Nutopian International Anthem
{{Infobox song
| name = Nutopian International Anthem
| type = composition
| artist = John Lennon
| album = Mind Games
| released = 16 November 1973
| recorded = July – August 1973
| length = 0:03
| label = Apple
| writer = John Lennon
| producer = John Lennon
}}"Nutopian International Anthem" is a composition by the English musician and former Beatles member John Lennon from his 1973 album Mind Games.{{Cite book |last=Badman |first=Keith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LDLhgzA930UC |title=The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001 |date=2009-10-28 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-001-4 |language=en}}
Background
Nutopia is a conceptual country created and announced by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.{{Cite news |last=Toy |first=Vivian S. |date=2010-03-04 |title=A Brush With a Beatle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/realestate/07deal1.html |access-date=2024-07-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The 3-second long composition was created as the anthem to the country created by the two.{{cn|date=July 2024}} It was not the first time Lennon experimented with the concept of a song consisting of silence, as he had released a song called Two Minutes Silence on the album Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions.{{Cite book |last=Blaney |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZuCZR7MiDA0C |title=John Lennon: Listen to This Book |date=2005 |publisher=John Blaney |isbn=978-0-9544528-1-0 |language=en}}
Reception
Authors Ben Urish and Ken Bielen said the composition might work as a theme of a unified theme or principle of the album.{{Cite book |last1=Urish |first1=Ben |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27fOEAAAQBAJ |title=The Words and Music of John Lennon |last2=Bielen |first2=Ken |date=2007-06-30 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-08296-2 |language=en}} Author Johnny Rogan stated that the silence was appropriate, seeing as Nutopia is a Greek word, meaning nothing.{{Cite book |last=Rogan |first=Johnny |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3D_HDgAAQBAJ&dq=Nutopian+International+Anthem&pg=PT139 |title=Lennon: The Albums |date=2010-07-23 |publisher=Calidore |isbn=978-0-85712-438-8 |language=en}}
Declaration of Nutopia
The Mind Games Ultimate Collection box set features an audio track of the declaration of Nutopia, where John Lennon talks about how to become a citizen of Nutopia. Lennon stated "We put the thought out, then we’ll react to whatever the reaction is."{{Cite web |date=2024-12-07 |title=John Lennon Mind Games Ultimate Collection Review: Box-set reveals new pathways within overlooked Lennon LP |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/new-music/john-lennon-mind-games-ultimate-collection-review/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Mojo |language=en}}