Editing Julian Lennon (section)

=== Music career ===
Aside from The Beatles, Lennon was influenced by [[David Bowie]], [[Keith Jarrett]], [[Steely Dan]], and [[AC/DC]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Jim |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/julian-lennon-shares-his-desert-island-discs/ |title=Julian Lennon Shares His Desert Island Discs |website=udiscovermusic.com |date=1 January 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125102937/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/julian-lennon-shares-his-desert-island-discs/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Spin-Lipps">{{cite web|last=Lipps |first=Scott |url=https://www.spin.com/2022/04/julian-lennon-on-how-ac-dc-and-steely-dan-inspired-his-career/ |title=Julian Lennon on How AC/DC and Steely Dan Inspired His Music Career |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=4 April 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref>

Lennon made his musical debut at age 11 on his father's album ''[[Walls and Bridges]]'' playing drums on "[[Ya Ya (Lee Dorsey song)|Ya-Ya]]", later saying, "Dad, had I known you were going to put it on the album, I would've played much better!"<ref>Pang, Loving John, Warner, 1983</ref> In the sleeve notes in the album the song is credited to Julian Lennon "starring on drums" with "dad on piano".

Lennon enjoyed immediate success with his debut album, ''[[Valotte]]'', released in 1984. Produced by [[Phil Ramone]], it spawned two top 10 hits, (the title track and "[[Too Late for Goodbyes]]") and earned Lennon a nomination for the [[Grammy Award]] for Best New Artist in 1986. Music videos for the two hits were made by film director [[Sam Peckinpah]] and producer [[Martin Lewis (humorist)|Martin Lewis]]. After the album's release, Paul McCartney sent Lennon a telegram wishing him good luck.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.julianlennon.com/ |title=Website for Julian Lennon |date=26 April 2017 |publisher=Julian Lennon |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218052400/https://julianlennon.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

His second album, 1986's ''[[The Secret Value of Daydreaming]]'', was panned by critics. However, it reached number 32 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart and produced the single "[[Stick Around (Julian Lennon song)|Stick Around]]", which was Lennon's first number-one single on the US [[Album Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|title=Julian Lennon|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/julian-lennon|magazine=Billboard|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115011023/https://www.billboard.com/music/julian-lennon|url-status=live}}</ref> He recorded the song "Because", previously recorded by [[The Dave Clark Five]], in the UK for Clark's 1986 musical ''[[Time (musical)|Time]]''.

On 1 April 1987, Julian Lennon appeared as the Baker in [[Mike Batt]]'s musical ''[[The Hunting of the Snark (musical)|The Hunting of the Snark]]'' (based on [[Lewis Carroll]]'s poem).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-9GFxrRGPI | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/c-9GFxrRGPI| archive-date=2 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Mike Batt feat. Julian Lennon – The Escapade (from The Hunting Of The Snark/ TV 1987) | date=6 October 2009|publisher=YouTube |access-date=15 December 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The [[The Hunting of the Snark (musical)#Original London cast|all-star lineup]] included [[Roger Daltrey]], [[Justin Hayward]] and [[Billy Connolly]], with [[John Hurt]] as the narrator. The performance, a musical benefit at London's [[Royal Albert Hall]] in aid of the deaf, was attended by the [[Sarah, Duchess of York|Duchess of York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.julianlennon.com/biography?date=1987-04 |title=Julian Lennon / Biography / 1987 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326144023/http://www.julianlennon.com/biography?date=1987-04 |archive-date=26 March 2016 |access-date=1 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October the same year he performed with [[Chuck Berry]]. Although Lennon never achieved the same level of success in the US as he had enjoyed with ''Valotte'', his 1989 single "[[Now You're in Heaven]]" peaked at number 5 in Australia and gave him his second number 1 hit on the Album Rock Tracks chart in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon – Now You're In Heaven mp3 album download|url=https://mdigital.ee/107219/julian-lennon-now-youre-in-heaven-download-album-mp3.html|website=free mp3 music albums – mdigital.ee|access-date=9 May 2020}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1991, [[George Harrison]] sent some ideas for Lennon's album ''[[Help Yourself (Julian Lennon album)|Help Yourself]]'', although he did not play or receive any credits. The single "[[Saltwater (Julian Lennon song)|Saltwater]]" reached number 6 in the UK and topped the Australian singles charts for four weeks. During this time, Lennon contributed a cover of [[the Rolling Stones]]' "[[Ruby Tuesday (song)|Ruby Tuesday]]" to the soundtrack of the television series ''[[The Wonder Years]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon|url=https://www.antiwarsongs.org/artista.php?id=9736&lang=en&short=1|website=Antiwarsongs.org|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119160457/https://www.antiwarsongs.org/artista.php?id=9736&lang=en&short=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lennon left the music business for several years in the 1990s to focus on philanthropy after his encounter with elders from the [[Mirning]] people of Australia. After he began his performing career, there was occasionally unfounded media speculation that Lennon would undertake performances with McCartney, Harrison and [[Ringo Starr]]. In the ''[[Beatles Anthology]]'' series in 1995, the three surviving Beatles confirmed there was never an idea of having Julian sit in for his father as part of a Beatles reunion, with McCartney saying, "Why would we want to subject him to all of this?"<ref>{{Cite web|title=97.1 The Drive LIVE Stream {{!}} Chicago|url=https://live.wdrv.com/listen/artist/fbe1a6d6-12c9-459e-bf73-fdcc76b14b7e|website=97.1 The Drive LIVE Stream {{!}} Chicago|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>

