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{{Infobox album
| name         = Double Fantasy
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]]
| cover        = JohnLennon-albums-doublefantasy.jpg
| released     = {{start date|1980|11|17|df=yes}}
| recorded     = 7 August – 19 October 1980
| studio       = [[The Hit Factory]], [[New York City|New York]]
| genre        = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length       = {{duration|m=45|s=01}}
| label        = {{hlist|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]|[[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]}}
| producer     = {{hlist|John Lennon|Yoko Ono|[[Jack Douglas (record producer)|Jack Douglas]]}}
| chronology   = [[John Lennon]]
| prev_title   = [[Shaved Fish]]
| prev_year    = 1975
| next_title   = [[The John Lennon Collection]]
| next_year    = 1982
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Yoko Ono]]
 | type       = studio
 | prev_title = [[Feeling the Space]]
 | prev_year  = 1973
 | title      = Double Fantasy
 | year       = 1980
 | next_title = [[Season of Glass (album)|Season of Glass]]
 | next_year  = 1981
}}
{{Singles
 | name        = Double Fantasy
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[(Just Like) Starting Over]]
 | single1date = 23 October 1980
 | single2     = [[Woman (John Lennon song)|Woman]]
 | single2date = 12 January 1981
 | single3     = [[Watching the Wheels]]
 | single3date = 13 March 1981
 }}
{{Extra album cover
 | header  = ''Double Fantasy Stripped Down''
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = DoubleFantasyStrippedDown.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = Cover of the 2010 remix with stripped down production.
}}
}}
'''''Double Fantasy''''' is the fifth collaborative studio album by [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]], and the final one before [[Murder of John Lennon|Lennon's death]]. Released in November 1980 on [[Geffen Records]], the album marked Lennon's return to recording music full-time, following his five-year hiatus to raise his son [[Sean Lennon|Sean]]. Recording sessions took place at [[the Hit Factory]] in New York City between August and October 1980. The final album features songs from both Lennon and Ono, largely alternating between the two in its track listing. Other tracks recorded by Lennon from the sessions were compiled by Ono for release on ''[[Milk and Honey (album)|Milk and Honey]]'' in 1984.

Upon its release, the album stumbled on music charts and received widespread negative reviews from music critics,<ref>Seaman, Last Days of John Lennon, Birch Lane {{ISBN|1-55972-084-0}}</ref><ref>Coleman, John Ono Lennon, Sidgwick & Jackson {{ISBN|0-283-99082-1}}</ref> with many focusing on the album's idealisation of Lennon and Ono's marriage. However, following [[Murder of John Lennon|Lennon's murder]] three weeks after its release, it became a worldwide commercial success and went on to win the 1981 [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/24th-annual-grammy-awards|title=1981 GRAMMY WINNERS|website=Grammy.com|access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref> In subsequent decades, the album has been viewed favourably, with Lennon's songs in particular garnering praise as some of his finest.

In 2010, Ono worked with [[Jack Douglas (record producer)|Jack Douglas]], the original producer, to release a remix of the album titled ''Double Fantasy Stripped Down'', which featured less lavish production than the original.

==Background==
Following the birth of his son, [[Sean Lennon|Sean]], in 1975, Lennon put his musical career on hold to raise him.{{sfn|Blaney|2005|p=182}} After five years of little musical activity, aside from recording the occasional demo in his apartment in [[New York City|New York]], Lennon resumed his career.

