John Lennon and Yoko Ono whisper a touching message at the start of Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - but many fans have been mishearing it for decades since the 1971 release ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” returns as a holiday ...

The iconic Christmas song Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was released as a single by the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir in 1971 - written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono ...

If anyone knew how to write songs destined to be covered again and again, it was the members of The Beatles. John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” inspired several renditions, including one by ...

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over) is a popular songThe Christmas hit was written by John Lennon and Yoko OnoLearn more about the song's meaning Despite its roots in the counterculture of the 1960s, "Happy ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Christmas comes once a year. It changes people forever. John Lennon’s 1971 song, “Happy Xmas (War is Over),” is a holiday classic. He sang that Christmas is for everyone: “For rich ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Throughout his solo career, John Lennon released a number of ...

Set to the anti-war Christmas classic song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”, the animated short follows two soldiers at the frontline of World War I as they play a chess game ...

In 2021, Sean Ono Lennon was looking for a way to make a music video for one of his parents’ signature songs and feeling creatively stuck—until he had a meeting with former Pixar animator Dave Mullins ...

Even after more than 50 years, people still can’t decipher what John Lennon and Yoko Ono are whispering at the start of their Christmas classic Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ...

John Lennon produced one of the most beloved Christmas songs of all time just because he was sick of “White Christmas.” Interestingly, the “Imagine” singer worked with a musician who was associated ...