 Rolling Stone ranked " Imagine " number three on its list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time " , describing it as " an enduring hymn of <unk> and promise that has carried us through extreme grief , from the shock of Lennon 's own death in 1980 to the <unk> horror of September 11th . It is now impossible to imagine a world without ' Imagine ' , and we need it more than he ever dreamed . " Despite that sentiment , <unk> Channel Communications included the song on its post @-@ 9 / 11 " do not play " list . 
