Released: October 10, 1988

Songwriter: John Lennon

Producer: John Lennon

[Verse 1]
All my little plans and schemes
Lost like some forgotten dream
Seems like all I really was doing
Was waiting for you
Just like little girls and boys
Playing with their little toys
Seems like all they really were doing
Was waiting for you

[Chorus]
Don't need to be alone
No need to be alone
It's real love
It's real, yes it's real love
It's real

[Verse 2]
From this moment on I know
Exactly where my life will go
Seems that all I really was doing
Was waiting for love

[Chorus]
Don't need to be alone
No need to be alone
It's real love
It's real, yes it's real love
It's real

[Verse 3]
Thought I'd been in love before
But in my heart I wanted more
Seems like all I really was doing
Was waiting for you

[Chorus]
Don't need to be alone
No need to be alone
It's real love
It's real, yes it's real love
It's real

John Lennon

As the founding member of The Beatles, John Winston Lennon (1940-1980) is one of the most recognizable cultural icons of the 20th Century. He is also the other half of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership, alongside fellow Beatle, Paul McCartney.

As a solo artist and through his relationship and collaboration with avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, he became just as recognizable for his political activism.

Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, outside of his New York apartment, The Dakota. Since then, his music and message remain timeless.