Crippled Inside

Summary

"Crippled Inside" is a song by British rock musician John Lennon from his 1971 album Imagine.

"Crippled Inside"
Song by John Lennon
from the album Imagine
Released9 September 1971
Recorded26 May 1971
Genre
Length3:47
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)John Lennon
Producer(s)John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector
Official audio
"Crippled Inside" (Remastered 2010) on YouTube

Background edit

Lennon recorded "Crippled Inside" on 26 May 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios, during the sessions for his Imagine album.[1] Robert Christgau believed its "good-time ricky-tick" rhythm lent the song a "folk-rock in disguise" identity.[2]

The melody of the song's bridge is very similar to the 1964 Koerner, Ray & Glover rendition of the traditional song "Black Dog".[3]

Covers edit

The jam band Widespread Panic covered the song a number of times during their Summer 2007 Tour, with the band contributing a version to the benefit album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur.[citation needed]

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Madinger, Chip; Raile, Scott (2015). LENNONOLOGY Strange Days Indeed - A Scrapbook Of Madness. Chesterfield, MO: Open Your Books, LLC. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-63110-175-5.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "John Lennon: Imagine". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ Sulpy, Doug (2007). Drugs, divorce, and a slipping image : the unauthorized story of the Beatles' "Get back" sessions. The 910. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-9643869-8-3.
  4. ^ "Interview with John Tout, May 1998".