Hey jude July 29 1968.The beatles gathered at abbey road studios to record Hey jude.Paul mccartney wrote the song in 7 minutes .This was to comfort John lennon son Julian . This was during his parents divorce.Divorce can have an effect on a young person.Who doesn’t understamd why.They are not together anymore.When you listen to the song he says fucking hell after he makes a chord mistake. Perfectionist Paul mccartney is a perfectionist .And he takes his job as a songwriter and guitarist seriously.At the time John lennon had left Cynthia lennon for Yoko ono.When he went and visited Cynthia and John . He came up with Hey jude.Paul mccartney quotes “I started with the idea ‘Hey Jules,’ which wouldn’t rhyme well, so I changed it to ‘Jude.’ It was written as a hopeful message for Julian: ‘Come on, man, your parents have divorced. I know you’re hard-pressed, but take it easy, take a chance, make it better.'” John lennon opinion on the song When paul mccartney played the complete song for John lennon.He told him it was the best song that he had ever written.The song was 7 minutes and 11 seconds.Record executives warned the Beatles that Radio station will never play this song . Songs at the time.For a pop song was 3 minutes .John lennon insisted that they will play it.Because it’s them.The song went to sell 8 million copies worldwide.So they proved them wrong The Beatles – Complete Hey Jude Recording Sessions (July 30, 1968 at EMI Studios) – YouTube
