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
Murder of John Lennon and realizing the severity of the musician's multiple injuries, he covered Lennon's chest with his uniform jacket, removed his blood-covered glasses, and summoned the police. Chapman then removed his coat and hat in preparation for the arrival of police—to show he was not carrying any concealed weapons—and remained standing on West 72nd Street. Perdomo shouted at Chapman, "Do you know what you've done?", to which Chapman calmly replied, "Yes, I just shot John Lennon." Officers Steven Spiro and Peter Cullen were the first policemen to arrive at the scene; they were at 72nd Street and Broadway when they heard a