As with his previous two albums, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine (released in the US just several weeks prior), Lennon brought in Phil Spector to help produce.
Som det var tilfældet med hans seneste to album (John Lennon/Plastc Ono Band og Imagine – sidstnævnte udsendt blot få uger forinden) hentede Lennon Phil Spector ind for at hjælpe med at producere nummeret.