In June 1980, Lennon embarked on a sailing trip from [[Newport, Rhode Island]] to [[Bermuda]]. During the journey, the 43-foot [[schooner]] named ''Megan Jaye'' encountered a severe storm. One by one, the crew of five were overcome with fatigue and seasickness save for Lennon, who was eventually forced to take the helm alone for six hours. It had the effect of both renewing his confidence and making him contemplate the fragility of life. As a result, he began to write new songs and reworked earlier demos. He commented later, "I was so centred after the experience at sea that I was tuned in to the cosmos – and all these songs came!"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.salon.com/2020/07/11/john-lennon-sailed-to-bermuda-through-a-storm-screaming-sea-shanties-and-shouting-at-the-gods/ | title=John Lennon sailed to Bermuda through a storm, "screaming sea shanties and shouting at the gods"|website=Salon.com | date=11 July 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Uncut">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.chrishunt.biz/features26.html|title=Just Like Starting Over|author=Chris Hunt|magazine=Uncut Magazine|date=December 2005|access-date=28 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613015311/http://www.chrishunt.biz/features26.html|archive-date=13 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Ono also wrote many songs, inspired with new confidence after Lennon had stated that he believed that contemporary popular music, such as "[[Rock Lobster]]" by [[the B-52's]], bore similarities to Ono's earlier work.<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/7480/37147 |title=Double Fantasy by John Lennon &#124; Rolling Stone Music &#124; Music Reviews |magazine=Rollingstone.com |date=30 August 2011 |access-date=9 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203164709/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/7480/37147 |archive-date=3 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The couple decided to release their work on the same album, the first time they had done so since 1972's politically charged ''[[Some Time in New York City]]''. In stark contrast to that album, ''Double Fantasy'' (subtitled ''A Heart Play'') was a collection of songs wherein husband and wife would conduct a musical dialogue. The album took its title from a species of [[freesia]], seen in the [[Bermuda Botanical Gardens]], whose name Lennon regarded as a perfect description of his marriage to Ono.<ref>{{cite web| author=Clarke, John Jr.| publisher=Paste| title=Whatever gets you through the storm| date=9 January 2007| url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/3687/whatever_gets_you_through_the_storm| accessdate=10 May 2010| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117152223/http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/3687/whatever_gets_you_through_the_storm| archivedate=17 January 2010| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Lennon was also inspired to return to music by his former songwriting partner within [[the Beatles]]. Upon hearing former bandmate [[Paul McCartney]]'s 1980 single "[[Coming Up (song)|Coming Up]]", Lennon deemed the song "a good piece of work." According to McCartney, the track prompted Lennon to return to recording later that year.<ref name=allwearesaying>{{cite book|last1=Sheff|first1=David|title=All We Are Saying}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/80344/paul-mccartney-on-his-not-so-silly-love-songs |title=Paul McCartney On His Not-So-Silly Love Songs |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=16 March 2001 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=Billboard |access-date=25 December 2015}}</ref>

==Recording==
Ono approached producer Jack Douglas, with whom the couple had previously worked, and gave him Lennon's demos to listen to. "My immediate impressions were that I was going to have a hard time making it better than the demos because there was such intimacy in the demos," Douglas told ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'''s [[Chris Hunt]] in 2005.<ref name="Uncut"/>

Sessions for the album began at [[the Hit Factory]] in New York City on 7 August 1980 and continued until 19 October 1980.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Madinger |first1=Chip |last2=Raile |first2=Scott |title=LENNONOLOGY Strange Days Indeed – A Scrapbook Of Madness |year= 2015 |publisher= Chesterfield, MO: Open Your Books, LLC |pages=519, 530 |isbn= 978-1-63110-175-5}}</ref> Lennon and Ono were rarely in the studio at the same time, primarily because Ono did not want Lennon imposing himself in her work.<ref name=Dougl99int>{{cite web |title=Jack Douglas' 99 Interview in Beatlefan |url=http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.music.beatles/2005-12/msg00250.html |website=derkeiler.com |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329162533/http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.music.beatles/2005-12/msg00250.html |archive-date=29 March 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> They produced dozens of songs, enough to fill ''Double Fantasy'' and a large part of a projected second album, ''[[Milk and Honey (album)|Milk and Honey]]''.

Lennon wanted to work with different musicians than he had previously, and had Douglas assemble and rehearse the band without telling them who they would be recording with.<ref name="ReferenceA">Starting Over: The Making of Double Fantasy, Ken Sharp, Gallery Books, {{ISBN|978-1-4391-0300-5}}</ref>  While the sessions were underway, Douglas brought [[Rick Nielsen]] and [[Bun E. Carlos]] of the band [[Cheap Trick]] (whom he was also producing)<ref>Starting Over: The Making of John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy, Ken Sharp 2010</ref> to play on Lennon's "I'm Losing You" and Ono's "I'm Moving On", but these were eventually re-recorded with the studio musicians. The Cheap Trick version of "I'm Losing You" was included on the ''[[John Lennon Anthology]]'' collection released in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chrishunt.biz/features26.html |title=The Recording of Double Fantasy |publisher=Chrishunt.biz |access-date=9 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930125705/http://www.chrishunt.biz/features26.html |archive-date=30 September 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The sessions remained top secret. According to Douglas, this was because Lennon was not confident in his work, feeling that he was out of touch with the contemporary music scene and could no longer write or sing up to the standard he set in his heyday, and wanted to be able to discreetly abort the sessions if he felt they were not turning out well; at one point he spoke of giving most of the songs he wrote for the album to his ex-bandmate [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name=Dougl99int/> Lennon and Ono still were not signed to a record label and paid for the initial sessions themselves.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> After they were satisfied with the album, their publicist Bruce Replogle leaked the news that the couple were back in the studio again.

