Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reportedly, the song was finished within an hour. “I went to the office and sang it many times,” Lennon told Rolling Stone. “So I ...

On January 27, 1970, John Lennon was inspired to write a song that would become one of the fastest-released in music history. The tune "Instant Karma" came about after Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, ...