In May 1998, Lennon released the album ''[[Photograph Smile]]'' on his own record label. Music critic [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] praised the album as "well-crafted and melodic", and concluded by saying that it was "the kind of music that would receive greater praise if it weren't made by the son of a Beatle".<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/photograph-smile-mw0000048363|title=Photograph Smile – Julian Lennon &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404015836/http://www.allmusic.com/album/photograph-smile-mw0000048363|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, he recorded a version of "[[When I'm Sixty-Four]]", from the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album, for an [[Allstate]] Insurance commercial.<ref name=":0" />

In 2006, he ventured into Internet businesses, including MyStore.com with [[Todd Meagher (entrepreneur)|Todd Meagher]] and Bebo founder [[Michael Birch (businessman)|Michael Birch]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/12/04/julian-lennon-mystore-face-markets-cx_cg_1204autofacescan02.html |title=Imagine! Julian Lennon Invests In MyStore |website=Forbes.com |date=4 December 2007 |access-date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411094558/https://www.forbes.com/2007/12/04/julian-lennon-mystore-face-markets-cx_cg_1204autofacescan02.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, Lennon created a new partnership with Meagher and Birch called theRevolution, LLC. Through this company, Lennon released a tribute song and EP, "Lucy", honouring the memory of Lucy Vodden ([[née]] O'Donnell), the little girl who inspired the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", with 50 per cent of the proceeds going to fund [[Lupus]] research.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/6239311/Lucy-In-The-Sky-With-Diamonds-woman-who-inspired-Beatles-song-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/6239311/Lucy-In-The-Sky-With-Diamonds-woman-who-inspired-Beatles-song-dies.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds: woman who inspired Beatles song dies|date=28 September 2009 |access-date=29 September 2009 | location=London, UK | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/julian-lennon-honors-lucy-in-the-sky-63938332.html|title=Julian Lennon Honors Lucy in the Sky|website=Prnewswire.com|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=19 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619085915/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/julian-lennon-honors-lucy-in-the-sky-63938332.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18028 |title=Lucy Songfacts |website=Songfacts.com |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=2 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202071100/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18028 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/lucysky.asp |title=Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds LSD |website=Snopes.com |date=15 February 1998 |access-date=30 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00005N83A |title=VH1 Behind the Music: The Julian Lennon Collection: Julian Lennon: Amazon.co.uk: Music |website=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=30 July 2009}}</ref>

