Editing Instant Karma! (section)

==Re-releases and live version==
"Instant Karma!"'s first appearance on a Lennon album, albeit slightly edited in length, was the 1975 compilation ''[[Shaved Fish]]''.<ref name=pobKarma/> Urish and Bielen observe that the "advertising hyperbole" inherent in the song's title, through the inclusion of an exclamation mark, is given extra emphasis on this album cover.<ref name=W&MJL16/>{{refn|group=nb|Apple's artwork for ''Shaved Fish'' featured an illustration by Michael Bryan for each of the compilation's tracks. "Instant Karma!" is depicted as a jar of instant coffee, with the top removed and a spoon beside the jar.<ref>Spizer, p. 110, 111.</ref>}} The song has featured – often with the full title "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)" – on numerous posthumous compilations,<ref>Womack, p. 470.</ref> including ''[[The John Lennon Collection]]'' (1982), the ''[[Lennon (album)|Lennon]]'' box set (1990), ''[[Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon|Lennon Legend]]'' (1997),<ref>Madinger & Easter, pp. 580–82.</ref> ''[[Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon]]'' (2005), and ''[[Power to the People: The Hits]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web |last=Diver |first=Mike |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/c6vh |title=John Lennon ''Power to the People: The Hits'' Review |publisher=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425235507/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/c6vh |archive-date=25 April 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lennon played "Instant Karma!" at his last full-length concert performance<ref>Madinger & Easter, pp. 79–80.</ref> – the One to One benefit shows held at [[Madison Square Garden]], New York, on 30 August 1972.<ref>Rodriguez 2010, pp. 56–57.</ref> His backing band comprised the group [[Elephant's Memory]],<ref>Doggett, p. 196.</ref> in addition to Ono and drummer [[Jim Keltner]].<ref>Rodriguez 2010, p. 57.</ref> The 1986 album and video ''[[Live in New York City (John Lennon album)|Live in New York City]]'' contains the afternoon performance of the song.<ref>Madinger & Easter, pp. 79, 81.</ref>

In July 1992, "Instant Karma!" was re-released as a single in the Netherlands, backed by "[[Oh My Love]]".<ref name=Listen50/> Originally, copies of it were given away with early editions of ''The John Lennon Video Collection''.<ref name=Listen50/> When released in the rest of Europe (barring the UK), this single reissue gained two extra B-sides: "[[Mother (John Lennon song)|Mother]]" and "Bless You".<ref name=Listen50/>

Of the two 1970 ''Top of the Pops'' performances, the "cue card" version appeared on ''[[The John Lennon Video Collection]]'' in October 1992,<ref>Madinger &  Easter, pp. 34, 147.</ref> while the "knitting" performance was remixed and extended for release on the [[Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (DVD)|''Lennon Legend'' DVD]] (2003).<ref name=Listen50/> The "knitting" version was also included on the 8 December 2003 UK reissue of Lennon's and Ono's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" single.<ref name=Listen50/>