"Power To The People" Is A Song Written By John Lennon Released As A Single In 1971 Credited To John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. It Was Issued On Apple Records Catalogue Number R5892 In The United Kingdom 1830 In The United States And Peaked At Number 7 On The British Singles Chart And Number 11 On The US Billboard Hot 100. Lennon Said Of The Song "I Wrote 'Power To The People' The Same Way I Wrote ' Give Peace A Chance ' As Something For The People To Sing. I Make Singles Like Broadsheets. It Was Another Quickie." Source Power To The People Songfacts .