part of the opening segment of the final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. A version of the song in Russian by Jackie-O, Sati Akura, Onsa Media and others was released March 26, 2022, after Secretary-General António Guterres' reference at the start of an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the Ukrainian War. See also List of anti-war songs References Footnotes Citations External links Lyrics of this song Story of the original handwritten lyrics 1960s ballads 1969 debut singles 1969 neologisms 1969 songs 1991 songs 2008 singles Anti-war songs Apple Records singles Hot Chocolate (band) songs John Lennon songs Peace songs Plastic Ono Band songs Protest songs Quotations from music Slogans Song recordings produced by John Lennon Song recordings produced by Yoko Ono Songs of the Vietnam War Songs written by John Lennon Virgin Records singles Yoko Ono songs