India, India
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| artist = John Lennon
| album = John Lennon Signature Box
| released = 5 October 2010
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| genre = Rock
| length = 3:07
| label = EMI
| writer = John Lennon
| producer = John Lennon
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"India, India" is a song written by John Lennon and recorded in 1980, but not released until 2010's John Lennon Signature Box. The song, with "I Don't Want to Lose You",{{cite web|title=Lennon's 'India, India' on Broadway|publisher=ApunKaChoice|url=http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/music/20050411-0.html|accessdate=28 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502070952/http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/music/20050411-0.html|archivedate=2 May 2014}} was also featured in the 2005 musical Lennon.
History
This song was originally written for the un-made 1970s play, "The Ballad of John and Yoko".{{cite web|title=The Beatles -India (super rare John Lennon's demo)|publisher=Electric Bill Freedom|url=http://electricbillfreedom.com/?p=1158|accessdate=28 November 2011|archive-date=26 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426005802/http://electricbillfreedom.com/?p=1158|url-status=dead}} "India, India" was one of two previously unreleased songs issued on the John Lennon Signature Box in 2010 (the other was "One of the Boys"). The song was inspired by The Beatles' stay in India in 1968.{{cite web|title='Take me to your heart' – how John Lennon fell for India|publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|author=Johan van Slooten|url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/%E2%80%98take-me-your-heart%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-how-john-lennon-fell-india|accessdate=18 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926233745/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/%E2%80%98take-me-your-heart%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-how-john-lennon-fell-india|archive-date=26 September 2011|url-status=dead}}
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