Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)

"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)"
Single by John Lennon
from the album Double Fantasy
B-side	"Watching the Wheels"
Released	11 April 1981
Format	7" single
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:02
Label	Geffen Records
Writer(s)	John Lennon
Producer(s)	John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Jack Douglas
John Lennon singles chronology
"Woman" (1981) "Watching the Wheels" (1981) "Love" (1982)
Double Fantasy track listing 14 tracks Side one "(Just Like) Starting Over" "Kiss Kiss Kiss" "Cleanup Time" "Give Me Something" "I'm Losing You" "I'm Moving On" "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" Side two "Watching the Wheels" "Yes, I'm Your Angel" "Woman" "Beautiful Boys" "Dear Yoko" "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" "Hard Times Are Over"

14 tracks
Side one "(Just Like) Starting Over" "Kiss Kiss Kiss" "Cleanup Time" "Give Me Something" "I'm Losing You" "I'm Moving On" "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" Side two "Watching the Wheels" "Yes, I'm Your Angel" "Woman" "Beautiful Boys" "Dear Yoko" "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" "Hard Times Are Over"

"Beautiful Boy"
Single by Celine Dion
from the album Miracle
Released	11 October 2004 (2004-10-11)
Format	Promotional recording
Recorded	2004 Digital Insights Recording, Chartmarker Studios, Sony Studios
Genre	Pop
Length	3:53
Label	Columbia, Epic
Writer(s)	John Lennon
Producer(s)	David Foster
Celine Dion singles chronology
"You and I" (2004) "Beautiful Boy" (2004) "Miracle" (2004)

"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" is a song written and performed by John Lennon. It was released on the 1980 album Double Fantasy, the last album by Lennon and Ono released before his death.

Paul McCartney has stated this is one of his favourite songs composed by Lennon, and when he appeared on Desert Island Discs in 1982 included it as his favourite in his selection, as did Yoko Ono as the only John Lennon song in 2007.

It was used as the B-side of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" to promote the compilation album The John Lennon Collection in November 1982.

The song was written for Lennon's 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 Lennon whispers "Good night, Sean. See you in the morning. Bright and early." in a similar fashion to what Ringo Starr whispers at the end of the Beatles song "Good Night", which was a song written by John Lennon for his other son, Julian Lennon.

The lyrics of "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" contain the famous Lennon quote "Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans." However, the expression of this sentiment can be traced back to a 1957 Reader's Digest article, which attributes it to Allen Saunders.

"Beautiful Boy" was recorded by Celine Dion for her album Miracle. It was released on 11 October 2004, in North America and parts of Europe as the first promotional single.

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