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@paulsullivan1650

4 ай бұрын

You got it all wrong about John & his wife bruh. And Yoko didn't break them up. It may be a bit long, but it's also the Beatles best selling single ever!

Simply one of most beautiful pop/rock songs ever written. With the longest "fade-out" in history that you wouldn't care if it went on for another ten minutes. Who but Paul could write a gorgeous phrase like that (with no words) that everybody loves to sing over and over and over.

@Cosmo-Kramer

4 ай бұрын

Ummm, no, ten more minutes would be horrible. Even two more minutes would've seriously detracted from the song. Paul stretched it to its artistic limit, anything more would've been bad.

@stevens5541

4 ай бұрын

Garbage song

@whowantslasagna4894

19 күн бұрын

I think it’s George Harrison that created the nanana it’s even referenced in his solo track Isn’t it a pity

@mohamedfarook7140

10 күн бұрын

​@@whowantslasagna4894. No. Paul did it

This song changed everything. Sings went from 3 minutes to unlimited minutes. Once again, the Beatles changed how things were done. Classic. Magnificent.

@AlBarzUK

4 ай бұрын

The Animals’ broke the industry rules about keeping under 3 minutes with House of the Rising Sun in 1964. It was 4:29 which messed with the radio schedules but they edited it down to 2:59 for radio channels that were stuck in the mud. The Beatles pulverised it with Hey Jude at 7:12, and were told it wouldn’t get air play. Paul McCartney said “It will if it’s us.” Three years later Don McLean recorded American Pie. It couldn’t fit onto a seven inch single record for technical reasons so they split it into two halves and used both sides of the disc. That was 8:42.

@TangoEliott

4 ай бұрын

@@AlBarzUK wow, thank you so much for that fabulous information. I only knew of the Animals at 2:59. Interesting.

@reddoxx4754

4 ай бұрын

Don't forget Richard Harris's version of "MacArthur Park", which came out about four months before "Hey Jude". It was 7 minutes 21 seconds long, and was the longest single ever to be a top ten hit.

@AlBarzUK

4 ай бұрын

@@reddoxx4754 thanks for that reminder. I never liked that song (and didn’t much like Richard Harris either) so I’d forgotten how tediously long it was. 🤭

@reddoxx4754

4 ай бұрын

@@AlBarzUK He was a better actor than singer, definitely. I wonder if it would have been better if Jim Webb had succeeded in getting the Association to record it.

The ending became like a Mantra for peace and harmony. With the audience singing, it was a coming together ☮️

@jamesdrynan

4 ай бұрын

Untold millions of people worldwide know and sing the finale of this song. A global anthem of love!

You noted that there were "black folks, white folks, all kinds" in the audience singing away. It is a little known fact that on their first tours of America the Beatles refused to play in front of segregated audiences in the southern states. They said that everyone should enjoy their music and that most of what they were singing at the time was influenced by black artists.

@seangardner9884

4 ай бұрын

They, like the Stones, Zeppelin and others all were clear who influenced them. I got into and learned about early blues greats like Robert Johnson bcuz they were the heroes. Of my heroes.

@timwheeler2039

4 ай бұрын

Amen!

@thomastimlin1724

4 ай бұрын

It was a concert venue in Jacksonville FL in 1964 in particular where they said nos egrated seating or we don't play...authorities caved...they didn;t want a total riot for claosing down a Beatles Concert [Bunch of racists assholes anyway and the Beatles shut them up and shut them down lol]

@stevejoshua9536

4 ай бұрын

I will say, as a White Man, that Black-Folk in this video were waaay too under-represented. I think I saw maybe one Black Dude and one East Indian Dude, and that was about it. But then again, this was 1968.

@charlesbontempo6934

4 ай бұрын

That’s right

The Beatles are a gift from God.❤

@operationoverloard

4 ай бұрын

They were gifted by God, but not a gift to the world. Let us not pervert Godliness with nearly godlessness.....especially lennon

@wilkobetzin8647

4 ай бұрын

@@operationoverloard kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJefyMiEpMrbmrQ.html

@louiseasmith1336

2 ай бұрын

OK technical tits.​@@operationoverloard

Imagine... September 1968. I'm 12. I hear this song for the first time and it changes my life forever. Hey Jude, was the inspiration it took for me to teach myself how to play the piano. Hours upon hours I sat there, as I play by ear, don't read music, so had to find every damn key and get my rhythm down. That was 55 years ago. Now I can play anything. Granted, I'm alone on the farm now, but every animal out here from dogs to horses and chickens are very happy. lol

@thomastimlin1724

4 ай бұрын

I was 12 also but had 4 years out of 7 of piano lessons and could pick out the chords very easily. I became a muisc teacher...

