Song · John Lennon
“Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” by John Lennon
From the album Double Fantasy (1980)
“Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” by John Lennon appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1980 on the album Double Fantasy. Its best result is #1322 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,174 indie & aaa song of all time.
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John Lennon wrote "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" for his son Sean and put it on Double Fantasy in 1980, the last studio record he and Yoko Ono released in his lifetime. It's a father's song, gentle and reassuring, brimming with affection and optimism. Lennon produced it with Ono and Jack Douglas, Lee DeCarlo engineered, and Robert Greenidge adds a shimmer of steelpan.
Its first life on a single came in 1981, as the B-side of "Watching the Wheels", and it turned up again in November 1982 on the flip of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", there to push The John Lennon Collection. Paul McCartney has called it one of his favourite Lennon songs and chose it when he went on Desert Island Discs in 1982; Ono picked the same track on the programme in 2007.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1322 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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