John Lennon - Working Class Hero Official Video

“Working Class Hero“ is a song from John Lennon’s first post-Beatles solo album, 1970’s John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Released 11 December 1970 Recorded 26 September -- 9 October 1970 Genre Folk blues Length 3:48 Label Apple/EMI Writer John Lennon Producer John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector Theme The song is a take on the class split of the 1940s and 1950s, and of the 1960s in which he was famous. The song appears to tell the story of someone growing up in the working class. According to Lennon in an int