1113 – John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War is over) (1971)

Escrita por John Lennon, foi gravada em outubro de 1971 e lançada em 1 de dezembro de 1971 em um compacto que tinha Listen the snow is Falling como Lado B. O coro da Harlem Community com crianças participou da gravação.

Foi regravada por Sarah McLachlan, Andy Williams, Neil Diamond, Simone, Diana Ross, Jimmy Buffett, Carly Simon, Darlene Love, Sarah Brightman, Jessica Simpson, Vanessa Carlton, Laura Pausini, Melissa Etheridge, Maroon 5, Sheryl Crown, Peter Frampton, Miley Cyrus e Sean Ono Lennon, entre outros inúmeros artistas.

John cantou e tocou violão. Yoko fez vocais. The Harlem Community Choir fizeram os backing vocals. May Pang fez backing vocals. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano, chimes e glockenspiel. Teddy Irwin tocou guitarra. Jim Keltner tocou bateria e sino e Hugh McCracken, Chris Osbourne e Stuart Scharf tocaram guitarra.

A letra:

So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red one
Let's stop all the fight

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so happy Christmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now

la, la, ah, ah
Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas (happy Christmas)
Happy Christmas (happy Christmas)

A versão de John Lennon:

A versão de Maroon 5:

A versão de Sheryl Crow: