The Beatles - Hey Jude
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Published 2015-12-07
Hey Jude topped the charts in Britain for two weeks and for 9 weeks in America, where it became The Beatles longest-running No.1 in the US singles chart as well as the single with the longest running time.
The Beatles did not record their promotional film until Hey Jude had been on sale in America for a week. They returned to Twickenham Film Studio, using director Michael Lindsay-Hogg who had worked with them on Paperback Writer and Rain. Earlier still, Lindsay-Hogg had directed episodes of Ready Steady Go! And a few months after the film for Hey Jude he made The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus TV special that featured John and Yoko but wouldn’t be shown until 1996
To help with the filming an audience of around 300 local people, as well as some of the fans that gathered regularly outside Abbey Road Studios were brought in for the song’s finale. Their presence had an unlikely upside for The Beatles in their long-running saga with the Musicians’ Union in that the MU were fooled into believing the band were playing live, when in fact they were miming for the vast majority of the song. Paul, however, sang live throughout the song.
The video was first broadcast on David Frost’s Frost On Sunday show, four days after it was filmed. At that point transmission was in black and white although the promo was originally shot in colour. It was first aired in America a month later on 6 October 1968, on The Smotheres Brothers Comedy Hour.
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All Comments (21)
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It was 51 years ago.
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The best pain in the world is Nostalgia.
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Who's here after Real Madrid vs Man city🤣🤣
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I am leaving a comment here as a reminder so that whenever someone likes this comment and I get a notification &il I come here to listen this masterpiece again.
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Fun fact: The piano used in hey Jude is the same one Freddie Mercury used to record Bohemian Rhapsody.
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If youtube was there in 60s and 70s this song would have broken youtube
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Anyone here after the Real Madrid vs Manchester City Champions League game. If so you are a legend. 😎😎.
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It's 2024, anyone here?
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The Beatles will probably never be out-dated.
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This clip is how the world should be ...
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Who's here because of Jude Bellingham? Haha
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Anyone here in 2026?
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Can we appreciate Paul's lil ₕₑᵧ ⱼᵤᵤᵤ𝒹ₑ before they started
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0:04 Paul: Hey can we have a- John: 2, 3, 4 Paul: ._.
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Are there still people still listening in 2024
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Whos here after man city vs madrid
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The cameraman didn't know he was recording history
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that awkward moment when it's almost 2016 and the beatles vevo finally uploaded hey jude
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This is not a simple videoclip, this is the recording of a miracle.
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Anyone Here in 2024?