During a 2023 interview with Esquire, Julian discussed how “Hey Jude” connected to himself and his mother, Cynthia Lennon. “It was ‘Hey Jules’ at first, but that didn’t quite sit well ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

Tom Robbins, author of ‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues’ and ‘Tibetan Peach Pie,’ on how the Beatles song ‘Hey Jude’ influenced his life and work May 12, 2015 10:45 am ET Share Resize ...