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The Beatles — Hey Jude
Album: Hey Jude (single)
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Released: 1968
Length: 6:50
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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
Then you begin to make it better

And any time you feel the pain
Hey Jude, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulder
For well you know that it's a fool
Who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Na na na naa-naa
Na-na-naa naaa

Hey Jude, don't let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
''(Let it out and let it in)''
Remember ''(hey Jude)'' 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
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you
Hey Jude, you'll do
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Na na na naa-naa
Na-na-naa naaa, yeah

Hey, Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song
And make it better
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you begin
To make it better
Better, better, better, better, ''(I'm begging you)'' better
Whoa!

Yeah
Na na na na-na-na-naa ''(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)''
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Jude, Judy, Judy, Judy, Judy, Judy
Ow! wow!

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Ow, ooh, my, my, my
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Yeah, you know you can make it, Jude
Jude, you're not gonna break it

Na na na ''(don't make it bad, Jude)'' na-na-na-naa
Take a sad song and make it better
Na-na-na-naa, ''(oh, Jude)'' hey, ''(Jude)'' Jude
Hey, Jude, wo-o-ow!

Na na na na-na-na-naa ''(ooh, Jude)''
Na-na-na-naa, ''(yeah)'' hey, Jude
''(Hey, hey, hey-ey-ey)''

Na na na na-na-na-naa ''(hey, hey)''
Na-na-na-naa, ''(hey, hey)'' hey, Jude
Now, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Na na na na-na-na-naa ''(whoa, yeah)''
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Ah nanananananana cause I wanna na na na

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Nanananana... nanalalal ow ow

''(Okay)''
Na na na na-na-na-naa
Pain won't come back, Jude
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

''(Yeah)''
Na na na na-na-na-naa
''(Make it through)''
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Na na na na-na-na-naa ''(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)''
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
''(Good evening, ladies and gentleman)''
Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
''(Ooh)''

Na na na na-na-na-naa (whoo)
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude
''(Whoo)''

''(Well, then, a-na)''
Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa, hey, Jude

Na na na na-na-na-naa
Na-na-na-naa
Comments (47)add comment
 xcranky_yankee wrote:
 some of us simply got tired of hearing this; similar to Hotel California, if i never heard either it would not be a loss. and i'm not comparing the two.


Agree with the sentiment. I listen to RP for the music one would never, otherwise, hear. I’ve heard  these songs  far too many times in my life…as ‘Cranky’ stated, to not hear them again would be just fine.
Posted 1 week ago by SkyWhip    [ Reply ]
 prs wrote:



10Months on do you still feel the same about Hey Jude?  I turn this up each and evry time I hear it!



And I'm still turning it up!!
Posted 3 months ago by prs    [ Reply ]
 xcranky_yankee wrote:
 some of us simply got tired of hearing this; similar to Hotel California, if i never heard either it would not be a loss. and i'm not comparing the two.




10Months on do you still feel the same about Hey Jude?  I turn this up each and evry time I hear it!
Posted 1 year ago by prs    [ Reply ]
 jrozzelle wrote:


I don't think too much about the trolls on RP.  Mercifully there aren't too many.  They're like the random cracks and pops made by the stylus on the vinyl between tracks.  Just noise.  
 some of us simply got tired of hearing this; similar to Hotel California, if i never heard either it would not be a loss. and i'm not comparing the two.

Posted 1 year ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Could this song have the longest fade-out in history? 
Posted 1 year ago by danielh    [ Reply ]
Here is where Paul tried out Jug band style 
Posted 1 year ago by victory806    [ Reply ]
Check out this song coming off the stands  from the England fans at the world cup for Jude Bellingham!!   
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
A masterpiece, pure and simple.
Posted 2 years ago by msbolton    [ Reply ]
I really don't like this song but i will give it a 10 anyway.
Posted 2 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
So nice of Paul to write this for Julian.
Posted 2 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
This band is new to me. me like
Posted 2 years ago by NatureDeficit    [ Reply ]
Sorry Paul, I didn't have this masterpiece rated, but I just took care of that !!
Posted 2 years ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
Spent an entire weekend in 1978 listening to a CHUM-AM Best Songs of all time countdown...all that build-up, the time invested...announced the #1...and this started to play.  I was completely and utterly disappointed.   

