"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - John Lennon

On the 25th of December 1971 John Lennon was at number 2 on the UK singles charts with 'Happy Christmas {War is over}, it peaked at number3 in the US.
Watch the video of 'Happy Christmas [War is over]

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1971 by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apple 1842 in the US, and Apple R5970 in the UK. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on theBritish singles chart. The song's first appearance on album was the 1975 compilation Shaved Fish. Although ostensibly a protest song about the Vietnam War, it has become a Christmas standard and has appeared on several Christmas albums.
The lyric is based on a campaign in late 1969 by Lennon and Ono, who rented billboards and posters in eleven cities around the world that read: "WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko". The cities included New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Rome,Athens, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Helsinki. At the time of the song's release, the US was deeply entrenched in the unpopular Vietnam War. The line "War is over, if you want it, war is over, now!", as sung by the background vocals, was taken directly from the billboards.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Xmas_(War_Is_Over)
'and so this is Christmas
for weak and for strong
the rich and the poor ones
the road is so long 

So happy Christmas
for black and for white
for the yellow and red ones
let's all stop the fight'