You Are Here (The Ultimate Mix) from John Lennon Mind Games (The Ultimate Collection)

John: I did a 'You Are Here' show at the Robert Fraser Gallery. It consisted of a bare gallery and a big white canvas that was round and it just had my writing on it: 'you are here'. You had to go down the stairs and you had to get through all these different charity cans to put money in, like RSPCA, animal and cancer funds, and dogs and people — the room was full of them — and on the left side of the wall was this big, big canvas with 'you are here', a hat to put money in – for the artist – and a jar of teeny white badges to take that said, 'you are here'. We filmed them from behind a dark window with the English 'Candid Camera' team, and let balloons off with 'send your message back when you get it', and they'd write to tell me where it came from. I cut the canvas down and it's about three foot now.

'You Are Here' - that's more than just a joke, I suppose. People read it and suddenly realise it's true. 'Yes, I'm here,' they think. 'So are these other people. We're all here together.' And that's where the vibrations start being exchanged. Good and bad ones according to who is sending out and how they feel. A lot of people went to India to find out they were here. Like [Timothy] Leary's friend Richard Alpert [Ram Dass] went to India and saw all the gurus, chasing all over the place, and all the gurus said to him was, 'Remember, be here now'. That's all them gurus will ever tell you. Remember this moment now. I was talking to George the other day and I forgot to say to him, 'What are you searching for? You are here!'

Quotes sources: Frost On Sunday, BBCTV, Aug 1968 and interview with Howard Smith, Sept 1971.

'You Are Here' film - from the preparation (30 June) and opening (1 July) of John Lennon's first exhibition You Are Here (to Yoko from John Lennon) at Robert Fraser Gallery, 69 Duke St., Grosvenor Square, London, 1968.
Directed by John Lennon.
By John Lennon for Yoko.
Cameramen: William Waring & Dick Lorriemore.
Starring: John & Yoko, Robert Fraser, Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor, Richard DiLello, Kevin Harrington, Victor Spinetti, Jill Johnston, Richard Hamilton and a cast of hundreds.
© Yoko Ono Lennon 1968/2024.

Music:
YOU ARE HERE (Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon: vocal acoustic guitar, conga, tambourine, maracas, guiro.
David Spinozza: electric guitar
Sneaky Pete Kleinlow: pedal steel guitar
Ken Ascher: piano, organs
Gordon Edwards: bass
Jim Keltner: drums
Something Different (Christine Wiltshire, Jocelyn Brown, Kathy Mull, Angel Coakley): background chorus
Produced and Arranged by John Lennon.
Engineers: Roy Cicala & Dan Barbiero.
Space by Yoko Ono.
Recorded at Record Plant, NYC, 3 Aug 1973.

JOHN LENNON - MIND GAMES (The Ultimate Collection) remixes (2023)
Produced by Sean Ono Lennon.
Compilation Producer & Production Manager: Simon Hilton.
Mixed & engineered by Paul Hicks at The Hix Factory.
Additional Engineering by Sam Gannon at REVL8.
Mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios.
© Lenono Music administered by Downtown Publishing Ltd.
℗ & © Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)/Yoko Ono Lennon

[bojanglesb]

It feels like there are endless recordings of The Beatles and the individual artists. I think I've found/know it all, but then there's more

[joshgoldstein]

I have a new appreciation for this song with this great remix. Rip John Lennon.

[ingridfong-daley]

Nothing flashy, just a simple expression of love and joy. I know he tends to get more appreciated for his vitriolic tendencies, but hearing him happy and contented is a beautiful pleasure all its own.
Thank you John for bringing us together, here--both then and now.

[fanaoa]

Dear John,
Wherever you are
Across the universe
You are here
In music and verse.

[ryban]

“Love has opened up my eyes. Love has blown right through.” I absolutely love this bridge. It is among John Lennon’s best. This is an amazing Lennon gem. It is incredible it is finally getting the attention it deserves. Thank you Sean for shining up Mind Games and presenting it in all its aural beauty. It’s manna for the ears!

[LorrenDoughty]

“wherever you are, you are here” such simple lyrics but conveys the most important message. all of his songs represent affirmatives of love and peace.

[LuisVelezNueve]

Not only one of John Lennon's best, but one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[Pharoset]

Initial footage was filmed on June 30th, 1968. The opening was on July 1st, 1968.

[benjaminstevens]

It was because of John i discovered the Beatles, But i always come back to John.

[shelq]

I'll never forget finding out that John had died.
I remember so well sitting in my 6th grade classroom in shock and trying to not to think about it so that I
wouldn't cry in school 😭❤

[nachopablo]

The World is missing so much without him, miss you John

[janjuarez]

You are here Lennon, in the hearts and souls and minds of all your fans.

[thedsr]

Now And Then
I miss you John Lennon ❤️❤️❤️

[renancmmuniz]

How lucky were all these people to be in front of John and see him so close! They cound't imagine how we all wish to be in their places!

[lithium]

It's so weird seeing high quality footage of John, it's sort of like he's still here

[trillioncrowns]

Oh John if only we had men like you today! so fearless! the driving force you where.. where are you?... give me the the power to reach out to the world! do as you have done! Oh Saint John drive us away from Hate and Madness!... such a powerful mind and soul!

[tyronewhitehead]

John has the ability to tell a story when he sings I can feel that journey with this lovely song and the footage . You are here, I am here too.❤️👏

[DJ-bjku]

I was 16 when it happened and I’ve been mourning ever since. The only artist who I felt so connected to.

[Nadia-etzv]

this song is underrated! i miss you john❤

[erickmaganja]

John will always be the best. Mind games is such an underrated album.
I also love how cleaned up this version sounds.