Lennon remarked to the press that he "wrote it for breakfast, recorded it for lunch, and we're putting it out for dinner".
Leta 1973 je predstavnik države Harley Orrin Staggers po poslušanju pesmi, ki vsebuje verza »Til you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules« () in »But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see« (), na radiu WGTB podal uradno pritožbo Zvezi komisiji za komunikacije (FCC).