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Hey Jude
Sign in to saveoriginal song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney; first recorded by The Beatles
Key facts
- B side
- Revolution
- Released
- 26 August 1968
- Recorded
- 31 July and 1 August 1968
- Studio
- Trident , London
- Genre
- Rock pop pop rock
- Length
- 7 : 12
- Label
- Apple
- Songwriter
- Lennon–McCartney
- Producer
- George Martin
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Hey Jude – The Beatles Again
- Genre
- soft rock
- Composer
- Paul McCartney
- Performer
- Mina
- Tonality
- F major
- Lyrics by
- Paul McCartney
- Image
- Hey Jude by The Beatles (Vinyl-1988).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- title
- Hey Jude
- language of work or name
- English language
- different from
- Hey Jude
- publication date
- 1968-00-00
- form of creative work
- song
- Commons category
- Hey Jude (song)
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Encyclopedic overview
Promotional film "Hey Jude" on YouTube
"Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' first release on their Apple record label and one of the "First Four" singles by Apple's roster of artists, marking the label's public launch. "Hey Jude" was a number-one hit in many countries around the world and became the year's top-selling single in the UK, the US, Australia and Canada. Its nine-week run at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 tied the all-time record in 1968 for the longest run at the top of the US charts, a record it held for nine years. It has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on music critics' lists of the greatest songs of all time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hey Jude” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.