Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Lennon
John Lennon
Vocals
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Vocals
Tommy Smothers
Tommy Smothers
Guitar
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary
Background Vocals
Rosemary Leary
Rosemary Leary
Background Vocals
Petula Clark
Petula Clark
Background Vocals
Derek Taylor
Derek Taylor
Background Vocals
The Radha Krsna Temple (London)
The Radha Krsna Temple (London)
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Lennon
John Lennon
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Lennon
John Lennon
Producer
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Producer
Paul Hicks
Paul Hicks
Mixing Engineer
Simon Gibson
Simon Gibson
Mastering Engineer
Matt Tuggle
Matt Tuggle
Assistant Engineer
André Perry
André Perry
Engineer
Simon Hilton
Simon Hilton
Recording Supervisor
Sam Gannon
Sam Gannon
Assistant Recording Engineer
Alex Wharton
Alex Wharton
Mastering Engineer
Phil Spector
Phil Spector
Producer
Sean Ono Lennon
Sean Ono Lennon
Reissue Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Two, a one, two, three, four
Everybody's talking 'bout
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, -ism ,-ism, -ism
[Verse 2]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(That's all we're saying)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Yeah, come on!)
[Verse 3]
Everybody's talking 'bout
Ministers, sinisters
Banisters and canisters
Bishops and fishops and Rabbis, and Popeyes
And bye bye
(Bye bye)
[Verse 4]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(What are we saying? Give peace a chance)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Give it a chance, baby, give it a try! Right!)
[Verse 5]
Let me tell you now
Everybody's talking 'bout
Revolution, Evolution
Mass inflation, flagellation
Regulation, integration
Mediations, United Nations
Congratulations!
[Verse 6]
All we are saying
(Keep talking)
Is give peace a chance
(Hey! They can't ban this one)
All we are saying
(Let's hear it for the West Coast)
Is give peace a chance
(Oh let's! Listen to this, okay)
[Verse 7]
Everybody's talking 'bout
John and Yoko
Timmy Leary, Rosemary
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan
Tommy Cooper, Derek Taylor
Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg
Hare Krishna
Hare, Hare Krishna
[Verse 8]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Come on, come on, come on)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for the squares)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for the hippies and the yippies, yay!)
[Verse 9]
All we are saying
(Come on!)
Is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for people now, yeah!)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for Hare Krishna! Yay!)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Everybody now, come on)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(What are we saying, let me hear it)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Everybody now come on)
[Verse 10]
All we are saying
(You won't get it unless you want it and we want it now)
Is give peace a chance
(Yeah, now!)
All we are saying
(Come together)
Is give peace a chance
(Come together, all together)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Can anybody hear me? Yeah!)
All we are saying
(We can get it tomorrow, today)
Is give peace a chance
(If you really want it now, okay! Now)
[Verse 11]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Yes, yeah!)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
[Verse 12]
Okay, beautiful!
Yeah, we made it!
Written by: John Lennon
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