HEY JUDE
by BEATLES


If not the most popular, then perhaps the most easily recognisable Beatles single, Hey Jude was written by McCartney to console Lennon's youngest son, Julian, after his father had left his mother, his wife Cynthia, for Yoko Ono - a period of heavy uncertainty and upheaval in The Beatles' working relationships too. 

Hey Jude was the first single released by The Beatles on their own record label, Apple, and toppled The Bee Gees' classic I Gotta Get A Message To You from the summit.

While The Beatles' touring career was short-lived, with its anthemic "nah nah nah" sing-along ending made for crowd participation, it was fitting that years later that Paul McCartney would make Hey Jude a key feature of his own live shows. As such, Hey Jude remains one of the band's most enduring and much-loved compositions, selling in excess of 1 million copies in the UK. 

Hey Jude - The Beatles

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Chart facts

  • Peak position1
  • LabelAPPLE
  • Catalogue numberR5722
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 2No1
  2. 9Top 10
  3. 10Top 20
  4. 15Top 40
  5. 18Top 75
  6. 20Top 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

16 weeks - 10/09/1968 to 24/12/1968

3 weeks - 27/11/2010 to 11/12/2010

1 week - 25/07/2024

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Chart facts

  • Peak position77
  • LabelAPPLE CORPS
  • Catalogue numberGBAYE6800011
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 0Top 10
  3. 0Top 20
  4. 0Top 40
  5. 0Top 75
  6. 1Top 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

1 week - 21/07/2024

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Chart facts

  • Peak position76
  • LabelEMI
  • Catalogue numberGBAYE6800011
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 0Top 10
  3. 0Top 20
  4. 0Top 40
  5. 0Top 75
  6. 3Top 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

1 week - 05/07/2018

2 weeks - 18/07/2024 to 25/07/2024

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Chart facts

  • Peak position40
  • LabelEMI
  • Catalogue numberMIUCT3339
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 0Top 10
  3. 0Top 20
  4. 1Top 40
  5. 3Top 75
  6. 6Top 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

3 weeks - 27/11/2010 to 11/12/2010

1 week - 05/07/2018

2 weeks - 18/07/2024 to 25/07/2024

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Bengy

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Hey Jude - another 7 weeks in March 1976, and 2 further weeks in September 1988.

That's 28 weeks in the Top 100.