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}} "Mother" is a song by English musician John Lennon, first released on his 1970 album ''John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band''. An edited version of the song was issued as a single in the United States on Apple Records, on 28 December 1970. The single runs about 1:41 shorter than the album due to a lack of the tolling bells intro and a quicker fadeout. The B-side features "Why" by Yoko Ono. The song peaked in the US at number 19 on the ''Cashbox'' Top 100 and number 43 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.〔 ==Conception== "Mother" is actually a cry to both his parents, who abandoned him in his childhood. His father, Alf, left the family when John was an infant. His mother, Julia, didn't live with her son, although they had a good relationship; she was hit and killed in a car accident on 15 July 1958 by a drunk off-duty policeman named Eric Clague, when Lennon was 17. "Mother" opens the album, starting with a funeral bell tolling slowly, four times. The song ends with Lennon initially singing the phrase ''"Mama don't go, daddy come home"'', but then screaming as the song fades out. Lennon was inspired to write the song after undergoing primal therapy with Dr Arthur Janov, originally at their home at Tittenhurst Park and then at the Primal Institute, California, where they remained for four months. Lennon, who eventually derided Janov, initially described the therapy as "something more important to me than The Beatles."〔''Lennon: The Definitive Biography''; Ray Coleman; 1984; Pan Publishing〕 Although Lennon said that "Mother" was the song that "seemed to catch in my head", he had doubts about its commercial appeal and he considered issuing "Love" as a single instead.〔''Lennon Remembers''; Jann Wenner; 1971; Straight Arrow Press〕 "Love" was eventually released as a single in 1982.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Lennon - Love (Vinyl) at Discogs )〕 A demo version of the song was featured in the final scene and credits of the 2009 film ''Nowhere Boy''.〔http://www.filmycks.com/films/nowhere-boy/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mother (John Lennon song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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