Immediately, Lennon was inundated with offers from all the major labels. The recording industry was shocked when the couple signed with the newly formed [[Geffen Records]] on 22 September 1980<ref name=Listen177/> because [[David Geffen]] shrewdly insisted on speaking with Ono first and regarded her contributions as equal to Lennon's. He signed them before hearing any of the tracks.<ref>American Masters, David Geffen Episode, PBS-TV 2012</ref>

==Release, reception and aftermath==
The album was preceded by the single "[[(Just Like) Starting Over]]", which was backed with Ono's "[[Kiss Kiss Kiss (Yoko Ono song)|Kiss Kiss Kiss]]".<ref name=Listen177/> It was released on 20 October 1980 in the United States, and four days later in the United Kingdom.<ref name=Listen177>{{harvnb|Blaney|2005|p=177}}</ref> Originally peaking at number 8 in the UK chart, after [[Murder of John Lennon|Lennon's murder]] the single reached number one. In the US, the single was inching upward in the top 10 before reaching number one following Lennon's death.<ref name=Listen177/>

The album was released on 17 November 1980 in both the UK and US.<ref name=Listen182>{{harvnb|Blaney|2005|p=182}}</ref> Geffen had planned an elaborate cover for Lennon's comeback, but Ono could not decide on a photo.<ref>Seaman, Last Days of John Lennon, Birch Lane Press, {{ISBN|1-55972-084-0}}</ref>  Not wanting to miss the Christmas release deadline, Geffen used the single sleeve as the front cover, while choosing an outtake from the same photo session for the back. The tracks were sequenced as a dialogue between Lennon and Ono; one of his songs followed by one of hers.<ref>The Day John Lennon Died, BBC-TV, 2010</ref> On the initial pressings, the track listing was out of sequence on the album cover.<ref name=Listen187>{{harvnb|Blaney|2005|p=187}}</ref> Initial sales were sluggish. In the UK album charts, it had peaked at number 14 then slipped to number 46,<ref name="UKchart">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27904/john-lennon/ |title=John Lennon |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=19 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919033540/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27904/john-lennon/ |archive-date=19 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> while in the US, it had risen to number 11. Upon Lennon's murder, the album jumped to number 1 in the US ''Billboard'' chart, where it stayed for eight weeks,<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/billboard-200?chartDate=1981-02-14 |title=Billboard – Music Charts, News, Photos & Video |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=28 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811001824/http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/billboard-200?chartDate=1981-02-14 |archive-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in the UK, it jumped to number 2, where it remained for seven weeks before finally spending two weeks at number 1.<ref name="UKchart" /> 
[[File:John Lennon portrait.jpg|alt=Cropped, black and white image showing the face of musician John Lennon in 1980.|thumb|271x271px|John Lennon in 1980.]]
"[[Woman (John Lennon song)|Woman]]", chosen by Lennon, was released as a posthumous single, backed with Ono's "Beautiful Boys".<ref name=Listen196>{{harvnb|Blaney|2005|p=196}}</ref> It was released on 12 January 1981 in the US and 16 January in the UK, reaching number 1 in the UK and in the US on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' singles chart,<ref name=Listen196/> while peaking at number 2 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/304965/john-lennon/chart |title=John Lennon – Chart history |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=28 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520170123/http://www.billboard.com/artist/304965/john-lennon/chart |archive-date=20 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Released as the final single from the album, "[[Watching the Wheels]]", backed with Ono's "Yes, I'm Your Angel", peaked at number 10 and 30 in the US and UK charts respectively.<ref name=Listen201>{{harvnb|Blaney|2005|p=201}}</ref> The single was released in the US on 13 March 1981, and on 27 March 1981 in the UK.<ref name=Listen201/>

