Recalling When Paul McCartney Wrote Hey Jude To John Lennon's Kids

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JAKARTA - Today, August 26, more than half a century ago The Beatles released their megahit, Hey Jude. This song is one of the most popular in the world. Paul McCartney composed this song with the most honest feelings to comfort John Lennon's sad son.

Hey Jude was written by Paul McCartney with input from John Lennon. The single was a huge success after its release. He topped the US charts for nine weeks.

Quoting Rolling Stone, Hey Jude is a song from The Beatles that is the warmest, the friendliest, and the most with an open heart. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr sound totally in tune. However, it is a song born out of conflict. Hey Jude was also released four days after Ringo left The Beatles.

Previously Paul McCartney wrote this song under the title Hey Jules. The song was meant to cheer up John Lennon's 5 year old son, Julian Lennon, during his parents' divorce. Because McCartney liked the show's song, he changed it to 'Jude' which was inspired by the character 'Jud' in the Oklahoma musical. Julian Lennon also confirmed this in a book by Steve Turner entitled 'The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song.'

“Paul told me that he thought about my situation, about what I was going through, and what I had to go through. Paul and I used to hang out a lot, more often than with my dad. There seem to be more pictures of Paul and me playing at that age than daddy and I, "said Julian Lennon.

The recording process is not easy

It's not easy to do a Hey Jude tape. Paul and George had a big fight about the guitar part. When they started the final recording process on July 31st, Paul started without looking back and not realizing that no one was in the drum part.

"Hey Jude went on for hours before the drums came in and when I did, I suddenly felt Ringo tiptoe over my back rather quickly, trying to get to the drums. And when he played the drums, boom boom boom, the timing was just perfect. , "said Paul McCartney.

But he took the accident as a good sign. "When these things happen, you laugh and the light bulb in your head goes out and you think, 'This is the decision!' And you add a little more to it. "

The music video for Hey Jude was released on September 4. The clip was so popular that the audience gathered around the piano to sing along. The video was a kind of reunion: Ringo's return. After he quit on August 22, he fled to the Mediterranean, hiding with his family on the Peter Sellers cruise ship. Ringo Starr rejoined while filming the video; the next day, he returned to work on the White Album at Abbey Road.

The following are the lyrics of the song Hey Jude.

Hey Jude, don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better, remember to let her into your heart, then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude, don't be afraid You were made to go out and get her The minute you let her under your skin

And anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain, Dont carry the world upon your shoulders. For well you know that its a fool who plays it coolBy making his world a little colder.

Hey jude, dont let me down. You have found her, now go and get her. Remember to let her into your heart, Then you can start to make it better.

So let it out and let it in, hey jude, begin, Youre waiting for someone to perform with. And don't you know that its just you, hey jude, youll do, The movement you need is on your shoulder.

Hey jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her under your skin, Then you'll begin to make it. Better better better better better, oh.

Na na na na na, na na na, hey jude ...