About this song
- This is about drug withdrawal. Lennon wanted to record this with The Beatles for their Abbey Road album, but the other Beatles rejected it. For more info and trivia on Cold Turkey, check out http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1110. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "Cold Turkey" is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apple 1001 in the United Kingdom, Apple 1813 in the United States. It is the second solo single issued by Lennon and it peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's first appearance on an album was Live Peace in Toronto 1969 where the song had been performed live on 13 September 1969 with Lennon reading the lyrics off a clip-board. — wikipedia
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