Lennon's Bermuda trip and ''Double Fantasy'' inspired the 2013 tribute CD and book ''[[Lennon Bermuda]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cripps |first=Charlotte |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/john-lennon-and-sons-doublefantasy-trip-8629345.html |title=John Lennon and son's double-fantasy trip – News – Music |newspaper=The Independent |date=24 May 2013 |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724032430/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/john-lennon-and-sons-doublefantasy-trip-8629345.html |archive-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/press/lennon-bermuda-john-lennon-book-and-double-cd-boxset-released-april-29th-2013 |title='Lennon Bermuda' John Lennon Book And Double Cd Boxset Released April 29th 2013 |magazine=Contactmusic.com |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609175846/http://www.contactmusic.com/press/lennon-bermuda-john-lennon-book-and-double-cd-boxset-released-april-29th-2013 |archive-date=9 June 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Critical reception ===
{{Music ratings
| subtitle = Retrospective reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Erlewine">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/double-fantasy-mw0000110669|title=Double Fantasy – John Lennon, Yoko Ono|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410103206/http://www.allmusic.com/album/double-fantasy-mw0000110669|archive-date=10 April 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev2Score = A<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|page=[https://archive.org/details/christgausrecord00chri/page/243 243]|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=[[Pantheon Books]]|year=1990|isbn=067973015X|url=https://archive.org/details/christgausrecord00chri/page/243}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2006|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|volume=5|edition=4th|page=174|isbn=0195313739}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Tom|last=Doyle|title=John Lennon ''Signature Box'' |work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=November 2010 |page=114}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[MusicHound]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>Gary Graff & Daniel Durchholz (eds), ''MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide'', Visible Ink Press (Farmington Hills, MI, 1999; {{ISBN|1-57859-061-2}}), p. 667.</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''
|rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Kemp |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/10/john-lennon-reissues.html |title=John Lennon – Reissues |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |date=23 October 2007 |access-date=13 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019132937/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/10/john-lennon-reissues.html |archive-date=19 October 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Review: Double Fantasy|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|location=London|pages=140–1|date=December 2000}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (2010)
| rev8Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Sheffield">{{cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield|date=10 November 2010|url=http://rollingstoneindia.com/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono/|title=John Lennon and Yoko Ono|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=India|access-date=28 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312201853/http://rollingstoneindia.com/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono/|archive-date=12 March 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/481 481–2]|year=2004|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=0743201698|edition=4th|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-last=Brackett|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-last=Hoard|author1=Evans, Paul|author2=Miles, Milo|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Lanthier">{{cite magazine|last=Lanthier|first=Joseph Jan|date=15 October 2010|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-double-fantasy-stripped-down/2292|title=John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy Stripped Down|magazine=[[Slant Magazine]]|access-date=28 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018201322/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-double-fantasy-stripped-down/2292|archive-date=18 October 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
Initial critical reaction to the album was largely negative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2003/01/27/paul_yoko/ |title=The ballad of Paul and Yoko |date=28 January 2003 |publisher=Dir.salon.com |access-date=18 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322042806/http://www.salon.com/2003/01/27/paul_yoko/ |archive-date=22 March 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> The negative reviews focused on the album's idealisation of Lennon and Ono's marriage. [[Kit Rachlis]] of the ''[[Boston Phoenix]]'' admitted to being "annoyed" by Lennon and Ono's assumption "that lots of people care deeply" about them.<ref name="Christgau81">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=20 January 1981|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/lennon-81.php|title=Symbolic Comrades|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=28 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816181933/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/lennon-81.php|archive-date=16 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Charles Shaar Murray]], of ''[[New Musical Express]]'', wrote that the couple's domestic bliss "sounds like a great life but unfortunately it makes a lousy record," adding that he wished Lennon had "kept his big happy trap shut until he has something to say that was even vaguely relevant to those of us not married to Yoko Ono."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Murray |first=Charles |date=22 November 1980 |title=John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy |magazine=New Musical Express |location=London |publisher=IPC Magazines Limited }}</ref>

Three weeks after the album's release, Lennon was murdered and several negative reviews by prominent critics were withheld from publication,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-20110418/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-double-fantasy-20110322 |title=100 Best Albums of the Eighties |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=16 November 1989 |website=www.rollingstone.com |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203182000/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-20110418/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-double-fantasy-20110322 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> including those by [[Stephen Holden]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'', Tom Carson of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', and Geoffrey Stokes of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' (Stokes had found the concept and theme to be "basically misogynist").<ref name="Christgau81"/> 

''Double Fantasy'' finished 37th in ''The Village Voice''{{'}}s 1980 [[Pazz & Jop]], an annual poll of prominent music critics.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=9 February 1981|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pj80.php|title=The Year of the Lollapalooza|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=28 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815185537/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pj80.php|archive-date=15 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Robert Christgau]], the poll's creator, ranked it 7th on his own list of the year's best albums.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=9 February 1981|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/deans80.php|title=Pazz & Jop 1980: Dean's List|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=28 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304083047/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/deans80.php|archive-date=4 March 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Although he was put off by its simplistic lyrics and music upon first listen, Christgau said the music works a "minor miracle" with "rich, precise" song form and a "command of readymades" to put "the anonymous usages of studio rock to striking artistic purpose". He felt that the use of alternating Ono's improved vocals with Lennon's "makes the union come alive" better than his outspoken, straightforward lyrics and concluded that the album is not great but "memorable and gratifying" as rare, "connubial rock and roll".<ref name="Christgau81"/> In his retrospective review for AllMusic, [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] comments: "these are really nice tunes and what's special about them is their niceness – it's a sweet acceptance of middle age, which, of course, makes [Lennon's] assassination all the sadder."<ref name="Erlewine"/>

In 1982, Douglas, Lennon and Ono won the 1981 [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]] for ''Double Fantasy'' at the [[24th Grammy Awards|24th Annual Grammy Awards]]. In 1989, the album was ranked number 29 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rstone.html |title=Rocklist.net Rolling Stone Lists – Main Page |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk |date=17 October 2002 |access-date=9 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729062152/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/rstone.html |archive-date=29 July 2013 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

In 2020, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' included ''Double Fantasy'' in their "80 Greatest albums of 1980" list, praising Lennon and Ono for their collaboration as "each song acts as a dialogue between the couple."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-1980-1075743/|title=The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980 What came out of all this was, arguably, the greatest year for great albums ever|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=11 November 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

===Lawsuit===
In 1984, Douglas filed a lawsuit against Ono over unpaid royalties for his work on ''Double Fantasy'' and ''[[Milk and Honey (album)|Milk and Honey]]''. Douglas recounted in a 1999 interview, "I waited like three years, then I finally said to Yoko, 'It's really a lot of royalties probably accruing here ... You don't have to deal with it, let's just sort it out, let our people sort it out.' And I got like a nasty letter, almost like, 'Fuck you, you're not getting anything.'"<ref>{{cite web |first=Gilbert |last=Garcia |url=http://www.salon.com/2003/01/27/paul_yoko |title=The Ballad of Paul and Yoko |website=[[Salon.com]] |date=27 January 2003 |accessdate=November 29, 2023}}</ref> A jury ruled that Ono had wrongfully withheld royalty payments from Douglas and that he was entitled to $2.5 million from revenues for ''Double Fantasy'' and an undetermined share of revenues from ''Milk and Honey''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yoko Ono Is Told to Pay Producer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/03/nyregion/the-city-yoko-ono-is-told-to-pay-producer.html |access-date=30 November 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 3, 1984}}</ref>

===Reissues===
"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" was re-released as the B-side to a reissue of "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]" to promote ''[[The John Lennon Collection]]'' in November 1982.{{sfn|Blaney|2005|p=96}} It was first released on CD on 13 October 1986 in the UK, and nearly a year later on 15 September 1987 in the US.<ref name="Listen188">{{harvnb|Blaney|2005|p=188}}</ref> The album was re-released on cassette, CD and vinyl in 1989, after EMI had obtained the rights to the album.<ref name=Listen188/> On 9 October 2000, EMI/Capitol released a remastered version of the album, containing three bonus tracks.{{#tag:ref|The bonus tracks are: "Help Me to Help Myself", "Walking on Thin Ice" and "Central Park Stroll".<ref name=Listen188/>|group="nb"}}<ref name=Listen188/>

In 2010, Ono and Douglas supervised the release of a remix of the album called ''Double Fantasy Stripped Down''. Released as a two-disc set, it included a newly remastered copy of the original album along with an alternative version of the album featuring simpler arrangements without the original's lavish production, with cover artwork by Sean Lennon.<ref name="lennon.com">{{cite web |title=Double Fantasy: Stripped Down |url=http://www.johnlennon.com/music/albums/double-fantasy-stripped-down/ |website=johnlennon.com |access-date=22 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221225859/http://www.johnlennon.com/music/albums/double-fantasy-stripped-down/ |archive-date=21 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ono said of the remix: "This new version really allows us to focus our attention on John's amazing vocals. Technology has advanced so much that, conversely, I wanted to use new techniques to really frame these amazing songs and John’s voice as simply as possible. By stripping down some of the instrumentation, the power of the songs shines through with an enhanced clarity."<ref name="lennon.com" /> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of ''[[AllMusic]]'' gave the remix a negative review, commenting that because ''Double Fantasy'' was envisioned from the beginning as a polished studio production, the remix feels like after-the-fact tinkering with an album that had already been presented in its best possible form. He also found the changes for the most part inconsequential, with little effect on the overall impact.<ref>{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=''Double Fantasy Stripped Down'' – John Lennon & Yoko Ono |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/double-fantasy-stripped-down-mr0003131062 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=23 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408063454/http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/double-fantasy-stripped-down-mr0003131062 |archive-date=8 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
|headline= Side one
|title1= [[(Just Like) Starting Over]]
|writer1= [[John Lennon]]
|length1= 3:56
|title2= [[Kiss Kiss Kiss (Yoko Ono song)|Kiss Kiss Kiss]]
|writer2= [[Yoko Ono]]
|length2= 2:42
|title3= [[Cleanup Time]]
|writer3= Lennon
|length3= 2:58
|title4= [[Give Me Something (Yoko Ono song)|Give Me Something]]
|writer4= Ono
|length4= 1:35
|title5= [[I'm Losing You (John Lennon song)|I'm Losing You]]
|writer5= Lennon
|length5= 3:57
|title6= [[I'm Moving On (Yoko Ono song)|I'm Moving On]]
|writer6= Ono
|length6= 2:20
|title7= [[Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)]]
|writer7= Lennon
|length7= 4:02
}}
{{track listing
|headline= Side two
|title1= [[Watching the Wheels]]
|writer1= Lennon
|length1= 4:00
|title2= [[Yes, I'm Your Angel]]<sup>{{anchor|ref_A}}[[#endnote A|'''[A]''']]</sup>
|writer2= Ono
|length2= 3:08
|title3= [[Woman (John Lennon song)|Woman]]
|writer3= Lennon
|length3= 3:32
|title4= [[Beautiful Boys]]
|writer4= Ono
|length4= 2:55
|title5= Dear Yoko
|writer5= Lennon
|length5= 2:34
|title6= [[Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him]]
|writer6= Ono
|length6= 4:02
|title7= Hard Times Are Over
|writer7= Ono
|length7= 3:20
}}
;Bonus tracks
{{Track listing
| headline = 2000 reissue bonus tracks
| title15         = Help Me to Help Myself
| writer15        = Lennon
| length15        = 2:37
| title16         = [[Walking on Thin Ice]]
| writer16        = Ono
| length16        = 6:00
| title17         = Central Park Stroll
| note17          = dialogue
| length17        = 0:17
}}

===2010 mixes===
{{Track listing
| headline        =  ''Stripped Down''
| title1          = (Just Like) Starting Over
| writer1         = Lennon
| length1         = 4:24
| title2          = Kiss Kiss Kiss
| writer2         = Ono
| length2         = 2:45
| title3          = Cleanup Time
| writer3         = Lennon
| length3         = 3:56
| title4          = Give Me Something
| writer4         = Ono
| length4         = 1:31
| title5          = I'm Losing You
| writer5         = Lennon
| length5         = 4:26
| title6          = I'm Moving On
| writer6         = Ono
| length6         = 2:28
| title7          = Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
| writer7         = Lennon
| length7         = 3:50
| title8          = Watching the Wheels
| writer8         = Lennon
| length8         = 3:32
| title9          = Yes, I'm Your Angel
| writer9         = Ono
| length9         = 2:53
| title10         = Woman
| writer10        = Lennon
| length10        = 3:45
| title11         = Beautiful Boys
| writer11        = Ono
| length11        = 3:16
| title12         = Dear Yoko
| writer12        = Lennon
| length12        = 3:03
| title13         = Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him
| writer13        = Ono
| length13        = 4:46
| title14         = Hard Times Are Over
| writer14        = Ono
| length14        = 3:38
}}

*A{{anchor|endnote_A}}'''[[#ref A|^]]''' On initial pressings of the album, "Yes, I'm Your Angel" was simply titled "I'm Your Angel". It was re-titled when it was released as the B-side to "Watching the Wheels", and all reissues and remasters of ''Double Fantasy'' list the track as "Yes, I'm Your Angel".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://images.45worlds.com/f/ab/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-just-like-starting-over-1980-4-ab.jpg |format=JPG|title=Photographic image|website=Images.45worlds.com|access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://images.45worlds.com/f/ab/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-kiss-kiss-kiss-geffen-2-ab.jpg|format=JPG|title=Photographic image|website=Images.45worlds.com|access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>

==Accolades==
===Grammy Awards===
{{Awards table}}
|-
| style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|[[24th Grammy Awards|1981]] || rowspan="2"| ''Double Fantasy'' || [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year#1980s|Album of the Year]]<ref name="grammywinners">{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=John+Lennon|title=Past Winners Search|work=grammy.com|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204157/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=John+Lennon|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{won}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance|Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male]]<ref name="24GN">{{cite web|title=Rock On The Net: 24th Annual Grammy Awards – 1982|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1982/grammys.htm|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922151559/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1982/grammys.htm|archive-date=22 September 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{nom}}
|-
|"(Just Like) Starting Over" || |[[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]<ref name="24GN" /> || {{nom}}
|-
{{End}}

==Personnel==
Credits per the album's sleeve notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=Double Fantasy|others=[[John Lennon]] & [[Yoko Ono]]|year=1980|publisher=[[Geffen Records]]|location=US|type=sleeve notes|id=GHS 2001}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
;Musicians
*[[John Lennon]] – lead vocals, guitar, piano
*[[Yoko Ono]] – lead vocals
*[[Earl Slick]] – guitar
*[[Hugh McCracken]] – guitar
*[[Tony Levin]] – bass guitar
*[[George Small (musician)|George Small]] – keyboards
*[[Andy Newmark]] – drums
*[[Arthur Jenkins (percussionist)|Arthur Jenkins, Jr.]] – percussion
*Ed Walsh – [[Oberheim Electronics|Oberheim]] synthesiser
*Randy Stein – [[English concertina]]
*[[Robert Greenidge]] – [[steel drum]] on "Beautiful Boy"
*Matthew Cunningham – [[hammer dulcimer]] on "Watching the Wheels"
*[[Howard Johnson (jazz musician)|Howard Johnson]], Grant Hungerford, [[J. D. Parran|John Parran]], [[Seldon Powell]], George "Young" Opalisky, Roger Rosenberg, [[David Tofani]], Ronald Tooley – horns
*[[Cas Mijac]] (Michelle Simpson, Cassandra Wooten, Cheryl Mason Jacks) – background vocals
*[[Eric Troyer]] – background vocals
*Benny Cummings Singers – background vocals
*The Kings Temple Choir – background vocals

;Technical
*[[Jack Douglas (record producer)|Jack Douglas]], John Lennon, Yoko Ono – producers
*Tony Davilio – horn arrangement on "I'm Your Angel", musical associate
*Toshihiro Hamaya, Frederic Seaman – production assistants
*Lee DeCarlo – engineer
*Jon Smith, James Ball, Julie Last – assistant engineers
*George Marino – mastering
*[[Kishin Shinoyama]] – photography
*Christopher Whorf – artwork
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Chart (1980–1981)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Albums<ref name="ATchart">{{cite web|title=austriancharts.at John Lennon / Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy|work=Hung Medien|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Lennon+%2F+Yoko+Ono&titel=Milk+And+Honey&cat=a|language=de|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103154710/http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Lennon+%2F+Yoko+Ono&titel=Milk+And+Honey&cat=a|archive-date=3 November 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Canadian Albums ([[RPM (magazine)|RPM]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0278&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=Top Albums/CDs – Volume 34, No. 7, January 24, 1981|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607115140/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0278&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|archive-date=7 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Mega Albums ([[MegaCharts]])<ref name="nlchart">{{cite web|title=dutchcharts.nl John Lennon / Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy|language=nl|work=Hung Medien, dutchcharts.nl|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Lennon+%2F+Yoko+Ono&titel=Double+Fantasy&cat=a|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114220227/http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Lennon+%2F+Yoko+Ono&titel=Double+Fantasy&cat=a|archive-date=14 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|4
|-
|align="left"|French Albums ([[SNEP]])<ref name="fracharts">{{cite web|url=http://infodisc.fr/Album_L.php |title=InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste |language=fr |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=12 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103025136/http://infodisc.fr/Album_L.php |archive-date=3 November 2013 }}</ref>
|2
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Albums ([[Official Finnish Charts]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin – 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=John Lennon|page=146|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=5 September 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
|7
|-
|align="left"|Italian Albums ([[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]])<ref name="itayearend">{{Cite web|url = http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1981.htm|title = Gli album più venduti del 1981|language=it|publisher= Hit Parade Italia|access-date= 15 January 2024}}</ref>
|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Oricon|Japanese Oricon LP Chart]]<ref name="Jachart">{{cite web|url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_beatles.html |title=Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – The Beatles |language=ja |date=30 December 2007 |access-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120214060626/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_beatles.html |archive-date=14 February 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand Albums ([[RIANZ]])<ref name="nzchart">{{cite web|title=charts.nz – John Lennon / Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy|publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zea Land|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Lennon+%2F+Yoko+Ono&titel=Double+Fantasy&cat=a|work=charts.nz|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013181142/https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Lennon+%2F+Yoko+Ono&titel=Double+Fantasy&cat=a|archive-date=13 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Norwegian Albums ([[VG-lista]])<ref name="norcharts">{{cite web| title = norwegiancharts.com John Lennon / Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy| work = Hung Medien, norwegiancharts.com| publisher = [[VG-lista]]| url = http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Lennon+%2F+Yoko+Ono&titel=Double+Fantasy&cat=a| access-date = 3 October 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121108183410/http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Lennon+%2F+Yoko+Ono&titel=Double+Fantasy&cat=a| archive-date = 8 November 2012| url-status = live}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Swedish Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref name="sechart">{{cite web|title=swedishcharts.com John Lennon / Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Lennon+%2F+Yoko+Ono&titel=Double+Fantasy&cat=a|work=Hung Medien, swedishcharts.com|language=sv|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102130554/http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Lennon+%2F+Yoko+Ono&titel=Double+Fantasy&cat=a|archive-date=2 November 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK Albums]]<ref name="UKchart" />
|1
|-
|align="left"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="USchart1">{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( Double Fantasy > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))|publisher=allmusic.com|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r11538/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=3 October 2011}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|West German Albums ([[Media Control]])<ref name="GER1">{{cite web
| url = https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-6066| title = Offizielle Deutsche Charts|language = de|publisher = Media Control| access-date =2 June 2020}}</ref>
|2
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Chart (1980)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|French Albums<ref name="frayearend">{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1980.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1980 par InfoDisc |language=fr |format=PHP |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=29 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109115341/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1980.php |archive-date=9 January 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref>
|16
|-
|align="left"|UK Albums<ref name="UKYearend">{{cite web|url=http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html |title=Complete UK Year-End Album Charts |access-date=4 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519050548/http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html |archive-date=19 May 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
|12
|-
!Chart (1981)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|[[List of Top 25 albums for 1981 in Australia|Australian Albums]]<ref name="auchart" />
|1
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Albums<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/1981_album.asp|title=Austriancharts.st – Jahreshitparade 1981|publisher=Hung Medien|language=de|access-date=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011204302/http://austriancharts.at/1981_album.asp|archive-date=11 October 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|2
|-
|align="left"|Canadian Albums ([[RPM (magazine)|RPM]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4687&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1981|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607124357/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4687&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|archive-date=7 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|3
|-
|align="left"|[[1981 in Japanese music|Japanese Albums]] ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPYearend">{{cite web|url=http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1981.html|title=Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1981|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927112934/https://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1981.html|archive-date=27 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|29
|-
|align="left"|UK Albums<ref name="UKYearend" />
|10
|-
|align="left"|US Billboard 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1981 |title=Year End Charts – Year-end Albums – The Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard.com |access-date=6 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210060007/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The%2BBillboard%2B200&g=Year-end%2BAlbums&year=1981 |archive-date=10 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|2
|-
|align="left"|West German Albums (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/year.asp?cat=a&country=de&year=1981&x=22&y=16|title=Album&nbsp;– Jahrescharts: 1987|work=charts.de|publisher=[[Media Control Charts]]|access-date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403102339/http://www.officialcharts.de/year.asp?cat=a&country=de&year=1981&x=22&y=16|archive-date=3 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|3
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications and sales==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Double Fantasy|type=album|artist=John Lennon & Yoko Ono|region=Australia|nocert=yes|salesamount=285,000|salesref=<ref name="Billboard 1981">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22John+%26+Yoko%27s+%22Double+Fantasy%22%22|title=Billboard Vol. 94, No. 23– Majors Flight Economics with Quirky Rock Originals|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=6 December 1982|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> }}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Double Fantasy|type=album|artist=John Lennon & Yoko Ono|region=France|award=Platinum|source=infodisc|certyear=2001|access-date=4 May 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Double Fantasy|type=album|artist=John Lennon/Yoko Ono|relyear=1980|certyear=1981|region=Germany|award=Gold}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Double Fantasy|type=album|artist=John Lennon|relyear=1980|certyear=1982|region=Hong Kong|award=Platinum|access-date=18 February 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Israel|award=Gold|salesamount=20,000|type=album|artist=John Lennon & Yoko Ono|title=Double Fantasy|relyear=1980|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1982/BB-1982-03-06.pdf|title=International – Gold Fantasy|publisher=Billboard|page=69|date=6 March 1982|via=American Radio History}}</ref>|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ciQEAAAAMBAJ&q=israel+gold+20,000+billboard&pg=PT88|title=Israeli Awards|publisher=Billboard|page=58|date=18 August 1982|access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan (Oricon Charts)|nocert=yes|salesamount=306,470|salesref=<ref name="Jachart2">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=[[Roppongi]], [[Tokyo]]|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}</ref>}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Double Fantasy|type=album|artist=John Lennon/Yoko Ono|relyear=1980|id=1981-02-20|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|artist=John Lennon/Yoko Ono|title=Double Fantasy|relyear=1980|certyear=1981|award=Gold|certref=<ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990">{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990|year=2005|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|language=es|isbn=8480486392|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928101528/http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>|access-date=16 August 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Double Fantasy|type=album|artist=John Lennon/Yoko Ono|relyear=1980|certyear=1981|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|id=1924-2118-2}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Double Fantasy|type=album|artist=John Lennon & Yoko Ono|certyear=1981|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=3}}
{{certification Table Bottom}}

==References==
; Footnotes
{{reflist|group="nb"}}

; Citations
{{Reflist}}

; Bibliography
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* {{cite book|last=Blaney|first=John|title=John Lennon: Listen to This Book|year=2005|publisher=Paper Jukebox|location=[S.l.]|isbn=978-0-9544528-1-0|edition=illustrated}}
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==External links==
*{{Discogs master|type=album|73013|name=Double Fantasy}}
* [http://www.jpgr.co.uk/k99131.html ''Double Fantasy''] at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages
* [http://www.chrishunt.biz/features26.html Just Like Starting Over] The Recording Of ''Double Fantasy'' by [[Chris Hunt]], published in ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] John Lennon Special'', 2005

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