and Rolling Stone ranked it number 3 in their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Trivia:

A sidewalk mosaic spells out the word Imagine in a section of Central Park dedicated to Lennon. The area is called Strawberry Fields, and is located across from Lennon's apartment where he was shot.

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