In October 2011, Lennon released the album ''[[Everything Changes (Julian Lennon album)|Everything Changes]]''. In 2012 he worked with music film director [[Dick Carruthers]] on the feature-length video documentary ''Through the Picture Window'', which followed Lennon's journey in the making of ''Everything Changes'' and includes interviews with [[Steven Tyler]], [[Bono]], [[Gregory Darling]], [[Mark Spiro]] and Paul Buchanan from [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]]. ''Through the Picture Window'' was also released as an app in all formats with bespoke videos for all 14 tracks from the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.galomagazine.com/movies-tv/through-the-picture-window-a-second-glimpse-into-what-makes-julian-lennon-through-director-dick-carruthers-eyes/#.U-vOQI7WqEw|title='Through The Picture Window': A Second Glimpse into What Makes Julian Lennon through Director Dick Carruthers' Eyes &#124; GALO Magazine|website=Galomagazine.com|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009044705/http://www.galomagazine.com/movies-tv/through-the-picture-window-a-second-glimpse-into-what-makes-julian-lennon-through-director-dick-carruthers-eyes/#.U-vOQI7WqEw|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Rtm1dRcMQ&list=UU6iWF7yew0eS7zkr9tXDcfQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/5-Rtm1dRcMQ| archive-date=2 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Through The Picture Window Interview With Dick Carruthers|first=Julian |last=Lennon|date=12 November 2013|access-date=22 January 2018|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/julian-lennon-gives-fans-a-look-through-the-picture-window-with-new-documentary/|title=Julian Lennon gives fans a look "Through the Picture Window" with new documentary|website=Cbsnews.com|date=22 November 2013|access-date=22 January 2018|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913044040/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/julian-lennon-gives-fans-a-look-through-the-picture-window-with-new-documentary/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On September 9, 2022, Lennon's album ''[[Jude (album)|Jude]]'' was released on [[BMG Rights Management|BMG]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Enos |first=Morgan |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/julian-lennon-jude-new-album-comeback-john-cynthia-paul-mccartney-get-back |title=Julian Lennon On New Album 'Jude,' Grappling With His Namesake & Embracing His Bittersweet Past |website=grammy.com |date=9 September 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125064929/https://www.grammy.com/news/julian-lennon-jude-new-album-comeback-john-cynthia-paul-mccartney-get-back |url-status=live }}</ref> It included the singles "Freedom" and "Every Little Moment".<ref>{{cite web |last=Uitti |first=Jacob |url=https://americansongwriter.com/julian-lennon-is-finding-music-again-in-all-the-right-places/ |title=Julian Lennon is Finding Music Again in All the Right Places |work=[[American Songwriter]] |date=13 April 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125064915/https://americansongwriter.com/julian-lennon-is-finding-music-again-in-all-the-right-places/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Goldmine>{{cite news |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/interviews/julian-lennon-embraces-inner-jude-with-album-30-years-in-the-making |title=Julian Lennon embraces inner 'Jude' with album 30 years in the making |work=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]] |date=14 November 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125064925/https://www.goldminemag.com/interviews/julian-lennon-embraces-inner-jude-with-album-30-years-in-the-making |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]'' wrote about the release, "With his new album, the first in 11 years, Julian advances his body of work that has always simultaneously explored personal and global themes, but for the first time in his life, he's embracing his inner status as someone's son...[an] introspective masterwork from a diversely talented artist."<ref name=Goldmine /> The title is a reference to the Beatles song "[[Hey Jude]]", which Paul McCartney wrote in 1968 to give Julian Lennon hope for the future.<ref name=Goldmine /><ref>{{cite web |last=Irvin |first=Jack |url=https://people.com/music/julian-lennon-talks-love-hate-relationship-with-the-beatles-hey-jude/ |title=Julian Lennon Talks 'Love-Hate Relationship' with 'Hey Jude' |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=29 April 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125064925/https://people.com/music/julian-lennon-talks-love-hate-relationship-with-the-beatles-hey-jude/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lennon said about his album title, "Calling it ''Jude'' was very coming of age for me in that regard because it was very much facing up to who I am...The content came from over three decades of songwriting. The themes and issues mostly being the same, generally about the wars within and the wars without."<ref name=Goldmine />

On 23 August 2024, Lennon released a new version of "I Should Have Known", which was remixed by [[Spike Stent]]. Lennon shared, "[the song] was always a favourite of mine,” says Lennon. “I loved the way the new album ['Jude'] sounded in particular. (...) I thought maybe Mark 'Spike' Stent will remix this for me and give it a new life. I want it to breathe life into the world again."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240823379362/en/Internationally-Renowned-Singer-Songwriter-Julian-Lennon-Releases-Reimagined-Version-of-I-Should-Have-Known|title=Internationally Renowned Singer-Songwriter Julian Lennon Releases Reimagined Version of "I Should Have Known"|website=Business Wire|date=23 August 2024|access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7yxtRarlo7Xor6UgRrA5gc?si=4lNBzPxGSWingpzbbN7LiA|title=Julian Lennon - I Should Have Known (Spike Stent Version)|website=Spotify|date=23 August 2024|access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>