@louiseasmith1336

2 ай бұрын

​@thomastimlin1724 Awesome! I look back now and wish I would have considered that job. For grade schoolers. That seems like the best job to me. I drove school bus instead. I loved that too. When I drove out in the country.

@KLStorer

Ай бұрын

I was 10. And my first listen was like a spiritual experience. I was mesmerized. There is something so pure about Paul's vocal, especially in the released studio version. No wonder he has used it as his show closer for the last several decades.

@louiseasmith1336

Ай бұрын

My first experience with music besides Country was also @ 10 and it was Elvis.

@wanderer0617

19 күн бұрын

I was 12 in '68, too. I remember it so clearly when this came out! How beautiful the world felt growing up with music like this. Just feeling like that's the way life is ❤

I've said this before and I'll say it again ...The Beatles !!!! GOAT and they f*****g knew it !!!!!!

You should see Paul do Hey Jude in front of 80,000 people all singing together ... Its an amazing feeling. Paul always does Hey Jude in concert ... Its truly magical. Keep digging into The Beatles. You will love them and they never, ever repeat being masters of every music genre.

Number one for nine weeks in America and one of the best selling songs of the 1960’s

Most of the world doesn't think it's long enough.

This was a single and not on the White album, which was a double album, but came out the same year. It was their biggest hit and has often in years since topped polls of fans' favorite Beatles songs. It was at the time the longest chart topper at a little over 7 minutes. When I got to see Paul McCartney in 1990 he played this near the end of the show and even though I was in a crowd of around 20,000 people instead of whatever is in the video, it became a very surreal moment as I realized I was part of a crowd surrounding him playing this song. The breakup of John and Cynthia was cold and hard on John's part and Julian spent far more time with his mother as he grew up. The split was especially hard on him and even when you look at photos of the Beatles after the divorce, you'll see Julian with Paul more than John. I think he still refers to Paul as an uncle even to this day.

@thomastimlin1724

4 ай бұрын

It should have been on the White Album in place of Revolution #9 lol...

@louiseasmith1336

2 ай бұрын

​@@thomastimlin1724A lot of fathers leave their wife & kids with, seemingly, not a thought about what they're leaving behind. For some woman who doesn't respect that they're married with kids. Pathetic.😏

Masterpiece. I grew up with the Beatles.

This song is a Beatles anthem!!!! Great reaction guys!!

That is David Frost - the British Johnny Carson - and he is hilariously accepting some funny treatment from the Beatles. If you were born in the 50's and knew David Frost you would understand the joke/banter. Jude instead of Julian as that would be a little too personal. McCartney asked Lennon if the line "the movement you need is on your shoulder" was not good.....Lennon said that was his favorite line. I think the line means that Julian has people that will help him.

Wow...such a great song.

George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and "Give Me Love, Give Me Peace on Earth", are two of his best songs. Also "What is Life."

@guyray1504

2 ай бұрын

"SOMETHING " was more than just good also.

@gaylecole9777

Ай бұрын

George Harrison had the best songs. He’s also easy on the eyes. Have you seen anyone with a more beautiful smile than George’s?

On the album version Paul riffs so hard. Amazing how such a beautiful voice can scream so wonderfully. I’d have listened to the album version. He performed this at the closing ceremony of an Olympics & a stadium full of athletes went Bat S**t. This song brings people together.

@ericthefish01

4 ай бұрын

There isn't an album version, only the single version.

I saw Paul live in 2022 sing this live at Fenway Park in Boston, MA. I joke I sang Hey Jude with Paul but with 45,000 other people. He was 79 at the time and put on an amazing show. All 4 of the Beatles were and are great artists.

At a time when radio only played songs that were only 3.15 seconds long radio made the exception for this song.

