Tonight’s mystery artists had a hit song that at one point in the song you can hear the chorus of John Lennon’s ‘Give Peace A Chance’ in the background. Think you know the song or artists??

Overall the song makes a metaphor of the game of chess being the like the relationship between a man and a woman, using phrases like, “Your Move”, ‘Move me onto any Black square” and the “ The White queen” So by now you’ve probably figured out the song is 'I’ve Seen All Good People' by the band Yes

Wikipedia cites all kind of fanciful chess references too in the song like from ‘Through the Looking Glass’ by Lewis Carroll. In looking glass land if you want to be "satisfied" and "on your way" you must walk backwards on life's chessboard to move ahead. That is "don't surround yourself with yourself" is a chess analogy. This is opposite of what we were taught: fight with might and force to get ahead. And it is just before the three minute mark of the song, at the final part of "Your Move", is where you can hear the chorus of John Lennon’s ‘Give Peace A Chance’ in the background. Another reference to Lennon's work can be heard in the lyric "send that instant karma to me", with "Instant Karma" being one of the best known songs by Lennon.

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