Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin

The clues for today's Music Quiz:

• The singer said that this song is, “virtually, the Communist Manifesto.”

• A US president once said about this song, “...my wife and I have visited about 125 countries — you hear (singer’s name and name of song) used almost equally with national anthems."

• Ben & Jerry’s, makers of “Cherry Garcia” and “Phish Food,” named an ice cream flavor after this song in 2007.

• The airport located in the place where it all started was renamed after the singer of this song with a line from the song painted on its roof.

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• The singer said that this song is, “virtually, the Communist Manifesto.” The song is, "Imagine" by John Lennon

• Pres. Jimmy Carter said, "...in many countries around the world — my wife and I have visited about 125 countries — you hear John Lennon's song, "Imagine" used almost equally with national anthems."

• Ben & Jerry's, makers of "Cherry Garcia" and "Phish Food," named an ice cream flavor after Lennon's hit song in 2007. Retired since 2013, "Imagine Whirled Peace" was a caramel ice cream mixed with toffee cookie pieces and chocolate peace signs.

• The Liverpool Airport, renamed the Liverpool John Lennon Airport, has the line “above us only sky” painted on the roof.

• A prayer book and a book named after a fruit inspired the writing of this hit song… Answer – The book is, "Grapefruit" by Yoko Ono and a Christian prayer book given to him by comedian/activist Dick Gregory, which touted the concept of positive prayer.

(Yoko Ono's monument to her husband, in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park, is a mosaic of the word Imagine, where fans gather to mourn him as well as to celebrate his legacy.)

Anhanga Brasil Loc: Cabo Frio - Brazil

It is funny how our minds travels during some
stressing moments, like this one.
My son was playing a Johnny Cash song
and I immediately started to search my
mental archives for songs by Joan Baez,
Bobby Dylan and Woody Guthrie, based
on the first fact mentioned. And I have always
said that that song is almost a resume
of the "Manifesto".
Another nice one.
EDIT: As for the other facts... I have never heard.

Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin

Thanks, Anhanga Brasil.

Thanks for participating in the fun and quiz.

BTW, glad you mentioned about other facts. Here are the references for this music quiz:

https://www.biography.com/news/john-lennon-imagine-song-facts ea

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/john-lennon/imagine

Lyrics:

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace, you

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world, you

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Writer/s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono