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{{short description|1971 song by John Lennon}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Jealous Guy
| cover      = File:John-lennon-and-the-plastic-ono-band-with-the-flux-fiddlers-jealous-guy-capitol-s.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = US picture sleeve
| border     = yes
| type       = single
| artist     = [[John Lennon]]
| album      = [[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]
| B-side     =
* "[[Going Down on Love]]" (UK)
* "[[Give Peace a Chance]]" (US)
| released   = 18 November 1985
| recorded   = 24 May – 5 July 1971
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = 4:14
| label      = [[Apple Records|Apple]]
| writer     = John Lennon
| producer   =
* John Lennon
* [[Yoko Ono]]
* [[Phil Spector]]
| prev_title = [[Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him]]
| prev_year  = 1984
| next_title =
| next_year  =
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = single
 | cover   = Jealous_Guy_single.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = 1985 UK picture sleeve
}}
{{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|GOq9cC9Vr4Y|"Jealous Guy" (Elements Mix)}}}}
}}
"'''Jealous Guy'''" is a song written and originally recorded by the English rock musician [[John Lennon]] from his second studio album ''[[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]'' (1971). Not released as a single during Lennon's lifetime, it became an international hit in a version by [[Roxy Music]] issued in early 1981; this version reached number one in the United Kingdom and Australia and was a top-10 hit in several European countries. Lennon's own version was subsequently issued as a single and charted in the United States and UK.

Lennon began writing the song in 1968, when, as "'''Child of Nature'''", it was among the many songs [[Demo (music)|demoed]] by [[the Beatles]] before they recorded their [[The Beatles (album)|self-titled double album]] (also known as the "White Album"). The lyrics were originally inspired by a lecture given by [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]] in early 1968, when the Beatles attended his spiritual retreat [[The Beatles in India|in Rishikesh, India]]. In January 1969, the Beatles (primarily Lennon) jammed the song during their ''[[The Beatles: Get Back|Get Back]]'' / ''[[Let It Be (album)|Let It Be]]'' recording sessions, where it was referred to as "'''On the Road to Marrakesh'''".<ref>{{Cite web|title = Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 19| date=28 January 1969 |url = https://www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/28/get-back-let-it-be-sessions-day-19/|accessdate = 2022-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Beaumont|first=Mark|date=2021-11-29|title=Every song The Beatles play in Peter Jackson's 'Get Back'|url=https://www.nme.com/features/every-song-the-beatles-play-in-peter-jacksons-get-back-3107051|access-date=2022-01-04|website=NME|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Jealous Guy': How The Beatles rejected John Lennon's defining anthem|author=Taylor, Tom|date=27 September 2023|accessdate=2024-01-24|publisher=Far Out|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jealous-guy-how-the-beatles-rejected-john-lennons-defining-anthem/}}</ref>

==Origins==
The song's inspiration came in India, after [[the Beatles]] attended a lecture by [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]] about a "son of the mother nature". This inspired both [[Paul McCartney]] and [[John Lennon]] to write songs about the same subject. McCartney's composition, "[[Mother Nature's Son]]", was selected for ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'', but Lennon did not attempt to record "Child of Nature" during the sessions for the album. Both were demoed at [[George Harrison]]'s [[Esher]] [[Kinfauns|home]] in May 1968. The demo of "Child of Nature" featured Lennon's double-tracked vocal and playing an acoustic guitar. Early the following year, Lennon revisited the song as "On the Road to Marrakesh" during the ''[[The Beatles: Get Back|Get Back]]'' sessions.<ref name="The Beatles Bible: Child Of Nature">{{cite web |url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/child-of-nature/ |title=Child Of Nature |date=16 March 2008 |publisher=The Beatles Bible |access-date=29 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417015929/http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/child-of-nature/ |archive-date=17 April 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref> Eventually, the lyrics were scrapped and replaced by the now well-known "Jealous Guy" lyrics for ''[[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]''.

Listening to the original Esher Demo, the song begins "On the road to Rishikesh" and mentions mountains. It is not referring to [[Marrakesh]] in [[Morocco]], and there is no evidence Lennon ever visited there. In its rewritten form, the song serves as a confessional in which Lennon addresses the feelings of inadequacy that resulted in pain for those he loved.

Three recordings of "Child of Nature" are currently known. The first is a demo of the song recorded at the home of [[George Harrison]] in May 1968. The second, on which Harrison sings backing vocals, was recorded at [[Twickenham Studios|Twickenham Film Studios]] on 2 January 1969. A third recording was made at the Beatles' Apple Studio on 24 January. A snatch of the chorus from the second recording appears on the ''Fly on the Wall'' bonus disc packaged with ''[[Let It Be... Naked]]'' (2003).<ref name="The Beatles Bible: Child Of Nature"/> The first recording appears on the fiftieth anniversary release of ''The Beatles'', which contains all of the demos recorded at Esher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-beatles-the-white-album-50th-anniversary-super-deluxe-edition/|title=The Beatles / The 'White Album' 50th anniversary super deluxe edition {{!}} superdeluxeedition|website=www. superdeluxeedition.com|date=24 September 2018 |access-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117105321/http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-beatles-the-white-album-50th-anniversary-super-deluxe-edition/|archive-date=17 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/the-beatles-announce-white-album-deluxe-50th-anniversary-edition-1202954236/|title=The Beatles Announce 'White Album' Deluxe 50th Anniversary Edition|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=24 September 2018|work=Variety|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117105201/https://variety.com/2018/music/news/the-beatles-announce-white-album-deluxe-50th-anniversary-edition-1202954236/|archive-date=17 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Recording==
Lennon recorded "Jealous Guy" on 24 May 1971 at [[Ascot Sound Studios]], where his vocals were overdubbed on 29 May 1971. String overdubs took place on 4 July 1971 at the [[Record Plant]], in New York City.<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= 239, 247 |isbn= 978-1-63110-175-5}}</ref> Musicians included [[Mike Pinder]] of [[the Moody Blues]] and [[Joey Molland]] and [[Tom Evans (musician)|Tom Evans]] of [[Badfinger]].

[[Nicky Hopkins]] plays the distinctive piano part that runs through the song. His performance drew praise from those attending the sessions, including [[Yoko Ono]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/15-classics-nicky-hopkins/|title=15 Rock Classics Improved By Nicky Hopkins|work=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=24 February 2019|accessdate=15 November 2024}}</ref>

==Release==
Lennon's recording of "Jealous Guy" was released on the ''Imagine'' album in 1971. It was not released as a single until November 1985, five years after Lennon's murder and four-and-a-half years after Roxy Music's version was released. Accompanied on the B-side by "[[Going Down on Love]]", a track from ''[[Walls and Bridges]]'' (1974), the single reached number 65 on the UK charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/r6117.html|title=Jealous Guy b/w Going Down On Love – John Lennon|access-date=16 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716191509/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/r6117.html|archive-date=16 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the United States, the single reached number 80 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in November 1988 in conjunction with the release of the documentary film ''[[Imagine: John Lennon]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3007712&cdi=6382702&cid=10/22/1988|title=The Billboard Hot 100-Jealous Guy|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> "Jealous Guy" also peaked at number 22 on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Hot Adult Contemporary]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=143}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[Stereogum]]'' contributors Timothy and Elizabeth Bracy rated it as Lennon's second best solo song behind "[[Instant Karma!]]", saying that "we have Lennon at his most wounded and vulnerable, confessing to every manner of emotional extortion, and somehow still on the defensive" in a song with "a melody worthy of anything the Beatles ever produced."<ref>{{cite web|title=The 10 Best John Lennon Songs|date=13 May 2014|last1=Bracy|first1=Timothy|last2=Bracy |first2=Elizabeth|accessdate=2023-05-03|publisher=Stereogum|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681100/the-10-best-john-lennon-songs/lists/}}</ref>

''Ultimate Classic Rock'' critic Stephen Lewis rated it as Lennon's third greatest solo love song, calling it "one of his most mature piano melodies."<ref name=ucr>{{cite web|title=Top 10 John Lennon Love Songs|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-lennon-love-songs/|author=Lewis, Stephen|accessdate=2023-01-08|date=20 March 2013|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref>

==Promotional video==
A promotional video was made for the song in 1971. It showed, mostly in a continuous overhead shot by helicopter, John and Yoko travelling in a hearse from their [[Tittenhurst Park]] mansion to a nearby lake, where they were then shown getting into a row boat.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzH8JBH1Ifg |title=YouTube – ''Jealous Guy'' (John Lennon) – promotional music video |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=1 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324214618/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzH8JBH1Ifg |archive-date=24 March 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq44NbDYcVI |title=YouTube – ''Jealous Guy'' (John Lennon) – official music video |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=1 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310133314/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq44NbDYcVI |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

==Personnel==
The following musicians performed on the final track on ''[[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]'':<ref>{{cite book|title=John Lennon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZuCZR7MiDA0C&pg=PA84|author=John Blaney|page=86|publisher=John Blaney|isbn=978-0-9544528-1-0|date=6 June 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-lennon/songs/jealous-guy/ |title=John Lennon: Jealous Guy |date=3 August 2010 |publisher=The Beatles Bible |access-date=19 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616132219/http://www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-lennon/songs/jealous-guy |archive-date=16 June 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
{{div col}}
* [[John Lennon]] – vocals, acoustic guitar, whistling
* [[Nicky Hopkins]] – piano
* [[John Barham]] – [[Pump organ|harmonium]]
* [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]] – [[vibraphone]]
* [[Klaus Voormann]] – bass
* [[Jim Keltner]] – drums
* [[Mike Pinder]] – tambourine
* [[Joey Molland]] and [[Tom Evans (musician)|Tom Evans]] – acoustic guitars
* [[New York Philharmonic|The Flux Fiddlers]] – strings
{{div col end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Jealous Guy|artist=John Lennon|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2011|certyear=2025|source=radioscope|access-date=16 August 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=John Lennon|award=Silver|title=Jealous Guy|relyear=2011|certyear=2024|id=3484-282-1|note=2011 release|access-date=9 February 2024|refname=BPI1}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}

==Other versions==
"Jealous Guy" has been recorded by many musicians including [[Aslan (rock band)|Aslan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aslan.ie/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=56 |title=Aslan Official Site – Singles |publisher=Aslan.ie |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226012100/http://www.aslan.ie/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=56 |archive-date=26 February 2012 }}</ref> [[Joe Cocker]], [[Roberto Bellarosa]], [[Donny Hathaway]], [[Claudine Longet]], [[the Faces]], [[Frankie Miller]], [[Roxy Music]], [[Belinda Carlisle]], [[Hurray for the Riff Raff]], [[Peter Criss]], [[Elliott Smith]], [[Deftones]], [[Spector (band)|Spector]], [[Yoko Miwa]] and [[the Weeknd]]. [[Lou Reed]] covered the song for a 2001 Lennon tribute concert. Jazz musician [[Jimmy Scott]] covered ''Jealous Guy'' on his 1998 album ''Holding Back the Years''. The rock band [[the Black Crowes]] released a live cover of ''Jealous Guy'' on the 30th anniversary release of their debut studio album ''[[Shake Your Money Maker (album)|Shake Your Money Maker]]'' (1990).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Black Crowes Share 'Jealous Guy' Outtake |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/black-crowes-jealous-guy-cover |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=JamBase |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Roxy Music version===
{{Infobox song
| name          = Jealous Guy
| cover         = Roxy Music - Jealous Guy.png
| alt           = 
| border        = yes
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Roxy Music]]
| album         = 
| B-side        = To Turn You On
| released      = {{Start date|1981|2|13|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite magazine|date=14 February 1981|title=New Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1981/Music-Week-1981-02-14.pdf|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=24|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| venue         = 
| genre         =
| length        =
* 6:10
* 4:57 (edit)
| label         =
* [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
* [[E.G. Records|E.G.]]
| writer        = John Lennon
| producer      =
* [[Bryan Ferry]]
* [[Rhett Davies]]<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/>
| prev_title    = [[In the Midnight Hour#Roxy Music version|In the Midnight Hour]]
| prev_year     = 1980
| next_title    = [[More Than This (Roxy Music song)|More Than This]]
| next_year     = 1982
| misc          = {{External music video|header=Official video|{{YouTube|hRzGzRqNj58|"Jealous Guy"}}}}
}}

Following [[Murder of John Lennon|Lennon's murder]] in 1980, [[Roxy Music]] added a version of the song to their set while touring in Germany, which they recorded and released in February 1981.<ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book | first= Jo | last= Rice | year= 1982 | title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits | edition= 1st | publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd | location= Enfield, Middlesex | page= 212 | isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}</ref> The single was released by Polydor with "To Turn You On" as the B-side, with catalogue number "ROXY 2".<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/> The song was the only UK number-one hit for Roxy Music, topping the [[UK Singles Chart]] for two weeks in March 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/ |title=UK top 40 database |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913103452/http://www.everyhit.com/ |archive-date=13 September 2008 }}</ref>
"To Turn You On" later appeared on their eighth studio album ''[[Avalon (Roxy Music album)|Avalon]]'' (1982), although it was slightly remixed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/songs_547.php |title=Roxy Music – Songs – on |publisher=Vivaroxymusic.com |access-date=29 March 2014}}</ref> Roxy Music's cover of "Jealous Guy" features on many [[Bryan Ferry]]/Roxy Music collections and 1980s music compilations, though not always in its full-length version. As of 1982, the single had sold 91,000 copies in Australia.<ref>{{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=16 August 2020}}</ref>

==== Music video ====
A music video was filmed for the song, which mainly consisted of [[Bryan Ferry]] singing to camera before whistling and playing on a [[Sequential (company)|Sequential Circuits]] [[Prophet-5]] synthesizer during the [[Coda (music)|coda]]. Guitarist [[Phil Manzanera]] and saxophonist [[Andy Mackay]] also appear in the video during their respective solos.

====Charts====
=====Weekly charts=====
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1981)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|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
|-
{{single chart|Austria|6|artist=Roxy Music|song=Jealous Guy|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Roxy Music|song=Jealous Guy|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|3|song=Jealous Guy|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|-
!scope="row"|Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=Czech&Chart=F&ChDay=&ChMonth=&ChYear=&ChBand=&ChSong=Jealous+Guy |title=Ultimate Music Database |publisher=Umdmusic.com |access-date=29 March 2014}}</ref>
|1
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|7|year=1981|week=17|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=Roxy Music|song=Jealous Guy|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Roxy Music|song=Jealous Guy|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|6|artist=Roxy Music|song=Jealous Guy|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|-
!scope="row"|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(J-L).html|title=SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Songs J–L|website=rock.co.za|access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
|3
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|18|artist=Roxy Music|song=Jealous Guy|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|4|artist=Roxy Music|song=Jealous Guy|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|1|date=19810314|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|19|artist=Roxy Music|song=Jealous Guy|songid=718|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2025}}
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1988)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|80|artist=John Lennon|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|22|artist=John Lennon|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19881029.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, October 29, 1988]</ref>
|64
|}

=====Year-end charts=====
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1981)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus81">{{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1981 |publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |issue= 393 |page= 7 |via= [[Imgur]] |date= 4 January 1982 |access-date=January 11, 2022 |url= https://i.imgur.com/RgsDOOc.jpg}}</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1981|title=Jaaroverzichten 1981|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
|16
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1981|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1981|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|language=nl|access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
|61
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1981&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1981|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
|66
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1981-12-31|title=End of Year Top 50 Singles 1981|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
|29
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-50-best-selling-songs-of-1981__32604/|title=The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Songs of 1981|last=Copsey|first=Rob|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=5 March 2021|access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
|22
|-
!scope="row"|West Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1981|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1981|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
|73
|}

===Roberto Bellarosa version===
{{Infobox song
| name       = Jealous Guy
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Roberto Bellarosa]]
| album      = [[Ma voie]]
| released   = 4 April 2012
| recorded   = 2012
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = 2:50
| label      = * 8ball Music
* [[Sony Music Entertainment]]
| writer     = John Lennon
| producer   =
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Je Crois]]
| next_year  = 2012
}}
In 2012, Belgian singer [[Roberto Bellarosa]] recorded "Jealous Guy" after winning the first season of ''[[The Voice Belgique]]''. It was released as a single on 4 April 2012 and included on his debut studio album ''[[Ma voie]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/be/album/jealous-guy-single/516157807 |title=iTunes Music – Jealous Guy – Single by Roberto Bellarosa |publisher=iTunes Store |date=4 April 2012 |access-date=29 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618195811/https://itunes.apple.com/be/album/jealous-guy-single/id516157807 |archive-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> The single reached number four in Belgium.<ref>{{Citation|title=Jealous Guy – Single by Roberto Bellarosa|date=4 April 2012|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/jealous-guy-single/516157807|access-date=20 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120143217/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/jealous-guy-single/516157807|archive-date=20 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==References==
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