The song has been used as a theme song of the 20 US presidential campaigns of Bernie Sanders.

In 2000, Eric Burdon, Billy Preston and Ringo Starr recorded the song for Steal This Movie!, a film about Abbie Hoffman. The Minus 5 recorded a version of 'Power to the People' for the 1995 tribute album Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon. In 1980, he stated that the song 'didn't really come off' as it had been 'written in the state of being asleep and wanting to be loved by Tariq Ali and his ilk'. Thompson's claim that the anthem was 'ten years too late'. In Skywriting by Word of Mouth, he called the song 'rather embarrassing' and supported Hunter S. Lennon's regard for the song changed during the 1970s. Phil Spector, Lennon and Yoko Ono were credited as producers. Backing vocals were supplied by Rosetta Hightower and '44 others'. It was Lennon's fifth solo single, the Plastic Ono Band on this occasion comprising Lennon, Bobby Keys and Billy Preston in addition to regulars Klaus Voormann and Alan White. It entered the charts on 20 March 1971, and remained there for nine weeks. So I wrote 'Power to the People' the same way I wrote ' Give Peace a Chance,' as something for the people to sing. As Lennon explained: 'I just felt inspired by what they said, although a lot of it is gobbledygook. The song was written by Lennon in response to an interview he gave to Tariq Ali and Robin Blackburn, published in Red Mole (8–22 March 1971). The single was released on 12 March 1971 in the UK and 22 March 1971 in the US (although some sources give the British release as 8 March ). 'Power to the People' was recorded at Ascot Sound Studios on 15 February 1971, during sessions that would produce songs for Lennon's Imagine album.

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