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Hey Jude

by The Beatles

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Hey Jude Technique

Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.

Music

Musically, "Hey Jude" isn't complicated. There's no introduction; for the first eight bars we hear only piano and voice. New instruments are added slowly, even methodically: the rhythm guitar and...

Speaker

Everybody pretty much agrees that McCartney is the speaker in "Hey Jude," and that there is an autobiographical quality to the song. The only disagreement is over to whom McCartney is speaking.McC...