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Radio promo CD. Sugar Hill / Blue Eye (SUG-CD-4007S12) (2005)
"Imagine" is a single by Dolly Parton with special guest David Foster. It was released exclusively to iTunes on September 27, 2005, by Sugar Hill Records and Blue Eye Records as the first single from Dolly's forty-first solo studio album, Those Were the Days. It was sent to country, bluegrass, and adult contemporary radio stations on November 7. The song was written by John Lennon and produced by Dolly. Lennon originally recorded the song for his 1971 album of the same name, taking his version to number three on the Billboard Hot 100. 

Track listing

iTunes exclusive digital download
  • Imagine (with special guest David Foster) (John Lennon) 3:52

US radio promo CD
  • Imagine (with special guest David Foster) (Radio Edit) (John Lennon) 3:27

Music video

​The music video for "Imagine" was directed by Paula Walker and filmed in New York City during the weekend of October 21–23 and features private home videos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The video premiered on CMT's website on November 28 and made its television debut three days later on CMT Top 20 Countdown.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Those Were the Days liner notes.
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • David Foster – special guest musician, piano
  • Bryan Sutton – special guest musician, acoustic guitar
  • ​Chris Thile – special guest musician, mandolin
Musicians
  • David Angell – strings
  • Monisa Angell – strings
  • David Davidson – strings
  • Conni Elllisor – strings
  • Jim Grosjean – strings
  • Andy Hall – dobro
  • Tom Howard – strings
  • Jack Jezioro – strings
  • Anthony LaMarchina – strings
  • Bob Mater – drums
  • Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle
  • Carole Rabinowitz – strings
  • Pam Sixfin – strings
  • Alan Umstead – strings
  • Catherine Umstead – strings
  • Gary Vanosdale – strings
  • Mary Catherine Vanosdale – strings
  • Jay Weaver – bass
  • Kent Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Background vocals
  • Richard Dennison
  • Terry Eldredge
  • Andy Hall
  • Vicki Hampton
  • Jamie Johnson
  • Jimmy Mattingly
  • Jennifer O'Brien
  • Danny Roberts
  • ​David Talbot
  • Chuck Tilley
  • Kent Wells
  • Children's Choir/Kid's Connection, Inc. (Kristin Bauer, Callie Cryar, Phoebe Cryar, Katherine Stewart, Emily Webb, Anna Wilson)
  • Choir (Robert Bailey, Lisa Bevill, Drew Cline, Lisa Cochran, Angela Cruse, Kim Fleming, Duane Hamilton, Vicki Hampton, John Mark Ivey​)
Production
  • Courtney Blooding – assistant recording engineer
  • Neil Devor – recording engineer
  • Kyle Dickinson – assistant mixing engineer
  • Scott Kidd – assistant mixing engineer​​
  • Patrick Murphy – mixing engineer
  • Dolly Parton – producer
  • Benny Quinn – mastering engineer
  • Leslie Richter – assistant recording engineer