Talk:Instant Karma!

Music video
Does anyone know why in the video clip to this song there is a person with a bandage over their eyes singing along on stage? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.213.7.137 (talk) 11:02, 4 September 2008 (UTC)


 * That's Yoko Ono knitting while blindfolded, for some unknown and probably unknowable reason.... AnonMoos (talk) 16:36, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The article says she is knitting but she's got crochet hooks so she is crocheting not knitting
 * Montalban (talk) 11:05, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Recording date
The article says it was recorded in one day and released 10 days later, and lists the release date as Feb 10 1970. The infobox, however, says release year "1970" and recording year "1969". Which one's correct? -- 201.78.236.243 12:42, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Information repeated
It says that the B-side was "Who has seen the wind" twice.

Duran Duran?
I've been looking for the Duran Duran cover (or the album that is was on) with no success. Maybe you are thinking of the Toad and the Wet Sprocket version from 95 on the Working Class Hero: A Tribute?Zzz345zzz

Isn't Toad and the Wet Sprocket... Is Toad the Wet Sprocket 200.62.17.130

Duran Duran covered it on/for this cd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Karma:_The_Amnesty_International_Campaign_to_Save_Darfur - it's on the (non-US) international + download versions only. ^ Toyko Hotel's cover appears on the Non-US cd & downloads versions of that charity album too - possibly recorded especially for the campaign? 86.187.162.73 (talk) 01:15, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

UK Chart
In the body of the article it mentions a peak UK position of five, in the side bar it is #4, which is it? Zzz345zzZ 02:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Quotes from Bare Bones about link b/w Shining & Instant Karma!
p. 125 "Q: What was the origin of the phrase 'the shining' as a description of psychic power? KING: The origin of that was a song by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band called 'Instant Karma.'   The refrain went 'We all shine on'."

p. 190 "...embarrassing in a way, because The Shining was a title that I originally turned down. When I turned the manuscript in, it was The Shine.  The contract had been issued that way.  And one day we were sitting around talking about it, and the sub rights guy at Doubleday said, "are you sure you want this book to go out under this title, with a Black cook in it?"

- --some jerk on the Internet    (talk)  20:16, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Title of the article
If the song is called, "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)", shouldn't that be the name of the article?

Just as an example, the article for the song You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) is called exactly like that, including the parenthesis words. -- WKMN? Later [ Let's talk ] 16:01, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

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