He’s saying, ‘Hey, Jude — hey, John.'” John felt the song was Paul giving him permission to leave the band. John was asked what he thought of Paul as a lyricist.

The pain in “Hey Jude” resonated in 1968, in a world reeling from wars, riots and assassinations. And it’s why it sounds timely in the summer of 2018, as our world keeps getting colder.

This article originally appeared on Rolling Stone. “Hey Jude” sums up the Beatles ’ turbulent summer of 1968 — a tribute to their friendship, right at the moment it was starting to fracture.

Julian went on to become a musician in his own right. In 2022, he released an album called Jude. While Jude doesn’t include a cover of “Hey Jude,” the album’s cover depicts Julian as a child.

But George remained unconvinced, given that “Hey Jude” had a substantial length, for a Beatles track at least, of seven minutes and eleven seconds. “It was a long song,” he later observed.

In all likelihood, the Beatles didn't set out to challenge radio programmers' time constraints when they released the seven-minute-plus "Hey Jude" on Aug. 26, 1968.

Hey [‘Insert Name Here’]… Turns out, getting AI to rewrite “Hey Jude” was more of a challenge than we expected.

On Aug. 26, 1968, the Beatles released "Hey Jude," Paul McCartney's attempt to comfort 5-year-old Julian Lennon upon the breakup of his parents, John and Cynthia. The song, which clocks in at a ...

"Hey Jude," one of the Beatles' most famous songs, is an uplifting ballad that's inspired the masses for decades. The song, written by Paul McCartney and also credited to John Lennon for some ...

After conducting that pitchside interview, Bellingham soaked in more of the adulation from the travelling Spaniards.And, unsurprisingly, they serenaded the 20-year-old with a chorus of Hey Jude ...