Please react to the video of Beatle's live performance of "Don't Let Me Down" which was an impromptu performance on the rooftop of their music studio's building. John Lennon sings lead, sounds great.

In those days we really thought we could change the world. Then they started shooting at us.

@Ideserve100

4 ай бұрын

And still are and fucking with our minds...

@louiseasmith1336

2 ай бұрын

​@@Ideserve100I never understood how they could hate peace and love?!?!? Pre-Magats.

The older guy with the flowers in his hair was a homeless guy that the band brought in from the street. They gave him a meal, a shower and a place to sleep. The Beatles hated their fame. They also refused to play shows for a segregated audience. They really were all about peace & love. P.S. the long fade-out broke the rule that songs on the radio had to be no more than 3 minutes long. For that alone I’m grateful. And if it means 3 more minutes of Beatles at their best - so be it.

I am so happy that you all are doing this song. ❤️✌️.

If you played this with "Piano Man" and "American Pie" in succession any bar would become a giant Karaoke show.

@oregonchick76

4 ай бұрын

Throw in "Sweet Caroline" and "Sweet Home Alabama," plus maybe "Bohemian Rhapsody," and you'd bring the roof down on the bar.

@jimfrederick3907

4 ай бұрын

@@oregonchick76 That would total about 45 minutes of pure greatness!

@JeffPhillips-dn2fg

4 ай бұрын

Close it with You Shook Me All Night Long

@JeffPhillips-dn2fg

4 ай бұрын

Close with You Shook Me All Night Long

I love how the audience was able to join them on stage, love them all 😊 RIP John and George 😢

Paul wrote it about John's son Julian. It's that long on the single. In those days, they would edit longer songs, like Light my fire by the doors. But they couldn't do that here, the Beatles said no

@brettholcomb3763

4 ай бұрын

I would say its inspiration was Paul thinking of Julian, but the song evolved into a song from Paul to himself. (By all accounts) He was just wrecked by Jane Asher leaving him (after years of Paul cheating) and falling in love with Linda. I mean listen to the lyrics, "Hey Jules don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better," that makes sense for Julian, but the rest of the lyrics... he is not talking to a little kid. lol

@keithharris6442

4 ай бұрын

First time I've heard that take. Paul had already met Linda the year before at the Sgt Pepper release, though they weren't an item then. I'll take Paul's take on it, definitely not John's

@brettholcomb3763

4 ай бұрын

@@keithharris6442 I have no doubt the melody first came to Paul while thinking of Julian. But, like I said the lyrics of the rest of the song don't fit that story, as they are encouraging a person to be (romantically) vulnerable again. Paul met Linda in May 1967, got engaged to Jane Asher in Dec 1967, saw Linda again in May of 1968 (he and John were in the US promoting Apple), got dumped by Jane in the summer of 1968, recorded "Hey Jude" in the July 31- Aug 1, Sept 1968 Paul asked Linda (by phone) to visit him in London...she did. Paul is an emotionally guarded person and will rarely talk about his songs as having been inspired by his own personal vulnerabilities. In this way, he and John were very opposite.

@keithharris6442

4 ай бұрын

​@@brettholcomb3763 we are all guessing here. Only Paul knew, we can only take him at his word.

@brettholcomb3763

4 ай бұрын

@@keithharris6442 Absolutely, I don't think their is any reason to question Paul's story about comforting Julian being the inspiration for the the song. But the majority of the songs lyrics are not written to a kid dealing with their parents divorce. They're to encourage someone who had their heartbroken to have the courage to try again with someone new.

Can’t go wrong reacting to The Beatles bro❤

If you know anything about pop music history then you know these guys are the goats !!

I was listening to the Beatles yesterday, they never get old for me!

When the Beabroke up. None of them had even reached 30 yeats old yet....wow.

I’ve had the opportunity to see Paul McCartney 3 times of the past 30 years and he’s performed “Hey Jude” each time and holds the entire arena in the palm of his hand as the audience sings along to every word. And to think these four lads created this massive catalog of timeless music and broke up before any of them had turned 30 (Ringo & John were 29 and George & Paul were 27) AMAZING.

