Lennon performs ‘Instant Karma!’ on ‘Top Of The Pops’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 10 1970)


Video: 'Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) - Lennon/Ono with The Plastic Ono Band (official music video)' (video take three; audio is from studio recording)

(Wednesday, February 11, 1970, 7:30-10:00 p.m. BST) — John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, performed Lennon’s new single “Instant Karma” tonight on BBC1’s Top of the Pops in Studio 8 at the BBC’s Television Centre in London for broadcast the following day.


Video: 'John Lennon "Instant Karma!"Live at 'Top of the Pops' Feb 1970' (video take four)

Lennon played upright piano and sang a live vocal on four takes, while Alan White and Klaus Voorman mimed their original roles to a mono mix of the song created the day before.