John Lennon Yoko Ono (Just Like) Starting Over Kiss Kiss Kiss 12" DJ Promo NM A come back record for Lennon / Ono which is over shadowed by John's Death. Kiss is the surprise here the world catching up to Yoko
"(Just Like) Starting Over" is a song written and performed by from the 1980 album, . It was released as a single on 24 October 1980 in the United Kingdom, with 's "" as the . It reached number one in both the US and UK after Lennon on 8 December 1980. It was Lennon's final single released in his lifetime. "(Just Like) Starting Over" was the first single released from and the first new recording Lennon had released since he left the music industry in 1975. It was chosen by Lennon not because he felt it was the best track on the album, but because it was the most appropriate following his five-year absence from the recording industry. He referred to it during production as the "/" track, as he "tongue in cheek" impersonated their vocal styles. Lennon explained, "All through the taping of "Starting Over," I was calling what I was doing "Elvis Orbison": " ." I'm a born-again rocker, I feel that refreshed, and I'm going right back to my roots." At the start of the version of the song, Lennon says "this one's for , and , and ... and ."
"Kiss Kiss Kiss" is a song by Japanese singer . It was originally released on , her joint album with , as well as on the B-side of his "" single. The and -influenced song features Ono gasping heavily and appearing to reach .
In Lennon and Ono's joint 1980 interview with , Ono said:
John is saying in his song [], OK, we had the energy in the Sixties, in the Seventies we separated, but let's start over in the Eighties. He's reaching out to me, the woman. Reaching out after all that's happened, over the battlefield of dead families, is more difficult this time around. On the other side of the record is my song, "Kiss Kiss Kiss," which is the other side of the same question. There is the sound of a woman coming to a climax on it, and she is crying out to be held, to be touched. It will be controversial, because people still feel it's less natural to hear the sounds of a woman's lovemaking than, say, the sound of a , killing the atmosphere and polluting nature. Altogether, both sides are a prayer to change the Eighties