The band Yoko Ono didn’t want John Lennon to work with: “Even though they’d been quite successful”

Producer Jack Douglas brought Cheap Trick musicians Rick Nielsen and Bun E Carlos into sessions for John Lennon’s 1980 album *Double Fantasy*. According to Douglas, Yoko Ono objected to their involvement, believing he was trying to give the band a boost, and their contributions were replaced before the album was released.

The pair had worked on early versions of ‘I’m Losing You’ and ‘I’m Moving On’. Douglas said in a 2010 interview that Ono wanted the songs re-recorded so Cheap Trick could not claim a place on the record, despite the band’s success and work on an album with George Martin. *Double Fantasy* received a mixed reception at first, but gained a warmer audience after Lennon’s death less than a year later.