"Steel and Glass" is a song written and performed by John Lennon, released on his 1974 album Walls and Bridges.
[3][5] In 1973, before work began on Mind Games, John Lennon recorded an acoustic demo of "Steel and Glass".
While Lennon's ideas were taking shape, it was largely based on a single piano chord – from the final studio recording.
[3] In a contemporary mixed review for Walls and Bridges, Ben Gerson of Rolling Stone found "Steel and Glass" "boring and needless" but added that "its unalloyed hatred is peculiarly compatible with the optimism of "#9 Dream" and "Surprise, Surprise".
[6] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called "Steel and Glass" one of the "best moments" on Walls and Bridges, praising how Lennon opens up with his emotions on the song.