New York City (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) Urish call this version "rousing" and claim it makes them wonder why the song was not released as a single at the time. "New York City" was edited down to a one-minute segment intended for use in the film "" for scenes in which Lennon and Ono were in New York City. The segment was included on a work print of the film from 11 February 1988 but was excluded from the final release of the film. Two acts associated with Lennon at the time of the song's release recorded related songs about Lennon and Ono around the same time.
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