New York City (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) Ono's film "Clock", which was filmed in September 1971. That version relied more prominently on the "que pasa" lyrics than the final version. Lennon continued to expand the lyrics and make demo recordings of the song, including an acoustic version from late 1971 which was included on "John Lennon Anthology". The final version released on the album was recorded in 1972 with Elephant's Memory on the backing instruments. "New York City" is in some ways a sequel to "The Ballad of John and Yoko," a song Lennon wrote and performed with The Beatles. Like the earlier Beatles' song, "New York
John Lennon Anthology went gold. A one-disc distillation of the highlights of the box set was released as Wonsaponatime. Many of the tracks were edited down from their versions on "John Lennon Anthology". "Wonsaponatime" failed to reach the US charts but peaked at number 76 in the UK. All songs were written by John Lennon, except where noted. All songs written by Lennon, except where noted. John Lennon Anthology John Lennon Anthology is a four-CD box set of home demos, alternative studio outtakes and other unreleased material recorded by John Lennon over the course of his solo career from "Give Peace a Chance"