I Found Out

"I Found Out" is a song by the English musician John Lennon from his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

Writing and recording

The song expresses Lennon's disillusionment with a world dominated by what he saw as false religion and idols, and warns against being taken in by such beliefs.

In common with another theme on the album, the song is also critical of Lennon's former band The Beatles. During the late 1960s, bandmate George Harrison became interested in Eastern mysticism; Lennon dismisses Harrison's beloved gurus and Hare Krishna mantra as "pie in the sky" and refers to "religion from Jesus to Paul".

The instrumentation, style, and production of the song are typical of Lennon's Plastic Ono Band era work. The song features a low, rumbling tremolo guitar, thumping drums, a rolling, minimal bass guitar line, and a scathing vocal delivery. The recording is bare-bones, in stark contrast to the heavy production of Lennon's later albums. It is influenced more heavily by blues music than other songs on Plastic Ono Band.

I Found Out (The Pigeon Detectives song)

"I Found Out" is the first single from The Pigeon Detectives take from their debut album Wait For Me. The track was re-recorded, for the 2007 single release, with The Smiths and Blur producer Stephen Street. Officially there are 3 versions of the track. The album version was slightly re-mixed from the original single version along with the Stephen Street version. The 2007 re-release had different artwork from the 2006 release along with brand new b-sides. The first release was to reach the UK Top 40 at #39 in the UK Singles Chart but the re-release was to peak three places lower at #42.

Track listing

2006 release

2007 release