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
Mother (John Lennon song) about its commercial appeal and he considered issuing "Love" as a single instead. In November 1982, a remixed version of "Love" was released as a single to help promote The John Lennon Collection LP. An early version of "Mother" performed on an electric guitar by Lennon can be heard on the "John Lennon Anthology" box set. A demo version of the song was featured in the final scene and credits of the 2009 John Lennon biographical film, "Nowhere Boy". Barbra Streisand recorded "Mother" (as well as Lennon's "Love") on her 1971 album "Barbra Joan Streisand"; it was also released as