staple on adult contemporary radio stations since its release.

After the release Paul McCartney sent him a telegram wishing him good luck. Later that year the two met backstage at the New York studios of the television show Friday Night Videos.

He recorded the song "Because", previously recorded by The Dave Clark Five, in the UK for Clark's 1986 musical, Time. Lennon never reached the same level of success in the U.S. post-Valotte, but he hit No. 5 in Australia with the 1989 single "Now You're In Heaven", which also gave him his second No. 1 hit on the Album Rock Tracks chart in the USA.

By the end of the year, Lennon left the music business for several years. He followed his interests in cooking, sailing, and sculpting during hisleave from the music industry. After he began his performing career there was occasionally unfounded media speculation that Julian would undertake performances with Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. However, in the Beatles Anthology series in 1996, the three surviving Beatles confirmed there was never an idea of having Julian sit in for his father as part of a Beatles reunion, with McCartney saying, "Why would we want to subject him to all of this?"

In 2006 he ventured into Internet businesses, including MyStore.com with Todd Meagher and Bebo founder Michael Birch.[21] In 2009 Lennon created a new partnership with Todd Meagher and Michael Birch called theRevolution, LLC. Through this company, Lennon released a tribute song and EP, "Lucy", honoring the memory of Lucy Vodden (nee O'Donnell), the