The most beautiful Beatles song and hauntingly melancholy is "She's Leaving Home"

Enjoyed this reaction. One correction though: "Hey Jude" was not a track on the "White Album". In fact it was released in 1968 as a single only, with "REVOLUTION" on the B-side. ☮☮☮

When you are slow dancing with a special someone, a seven minute song is just fine.

@jimfrederick3907

4 ай бұрын

Like "Stairway to Heaven"

Hey Jude was not on The White Album. It was only released as a single 7" 45rpm record

@leannmiller7153

4 ай бұрын

I still have my 45rpm❤️

Great song but once you couldn't get in hands length of these guys when they began & here everyone can touch them, be up close & personal, amazing. I envy that girl almost sitting on Paul's lap, she must have cherished that moment & Ringo looks wonderful here.

@kevinwaters5872

4 ай бұрын

How fucking daggy are the English? Check that “hip” crowd out. OMG.

Still to this day one of the best songs ever written and performed

First time you heard this song? Wow.

GREAT reaction to a classic song! It's great that you commented after the song, rather than stop it numerous times throughout, and the three different perspectives is also a great component. Yes, it was written by Paul to John Lennon's son Julian (Jude). Reportedly, Julian (son of John with his 1st wife Cynthia) and John shared a very difficult relationship. In that light, it's a much sadder song than it first appears. Again, GREAT reaction!

Paul wrote it but John helped in one important way. Paul didn't like the line, "the movement you need is on your shoulder, " and when he ran the song by John, he said it was just a placeholder that he intended to swap out for something better. John's response? "You won't, you know. It's the best line of the song." So they kept it in. That's what made them such a great team. Also, the studio version contains the long fade out. When a rep from the record company said no radio station would put a song that long on the air, John replied, "They will if it's us!"

This song was a massive hit in UK when i was a kid.

@matthewashman1406

4 ай бұрын

Everywhere, 8 weeks no1 in the states.

I didn't get to see the Beatles Live back in the day. They didn't com anywhere near the small town where I lived. I did, however, get to see Paul McCartney in 2022. Hey Jude was the last song(#31) before his 7 song encore. Hey Jude lasted around 9 minutes and it could have gone on for another 20 and we would have all still been singing. It was a moment, for sure.

Hey Jude was released around the same time as the White Album, but wasn't on it. The Beatles often released singles that went to number one and never put them on their albums.

Ringo Star is left handed playing a right handed drum kit. He doesn’t do showy, overly long drum solos, so he is never considered when a list of the best drummers is published. Ringo is great.

@user-zw4lj6jt2n

4 ай бұрын

Ringo is always placed among the great drummers. Has inspired more people to become drummers than almost any other drummer.

PS-So we know John passed in 1980. George passed away from cancer in 2001. Only Paul and Ringo are left from the band today.

I love John trying to make Paul laugh & Pauls’ eyes darting all over the place. These were great friends performing together.

@RadCenter

17 күн бұрын

John was supposed to be singing harmony at that point, but he didn't come in, and Paul was trying to make eye contact with him.

I host Karaoke in Michigan & the whole crowd loves the na na na na's. LOL It does go on & on & on. LOl But it is a karaoke favorite. Paul had nick named Julian Jude. John just left Julian & his mom in the dust & went with Yoko & had his son Sean with her. Julian looks & sounds very much like his dad too If you guys have not checked out the new release that Paul & Ringo did, you really need to. They even got George in it before he passed away, because they took something like 10 years to actually put it together & finish the song John had started before he passed away. It has clips of all 4 young Beatles, mixed with them now & everywhere in between. The video is awesome & the song is called 'Then & now'. I was excited at how cool it is. I was 10 & sitting on the floor of our living room, watching our black & white TV when they debuted on the Ed Sullivan show in 1963. Beatlemania was real. LOL

Paul does this live and it's amazing, he really gets the audience involved. Saw him Auckland N.Z around 1992

A popular theory, which I subscribe to, is that while Paul named the song after John's son, the song is actually a coded message from Paul to John, telling him that if he really loves Yoko, then go for it. You see, Fenom, it wasn't that Paul, George and Ringo missed John's first wife, Cynthia, it's that they had a big problem with Yoko, as she was coming into the studio with John every day, and even had a cot brought on so she could lay down in there. It was a huge distraction and pissed Paul, George and Ringo off. Well, Paul didn't have the courage (for lack of a better word) to give his blessing to John to continue his love affair with Yoko, so he wrote this song under the pretext that it was about John's son finding love and healing, when really it was about John finding love with Yoko and healing from that. The next Beatles video you should react to is a rooftop performance of a song John wrote called, *"Don't Let Me Down",* about his love of Yoko. It's a fabulous song, and a really cool setting atop a roof in London.

