Comments on: I Know (I Know)

By: J

Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:18:59 +0000

If the song was for Yoko then John would never have said that it was a piece opf nothing. John was obviously too macho to admit that he’d written such a tender love song for Paul

By: samii

samii — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 05:47:39 +0000

Perhaps its meant to be taken as a soothing response to all the conflict that was happening amongst Paul, John, and maybe Yoko? “No more crying” just simply sounds like a reassuring line.

By: samii

samii — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 05:44:02 +0000

This was never about Yoko. It refers to Paul in so many ways. Consider this song as an apology (or apologetic response from “How Do You Sleep”) or “love” song from John to Paul. In the beginning and throughout, the riff is intended to be the exactly “I’ve got a feeling”, which is also a Paul song in addition. “I love you more than Yesterday,” points to the Beatles song, Yesterday. And, one of the lines literally say, “And I know it’s getting better (all the time)”, which is a reference to another Paul song, “Getting Better”. If you still believe its about Ono and John’s relationship and him saying sorry, think again. Some of his solo songs aren’t always about her.

By: Revenger John

Revenger John — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 22:25:34 +0000

About Yoko… Maybe, this song had two dedicatories. One for Yoko, and other one for Paul. So many references… “Yesterday”, “it’s getting better all the time”, the riff of “i’ve got a feeling”… I don’t know… It’s a mistery.

By: Jplain

Jplain — Thu, 25 May 2017 04:50:27 +0000

Here I am a massive Beatle fan and I never realized that John wrote an apology to Paul. But I’d never heard this song! Absolutely no way to mistake that it’s anything but a song for Paul. What’s strange is that Paul’s never mentioned it, at least not in any interview I’ve ever read. Yet they both monitored each others work for messages. He wouldn’t have missed it. But maybe he doesn’t want to have to “prove” that John loved him. Shouldn’t have to. It’s obvious.

By: Norman Scherer

Norman Scherer — Sun, 14 May 2017 05:54:10 +0000

“….no more crying” about what? The split with Paul? Or a reference to “I Am the Walrus” I’m crying..

By: omni43

omni43 — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:00:43 +0000

Very much so. I do think that this is an apology to Paul. The idea that this song is nothing is too ridiculous.

By: Harry Georgeson

Harry Georgeson — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 00:11:04 +0000

yes this is a ‘prick up your ears’ riff (I’ve Got A Feeling) to Mr McCartney to say after all ‘I bloody love you man……..’

By: Josée Larose

Josée Larose — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 02:06:14 +0000

Their break-up was such a heart-tearing event that some of us will forever be looking for clues that the love was still there. That said I hope this song was for Paul, it sounds very much like it is. But then, just when it makes me feel better to think that it is, I read Oh well he dismissed it as a “piece of nothing” in 1980. But why! Oh John, as you are playing with his heart like a yo-yo, you are playing with all of our hearts!

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 12:14:57 +0000

Lovely song with great rhythm guitar by John Lennon.

By: one of the mobley twins

one of the mobley twins — Fri, 08 May 2015 14:47:08 +0000

hard to imagine there is such a thing as an overlooked pop masterpiece by a beatle, but this is such, along with paul’s “little lamb dragonfly.”

By: sertaneja

sertaneja — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:35:04 +0000

Also the introduction…It’s the almost the same as I got a Feeling! How he would use so many references to Paul’s work in a song for Yoko? Non sense. He had to use references to Yoko’s poems. The sad part is that How do you Sleep is openly to Paul. Everybody knows it its. And this is due to interpretation. John should have stated it was for him so people would know for sure he was sorrry. But..it’s so clear it’s for Paul! Guess he thought everybody would guess.

By: Iain

Iain — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 17:11:28 +0000

Yes, surely the summary’s wrong saying that it is about Yoko. I can’t think of any other songs to Yoko that contain several Beatles references in the lyrics and music.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:15:04 +0000

I agree; I’ve always viewed this song as John’s apology for “How Do You Sleep”.

By: carlos

carlos — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:29:51 +0000

I love the middle eight, he´s harmonizing Beatles style (can you imagine Paul singing high harmony?)

By: Fan

Fan — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:45:48 +0000

I disagree with the summary, it’s about Paul and is an apology for ‘How do you sleep?’. ‘I love you more’ is a Beatles reference and clue, ‘I love you more than ‘Yesterday” probably proves it, ‘and I know it’s getting better all the time’, I think closes the argument (anyone who doesn’t know, famously Lennon contributed ‘it couldn’t get much worse’ to the Beatles song). There are probably more references, I’m just a casual listener but saw those!

By: ruswal

ruswal — Sat, 12 May 2012 07:23:23 +0000

It seems that, at some parts of this song, there is a wind instrument or maybe a violin. At the end we can hear it.

By: Joseph Brush

Joseph Brush — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:08:03 +0000

This track has soul.

By: mr. Sun king coming together

mr. Sun king coming together — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:01:25 +0000

What on earth is good about this track? Wait, I know. Nothing.

By: Joseph Brush

Joseph Brush — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:50:41 +0000

One of my favourites from the Mind Games LP ever since it was released.
Back then it was one of three tracks that received some FM airplay (Out Of The Blue, Bring On The Lucie were the others) along with the title track of course.