Isolation (John Lennon song) Isolation (John Lennon song) "Isolation" is a 1970 song appearing on John Lennon's first official solo album release, "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band". It ends side one of the album, and is the fifth track. In the Philippines Apple Records released "Isolation" as the b-side to "Mother", the single off "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", in contrast to most countries where the b-side was Yoko Ono's "Why." It was also released on an EP in Mexico along with "Mother," "Look at Me" and "My Mummy's Dead." At the time, Lennon began to feel disillusioned with fame and where his life was heading,
Mother (John Lennon song) Makhalemele covered the song on an EP of Lennon covers in 1990. Shelby Lynne covered this song on her 2001 album "Love, Shelby". Christina Aguilera covered the song in 2007 for the benefit album "". Eminem sampled the song on the song for his song "Headlights", featured on the album "the Marshall Mathers LP 2". Folk artist, Jackie Oates, included a version of the song on her album The Joy of Living in 2018. The musicians who performed on the original recording were as follows: Lennon plays guitar rather than piano on the "Nowhere Boy" demo version. Mother (John Lennon