 Lennon and Ono co @-@ produced the song and album with Phil Spector , who commented on the track : " We knew what we were going to do ... It was going to be John making a political statement , but a very commercial one as well ... I always thought that ' Imagine ' was like the national anthem . " Lennon described his working arrangement with Ono and Spector : " Phil doesn 't arrange or anything like that — [ Ono ] and Phil will just sit in the other room and shout comments like , ' Why don 't you try this sound ' or ' You 're not playing the piano too well ' ... I 'll get the initial idea and ... we 'll just find a sound from [ there ] . " 
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Lennon and Ono coed @-@ produced da song and mixtape with Phil Spector , commented on the track : " We knew wat we was gonn do ... It was goin to b John makin a political statement , but a very commercial one as well ... I always thought that ' Imagine ' was like the national anthem . " Lennon described his working arrangement with Ono and Spector : " Phil doesn 't arrange or anything like dat — [ Ono ] and Phil will just sit in the other room and shout comments like , ' y don 't you try this sound ' or ' You 're not playing no piano too well ' ... I 'll get the initial idea and ... we 'll jus find a sound from [ there ] . "