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"(Just Like) Starting Over" is a song written and performed by John Lennon from the 1980 album, Double Fantasy. It was released as a single on 24 October 1980 in the United Kingdom, [3] with Yoko Ono's "Kiss Kiss Kiss" as the B-side. It reached number one in both the US and UK after Lennon was murdered on 8 December 1980. It was Lennon's final ...
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"Starting Over" carries a "raw, stripped down and vulnerable" theme, [3] with Stapleton singing of looking for new horizons, in "perpetual motion". [2] The love song fuses acoustic guitar chords and a percussive shake, [5] while drummer Derek Mixon delivers a "brushed" snare rhythm, which Rolling Stone ' s Joseph Hudak said evokes Willie Nelson's version of "City of New Orleans".
The album was preceded by the single "(Just Like) Starting Over", which was backed with Ono's "Kiss Kiss Kiss". [16] It was released on 20 October 1980 in the United States, and four days later in the United Kingdom. [16] Originally peaking at number 8 in the UK chart, after Lennon's murder the single reached number one. In the US, the single ...
Also recorded during this time was the Christmas song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)". [6] Some Time in New York City (1972), a part-studio, part-live album with Yoko Ono and Elephant's Memory, contained songs by both Lennon and Ono, with lyrics discussing political and social issues and topics such as sexism, incarceration, colonialism and racism. [12]
"Kiss Kiss Kiss" is a song by Japanese singer Yoko Ono. It was originally released on Double Fantasy, her joint album with John Lennon, as well as on the B-side of his "(Just Like) Starting Over" single. The disco and new wave-influenced song features Ono gasping heavily and appearing to reach orgasm.
Cash Box said that "a melodic cross between 'Just Like Starting Over' and 'Instant Karma', the song begins with a hearty 'one-two-three-four' and launches into an inspiring, sentimental and memorable ode to the world, the human race, and Lennon's own consciousness." [9]
Like some other songs on Double Fantasy, including the hit single "(Just Like) Starting Over," one of the themes of "Cleanup Time" is rebirth, and another theme, as with "Watching the Wheels" is Lennon "coming to terms with his quiet years," during which Lennon was a househusband and Yoko Ono looked after the couple's business interests.