Crippled Inside
| "Crippled Inside" | |
|---|---|
| Song by John Lennon | |
| from the album Imagine | |
| Released | 9 September 1971 |
| Recorded | 26 May 1971 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:47 |
| Label | Apple |
| Songwriter(s) | John Lennon |
| Producer(s) | John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector |
| Official audio | |
| "Crippled Inside" (Remastered 2010) on YouTube | |
"Crippled Inside" is a song by British rock musician John Lennon from his 1971 album Imagine.
Background[edit]
Lennon recorded "Crippled Inside" on 26 May 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios, during the sessions for his Imagine album.[1] Robert Christgau believed its "good-time ricky-tick" rhythm lent the song a "folk-rock in disguise" identity.[2]
The melody of the song's bridge is very similar to the 1964 Koerner, Ray & Glover rendition of the traditional song "Black Dog".[3]
Covers[edit]
The jam band Widespread Panic covered the song a number of times during their Summer 2007 Tour, with the band contributing a version to the benefit album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur.[citation needed]
Personnel[edit]
- John Lennon – vocals, electric guitar
- George Harrison – dobro
- Nicky Hopkins – tack piano
- Ted Turner – acoustic guitar
- Rod Linton – acoustic guitar
- John Tout – piano (incorrectly credited as playing "acoustic guitar")[4]
- Klaus Voormann – upright bass
- Steve Brendell – upright bass
- Alan White – drums
References[edit]
- ^ Madinger, Chip; Raile, Scott (2015). LENNONOLOGY Strange Days Indeed - A Scrapbook Of Madness. Chesterfield, MO: Open Your Books, LLC. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-63110-175-5.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "John Lennon: Imagine". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Sulpy, Doug (2007). Drugs, divorce, and a slipping image : the unauthorized story of the Beatles' "Get back" sessions. The 910. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-9643869-8-3.
- ^ "Interview with John Tout, May 1998".
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