Crippled Inside

"Crippled Inside"
Song by John Lennon
from the album Imagine
Released	9 September 1971 (US) 8 October 1971 (UK)
Recorded	1971
Genre	Country rock
Length	3:47
Label	Apple/EMI
Songwriter(s)	John Lennon
Producer(s)	John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Phil Spector

"Crippled Inside" is a song written and performed by John Lennon from his 1971 album Imagine.

The song combines the bleak lyrical content of Lennon's prior solo recording, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, with the more upbeat musical arrangements typical to the rest of Imagine. The song was noticeably influenced by country music, becoming Lennon's own spin on country rock, which he dabbled in both as a Beatle and later in his solo career. The song also contains a reported dig at his former bandmate Paul McCartney in the line "You can live a lie until you die".

The jam band Widespread Panic covered the song a number of times during their Summer 2007 Tour, with the band contributing a version to the benefit album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur.

The song was performed on the US television show The Voice by Blake Shelton and his team, in April 2017.

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