• John Lennon wrote this ode to inactivity to explain what he had been up to in the last six years. Until Double Fantasy, his last album was Walls And Bridges, which was released in 1974. He was no longer interested in fame, and dedicated himself to family: his wife Yoko and young son Sean (John became the world's most famous househusband, baking bread and feeding Sean).
• The song makes a statement that taking it easy and spending time with loved ones is anything but crazy. Working way too hard in an attempt to be a productive as possible, on the other hand, can be quite unfulfilling in the end.
• The mindset Lennon describes in this song is a stark contrast to his 1973-'74 self, when he embarked on his "lost weekend," leaving Yoko and engaging in self-destructive behavior. He returned to Yoko in 1975, sinking into domestic life.
• Explaining the message of this song after Lennon's death, Yoko said: "Let's have that inner space to dream, the dream power."
• Released as a single posthumously in 1981, after his murder. The B-side features Yoko Ono's "Yes, I'm Your Angel." It was the third and final single released from Lennon and Ono's album Double Fantasy, and reached number 10 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100.
• The photograph on the single cover was taken by Paul Goresh, a fan of Lennon who also took the infamous photo of Lennon signing a copy of Double Fantasy for his murderer. Both photos were taken at the same place, in front of the Dakota building, which was the site of his 1980 shooting.

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