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(Monday, March 8, 1971) — “Power to the People” by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was released today in the UK as a single (Mar. 22, 1971, in the U.S.).

The song was written by Lennon in response to an interview he gave to Tariq Ali and Robin Blackburn, published in Red Mole (8–22 March 1971).

As Lennon explained: “I just felt inspired by what they said, although a lot of it is gobbledygook. So I wrote ‘Power to the People’ the same way I wrote ‘Give Peace a Chance,’ as something for the people to sing. I make singles like broadsheets. It was another quickie, done at Ascot.”

It was the ex-Beatle’s fourth solo single in the UK and his fifth in the U.S.