Editing Instant Karma! (section)

===Commercial success and aftermath===
"Instant Karma!" was commercially successful,<ref>Rodriguez 2010, pp. 2, 149.</ref> peaking at number 3 on America's [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart,{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=281}} number 2 in Canada,<ref name=RPM/> and number 5 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name=OCC/>{{refn|group=nb|On the US listings compiled by ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' and ''[[Record World]]'' magazines, it also peaked at number 3,<ref name="Spizer p 27" /> while Britain's ''[[Melody Maker]]'' chart recorded the song at number 4.<ref>Castleman & Podrazik, p. 340.</ref>}} The single also reached the top ten in several other European countries<ref name=Ultra/> and in Australia.<ref name="auschart" /> The release took place two months before [[Paul McCartney]] announced the [[break-up of the Beatles]],<ref name=Listen45/> whose penultimate single, the [[George Martin]]-produced "[[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]", Lennon's record competed with on the US chart.<ref name="Spizer p 27">Spizer, p. 27.</ref> "Instant Karma!" went on to become the first single by a solo Beatle to achieve US sales of 1 million,<ref name="Norman p 635" /> earning [[Music recording sales certification|gold]] certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] on 14 December 1970.<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web|title=RIAA Gold and Platinum|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Instant_Karma&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=24 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160932/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Instant_Karma&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="C&P p 332">Castleman & Podrazik, p. 332.</ref>{{refn|group=nb|The award came on the same day that Harrison's debut single, "[[My Sweet Lord]]", was certified gold by the RIAA,<ref name="C&P p 332" /> yet that song's US release took place nine months after "Instant Karma!"<ref>Schaffner, pp. 211, 212.</ref>}} Until [[Death of John Lennon|Lennon's death]] in December 1980, "Instant Karma!" remained his sole RIAA-certified gold single.<ref name="RIAA" /><ref>{{cite web|first=Nick|last=DeRiso|title=Revisiting John Lennon's Quickly Recorded 'Instant Karma'|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-lennon-instant-karma-song/|publisher=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]|date=6 February 2016|access-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903082153/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-lennon-instant-karma-song/|archive-date=3 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite the stated intentions for Lennon's and Ono's Year 1 AP, the proceeds from the auctioning of their hair benefited Michael X's Black House commune<ref name="Norman p 636" /> rather than the peace movement;<ref name="Woffinden p 39" /><ref>Doggett, pp. 114, 118.</ref> according to ''Beatles Diary'' author [[Barry Miles]], the pledge to donate their royalties was also "discreetly forgotten."<ref>Miles, pp. 364, 368.</ref> In March 1970, Lennon publicly split with the organisers of the planned Toronto Peace Festival,<ref>Norman, p. 637.</ref> as he and Ono began treatment under [[Arthur Janov]]'s [[Primal Therapy]].<ref>Madinger & Easter, p. 35.</ref><ref>Doggett, pp. 117, 119–20.</ref>{{refn|group=nb|In author John Winn's description of the 4 February exchange of the Lennons' hair for Ali's shorts: "The plan was for Michael to auction off the hair to raise money for the Black Centre, a headquarters for various black power endeavors. John and Yoko would then auction off the trunks to raise money for their peace festival."<ref name="Winn p 367" />}} Before heading to California in April for intensive therapy through the summer,<ref>Schaffner, p. 143.</ref><ref>Woffinden, pp. 40–41.</ref> Lennon accused McCartney of using the Beatles' break-up to sell his album ''[[McCartney (album)|McCartney]]'',<ref>Rodriguez 2010, pp. 7–8.</ref> and admitted that he wished that he himself had announced the break-up months before to promote his own solo release.<ref>Madinger & Easter, p. 154.</ref><ref>Spitz, pp. 853–54.</ref>