Thank God time and life has educated me in the interim...
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
 Cricketer wrote:

They play this song at high volume before kick off at Brentford FC Community Stadium to get the crowd going.  Worked well this week as we beat Manchester United 4 nil! 




Didn't they just!!
Posted 2 years ago by prs    [ Reply ]
They play this song at high volume before kick off at Brentford FC Community Stadium to get the crowd going.  Worked well this week as we beat Manchester United 4 nil! 
Posted 2 years ago by Cricketer    [ Reply ]
 jacopo777 wrote:

Feels like the perfect song to listen to at this moment



Perfect song all the time )
Posted 2 years ago by Sbed    [ Reply ]
Feels like the perfect song to listen to at this moment
Posted 2 years ago by jacopo777    [ Reply ]
Wow -- what a great tune, and what fun, happy memories!  As the local token gaijin, I had to sing this song often in the wild karaoke bars of Shizuoka my first two years in Japan (but once I knew that I could pull it off, and get free drinks and big thanks for it, I didn't really mind!).  As a kid, I used to love singing along to this...  Little did I know how useful it would later be! Domo, RP-sama tachi!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

The pop song masterpiece anthem that is also a funeral dirge.  This, Let it Be and the Long and Winding Road almost makes me think of driving off that road and into a wall. 



And by that I meant I can't hear the last big hit Beatles song without thinking of the end of the band and the era they carried in with them.  Speaking perhaps only for myself, these songs and several others of theirs function like downbeat markers, the cruel passage of time, arguments and distrust within a family.  
Posted 2 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 DanielHLloyd wrote:
There are people who actually rated this a ONE?!?!? Who pissed on their cornflakes?!


I don't think too much about the trolls on RP.  Mercifully there aren't too many.  They're like the random cracks and pops made by the stylus on the vinyl between tracks.  Just noise.  
Posted 2 years ago by jrozzelle    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:



Tough crowd! ...Eh?  Fun people to be around?



the best rock n' roll voice, Paul McCartney
Posted 2 years ago by cosmicjoe54    [ Reply ]
 DanielHLloyd wrote:
There are people who actually rated this a ONE?!?!? Who pissed on their cornflakes?!



Tough crowd! ...Eh?  Fun people to be around?
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
a simple sweet song that was overplayed to the point I tune it out
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
There are people who actually rated this a ONE?!?!? Who pissed on their cornflakes?!
Posted 2 years ago by DanielHLloyd    [ Reply ]
Spine tingling 👏
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
I always liked this lyric:

It's a fool
Who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
 
Im crying :(
I tried doing just that and Im still recovering
An obvious 10 that is 100 today right now
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
I always liked this lyric:

It's a fool
Who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Posted 3 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
This song is such a refreshing breath of fresh air.
Posted 3 years ago by dhargis    [ Reply ]
Love, love, love. 
But I seldom listen to end-stage Beatles tracks like this one and The Long and Winding Road.  It's like listening to a funeral dirge. From Twist and Shout to Crying Out Loud in 7 short years....
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
And also a truncated version.  Bill?  Bill?  Would you play an edited version of Moonlight Sonata? Or Beginnings? 

I'd happily never hear the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata again - I much prefer the second and third.

Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
This song is always a beautiful 10
Posted 5 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
 Tomasni wrote:
Long Live                                                                                                                                  Radio Paradise    
To me this is                                                                                                                                  10 -GODLIKE  
 
I wish people would give you break, Tomasni.
To me you are PART OF THE FURNITURE
Posted 5 years ago by benfitch523    [ Reply ]
And also a truncated version.  Bill?  Bill?  Would you play an edited version of Moonlight Sonata? Or Beginnings? 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
The pop song masterpiece anthem that is also a funeral dirge.  This, Let it Be and the Long and Winding Road almost makes me think of driving off that road and into a wall. 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
Now this is weird: I PSD to here from Natalie Merchant slow-torturing Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" and felt very lucky. But this song apparently has gotten very, very little airplay on RP over the years! What gives, Bill? 

If y'all wanna hear a different take on this song, check out Wilson Pickett's cover (Duane Allman plays guitar). The Wicked Pickett's scream was in full cry that day. 
 
Hah! I just PSD'd from exactly the same song, 4 months later. Go figger.
As for Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman on the same track; what's not to like? 
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 moodfood wrote:

     why would that bother you? 
 
Because I'm also "vertically challenged"...right around Ringo @ 5'8".

But I look much taller wearing my Beatle Boots!




Posted 6 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:

It always bothered me that Ringo looks so short in that photo.
 
     why would that bother you? he happens to be standing next to Paul who was the tallest.

     godlike 10 all day long, btw... {#Cheers}
Posted 6 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
PSD-ed to this.
Last play 2002?!
Let's get this classic back in rotation!
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTceGJ78DQaYRSkBw2x1E9E1h_hQV1nmTD0lvvWczIN3FRiG0U-
 
It always bothered me that Ringo looks so short in that photo.
Posted 6 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
PSD-ed to this.
Last play 2002?!
Let's get this classic back in rotation!
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTceGJ78DQaYRSkBw2x1E9E1h_hQV1nmTD0lvvWczIN3FRiG0U-
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Gosh, the few times I've heard this on RP I've psd'd right past. That's almost sacrilege.  But the very last Beatles songs fill me with sadness, not happiness.  Given that crash and burn after such life confirming brilliance, I can seldom bring myself to listen. Long And Winding Road moves me to tears, and not just because of the song itself. 


How Beatles Producer George Martin Recorded ‘Hey Jude’ to Be ‘Hypnotic’ (Exclusive Excerpt)"I actually said ‘You can’t make a single that long.’ I was shouted down by the boys — not for the first time in my life.



"https://variety.com/2018/music/news/beatles-producer-george-martin-hey-jude-book-excerpt-1202849358/
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Now this is weird: I PSD to here from Natalie Merchant slow-torturing Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" and felt very lucky. But this song apparently has gotten very, very little airplay on RP over the years! What gives, Bill? 

If y'all wanna hear a different take on this song, check out Wilson Pickett's cover (Duane Allman plays guitar). The Wicked Pickett's scream was in full cry that day. 
 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]

Paul McCartney - "Hey Jude" Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MWVo1fjRsQ

"McCartney and other various people at Royal Albert Hall, to help the Montserrat's people, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, Sting, Eric Clapton, Elton John."

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Hey Jude is a great Paul McCartney song that was written about John's then only son Julian who was only 5 and going through his parents divorce. It was the biggest hit for The Beatles and stayed on the top of the charts like forever! It also broke the rule in the 1960's that songs by any artist had to be only 3 minutes in order to get radio play. But once again The Beatles broke the rules and changed this and paved the way for all other music artists to be able to get longer songs played on the radio! :D
Posted 19 years ago by fab4fan    [ Reply ]
freetapas wrote:
from the other side of the generation divide... 10
It won't take long 'till that generation devide will subside and Lennon/McCartney will be in the same leaque as timeless songwriters like Cole Porter, Irvin Berlin, George Gershwin etc. (Maybe they already are).
Posted 20 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Even if it didn\'t follow Sarah McLachlan\'s cover of \"Blackbird\" in the playlist, this would still be a most welcome song. The fact that it wipes my memory of the aforementioned cover? Golden. ;)
Posted 22 years ago by ebow    [ Reply ]