@IAMCAVE

2 ай бұрын

That was their last public performance and their last album.

Revolution by the Beatles is another song song worth checking out. The song is pretty relevant for today.

A piece of art, I love The Beatles, Paul, Jonh, George and Ringo you guys allways on my heart, great band ever!

The greatest sing-a-long song ever written and sang. It was one of the first longest singles ever played on commercial radio breaking the short play time of most songs were at the time.

This is one of my favorite songs by these Rock Legends! It's timeless!

Hey my guys! You MUST react to Wilson Pickett’s cover of this very song. It’s the ULTIMATE version! Even Olly will like it! You can watch it LIVE after Wilson duets with Tom Jones on The Tom Jones Show. ( Midnight Hour, Barefootin’) A classic from the 60’s! ❤

@kentishmale1969

4 ай бұрын

Totally agree, the wicked Picketts version is soooooo good, one of those rare Beatles covers that are better than the original

@davidchenoweth5467

4 ай бұрын

One hundred percent agree wilson knocked it out Park Killer guitar rip at the end. By Dwayne Allman

@relevantbrother8964

3 ай бұрын

I love Wilson Picketts voice but don't like that version at all..

Wow, dude knew the backstory. Impressive.

I fell in love hearing this song. And we are still together

The Beatles were the first to print the lyrics to their songs in the liner notes on their albums. No one had ever done that before. Their album covers all broke new creative ground.

Always makes me emotional , the video is awesome. Makes me think of home

i was only 4 yrs old then when i first heard this song . my mom loves this song so much

John once said that he thought Paul wrote Hey Jude for him and Yoko. I believe that part of that is true. If you listen to the lyrics, some of it describes a romantic partnership. "Let her under your skin. Then you can begin to make it better." "You're looking for someone to perform with." Its a twofold message. To Julian its a message of comfort and solidarity to him as his forever "Uncle Paul" and a call to allow Yoko into his life as his father's new wife. To John its a cautionary message of friendly advice to not make the same mistake with Yoko that he did with Cynthia. "Let down your guard. Don't be so terrified of rejection that you end up blocking Yoko out of your heart." One of the things that I found so healthy and beautiful about Paul's relationships with people like Linda and even his stepdaughter, Heather, was his total unabashed devotion to them. You can see it in the photos and footage from the Get Back sessions. Heather wasn't even his own child but he loves her as if she was his own. Completely opened up his heart to her. I have a stepfather who did that for me and I am forever grateful to him for that. It affected the trajectory of the rest of my life. So Hey Jude is a twofold powerful message to both Julian and John Lennon. Opening your heart is the only way to heal.

Truly joyous performance of Hey Jude. Great that they got the whole studio audience, mostly young people, to sing along in the long outro. The na-na-na outro is just as long on the studio version! Long outros of various kinds were quite common in the late 60s. The Beatles had another long one the following year on their song "I Want You" from the Abbey Road album, but it was purely instrumental. When Paul McCartney performed "Hey Jude" in his concert in Warsaw, Poland, where I live, back in 2013, he asked the audience to join in on the na-na-na part, so 30,000 of us did! It was great!

I was 11 when this came out and was always referred to as Jude there after, it’s my personal anthem ❤

I love seeing the reaction to the best music ever from my era back in the day!😎

Hey Man, back in the day, the radio stations wouldn't play a track longer than 3 minutes, this was The Beatles response - they said, "they'll play this one" and another glass ceiling was smashed. You know when they came to America , making them the biggest act in the World, they refused to play to segregated audiences.

Paul wrote it for John's son Julian. The original title was Hey Jules. Paul was giving Julian advice to help him try to get along with Yoko.

Love that guys honesty, someone told the truth.

