Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
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| “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” | ||
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| Single by John Lennon from the album Double Fantasy |
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| Released | November 17, 1980 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Genre | Rock/Pop | |
| Length | 4:06 | |
| Label | Geffen Records | |
| Writer(s) | John Lennon | |
| Producer | John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Jack Douglas | |
"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" is a song written by John Lennon. It was released on the 1980 album Double Fantasy, the last album Lennon released before his death. In 2007, it was covered by Ben Harper on the Lennon compilation album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. In 2006 it was covered by UK rock band Feeder as part of a tribute album, given away with Q Magazine, titled Lennon: Covered Vol 1.
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[edit] John Lennon version
The song was written for his son Sean, his only child with Yoko Ono. It begins with John comforting his son from what is presumably a nightmare and develops into John passionately describing the love he has for his son and the joy Sean gave him. At the end of the song, John whispers "Good night Sean, see you in the morning."
The lines "Every day in every way/It's getting better and better" are repeated in the song. They are inspired by the mantra of French psychologist Émile Coué, who had his patients repeat the lines "Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better" (Tous les jours à tous points de vue je vais de mieux en mieux) over and over again as part of therapy.
The lyrics of "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" also contain a famous Lennon quote: "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
This song is not to be confused with "Beautiful Boys," a song by Yoko Ono that also appears on Double Fantasy.
It is featured in the movie Mr. Holland's Opus featuring Richard Dreyfuss.
[edit] Céline Dion version
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| Single by Céline Dion from the album Miracle |
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| Released | October 11, 2004 | ||||
| Format | Radio single | ||||
| Recorded | Digital Insights Recording, Chartmarker Studios, Sony Studios | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:53 | ||||
| Label | Columbia, Epic | ||||
| Writer(s) | John Lennon | ||||
| Producer | David Foster | ||||
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"Beautiful Boy" was recorded by Céline Dion for her Miracle album. It was released as the first promotional single on October 11, 2004.
Céline Dion performed this song in few U.S. TV shows, including Live with Regis and Kelly.
There was no music video made.
The song reached #1 on the Polish RMF FM chart and #2 on the Quebec Airplay chart. "Beautiful Boy" was also popular on the Adult Contemporary charts, peaking at #18 in the U.S. and #32 in Canada. It reached also #30 on the Hungarian Airplay chart.
Céline Dion covered also another John Lennon's track back in 1998 for her These Are Special Times album, called "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)."
[edit] Formats and track listings
Promotional 1-track CD-single - (U.S.)
- "Beautiful Boy" – 3:53
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart | 32 |
| Hungarian Airplay Chart | 30 |
| Polish RMF FM Chart | 1 |
| Quebec Airplay Chart | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 18 |
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