Paul McCartney wrote the song for John Lennon's son Julian, who he was quite close to, and the iconic first line of lyrics was originally "Hey Jules". According to Mark Hertsgaard (author of Beatles' biography A Day in the Life) it is a "quintessential sixties moment, a touching tableau of contentment and togetherness". Towards the end of the clip, the audience joins the band on stage, milling around the Beatles and singing along to the coda in an apparent state of nirvana. While made to look like a live performance, the clip was carefully mimed and staged, although the vocals were sung live. It was released as a single in 1968 and was accompanied by this promotional video clip, filmed at Twickenham Film Studio. It also has a terrific story, which gives us a glimpse into the band and the kind of relationships they had, which I think has helped cement it into music history. But I think you could argue that it is one of the most memorable as well as one of the most epic, largely owing to the enormous coda that takes up over half the song. So, why "Hey Jude"? Out of all the great songs that the Beatles penned, it's hardly the most remarkable or unique (nor is it my personal favourite). Over the decade that the Beatles performed they wrote and released countless great songs that have been re-recorded dozens of times.
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