Paul on the piano started to get crushed lol, Ringo on the drums was just rockin and having fun.

My son is named Jude after this song. Great advice in those lyrics.

To have been their first tv performance, it was great! I love the tune!

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love this live version, but sometimes I wish the first time someone hears this song would be the studio version, because of McCartneys screams at the end are better and so much more pronounced.

The instrumental they were playing was the theme song of the show they were on.

@ericthefish01

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the David Frost Show. And it was written by George Martin.

Worlds greatest band..

It's was fun being young !

Beatles athem. This is my favorite song next to let it be❤

One of the best videos ever created!

Beautiful. Thank you.

Just four guys and their instruments and their significance is such that all popular music can be divided between being before or after The Beatles.

The background harmonies are spine-tingling

The song is over 7 minutes and was released as a single. They said, "We can't release this as a single, it's too long. No one will play it". John said, "Yes they will, we're the Beatles". And he was right. They did. It was the #1 song of 1968. Most songs were under three minutes or just over. Radio wanted 2-3 minute songs. But this one definitely broke the mold. Paul wrote the song for Julian. John didn't leave much money for Cynthia and Julian. At one point, Cyn had to sell all of her Beatles memorabilia. Paul bought it all, and then sent it back to her. He said, there are some things you just shouldn't part with. You should listen to Come Together and I Want You/She's So Heavy. I think you'll like those.

Imagine standing that close to them 😭

Some astute observations there guys. Really enjoyed your commentary.

I think this song will grow on you the more you hear it. As others have said, it was not on the white album. It was released as a single with another great song on the B side called Revolution…a banger! John Lennon sings lead. there is some debate over which song would be released as the single. John thought it should be Revolution but was out voted. That should be the next Beatles song you react to (make sure it’s the up-tempo rock version not the slower one - they did a couple of versions of it). It’s interesting you guys picked up on them not showing George Harrison more. He was also a songwriter/vocalist, but they would only allow him two songs per album. He wrote and recorded some great stuff in his own right. Two of his best songs were on the Abbey Road album…Here Comes The Sun and Something. Also While My Guitar Gently Weeps and some others. I hope you react to them at some point as well. Nice job!

To Ollie's point. . .when the studio version of this song was recorded, it came in at just over 7 minutes. The Beatles' producer George Martin noted to the Beatles that in the 60's NO ONE EVER would play a song that was more than 4 minutes long. "They will if it's us!"was John Lennon's quick reply.

Don't you wish you could have been there to share that fabulous vibe? I love the shot of George at 7:54! He looks so damn happy. This video premiered on the Smothers Brothers Show in 1968.

Paul wasn't sure about the ON YOUR SHOULDER line and John said is was good. Why did John Lennon tell Paul McCartney that the line in Hey Jude that goes, "the movement you need is on your shoulder"? Paul said it was a filler line, but John said to keep it, it was the best line in the song.

just the best.

Pretty much a timeless piece of music.

They just got the staff from their studios to dive round the area asking people they thought looked funky if they wanted to be in a Beatles live recording. The band were the most famous people on earth by a country mile so it must have been an astonishingly surreal experience

I'd like to see one of these reaction videos to "I Want You...She's so Heavy". That song has stood the test of time as much as any Beatles tune...it could have been released yesterday.

How cool would it be to have video evidence that you once sang with the Beatles.

Another Beatles song with a hard taste of blues " Oh Darling" Paul is amazing on vocals

Seriously guys, how can you be this age and never have heard this song??? I find that impossible unless you were living in a cave for the last 50 years. I just didn’t make sense.

Best sing along song ever

Thanks for this. My suggestion would be Rain and Paperback Writer from the middle period.

Many great covers of this song out there.

Love forever Beatles❤❤❤❤

And some say they are singing to this day.

I was in high school when this song came out, living in New York where the number one song HAD to be played every hour on AM radio. Prior to this it was highly unusual to hear anything longer than three minutes, so this wasn't just a breakthrough, it was played hourly for weeks on end. At the time, before the Julian information, some people thought the song was about heroin. (let her under your skin, make it better etc.) and, as other posters have mentioned, this song was not on the white album.

You guys should react to the Beatles song “ in my life”.