HeyJude

isasong

bytheEnglishrock

band

theBeatles,writtenby

PaulMcCartney

andcreditedto

Lennon–McCartney.The

ballad

evolvedfrom"HeyJules",asongMcCartneywrotetocomfort

JohnLennon'sson,

Julian,duringhisparents'divorce."HeyJude"beginswithaverse-bridgestructureincorporatingMcCartney'svocalperformanceandpianoaccompaniment;furtherinstrumentationisaddedasthesongprogresses.Afterthefourthverse,thesongshiftstoafade-out

coda

thatlastsformorethanfourminutes.

Thesong

wasreleasedinAugust1968asthefirstsinglefromtheBeatles'recordlabel

AppleRecords.Morethansevenminutesinlength,itwasatthetimethelongestsingleevertotoptheBritishcharts.ItalsospentnineweeksatnumberoneintheUnitedStates,thelongestforanyBeatlessingle.Thesinglehassoldapproximatelyeightmillioncopiesandisfrequentlyincludedonprofessionalcritics'listsofthegreatestsongsofalltime.TheBeatles

wasanEnglishrockbandformedinLiverpoolin1960,withmembersJohnLennon,PaulMcCartney,GeorgeHarrison,andRingoStarr.Rootedinskiffle,beatand1950srockandroll,theBeatleslaterexperimentedwithseveralmusicalstyles,rangingfrompopballadsandIndianmusictopsychedeliaandhardrock,oftenincorporatingclassicalelementsandunconventionalrecordingtechniquesininnovativeways.Theyarethebest-sellingbandinhistory,withestimatedsalesofover800millionphysicalanddigitalalbumsworldwide.披頭士樂隊是享譽世界的英國搖滾樂隊，由約翰·列儂、林戈·斯塔爾、保羅·麥卡特尼和喬治·哈里森四名成員組成。1960年，樂隊于英格蘭利物浦市成立，其音樂風格源自20世紀50年代的搖滾樂，并開拓了迷幻搖滾、流行搖滾等曲風。《嘿，朱迪》由保羅·麥卡特尼創作，發行后連續9周位列美國《公告牌》榜首，是披頭士樂隊最成功的作品。這首歌是保羅為約翰·列儂與前妻的兒子朱利安（Julian）而作：1968年夏天，約翰·列儂與前妻的婚姻瀕臨崩潰，朱利安只有5歲，保羅非常喜愛朱利安，他擔心婚變給小孩子帶來心理陰影，所以寫下此歌鼓勵朱利安勇敢面對現實。據稱約翰·列儂聽到這首歌后也很喜歡，他覺得是寫給自己的。有一種解釋說，歌詞中的her其實指的是“勇氣”。Hey

Jude,Paul

McCartney

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WorldHeyJude[Verse1]

HeyJude,

don'tmakeitbad

Takeasadsongandmakeitbetter

Remembertoletherintoyourheart

Thenyoucanstarttomakeitbetter

[Verse2]

HeyJude,

don'tbeafraid

Youweremadetogooutandgether

Theminuteyouletherunderyourskin

Thenyoubegintomakeitbetter

[Verse3]

Andanytimeyoufeelthepain,heyJude,refrain

Don'tcarrytheworlduponyourshoulders

Forwellyouknowthatit'safoolwhoplaysitcool

Bymakinghisworldalittlecolder

[Verse4]

HeyJude,don'tletmedown

Youhavefoundher,nowgoandgether

(Letitoutandletitin,HeyJude)

Remembertoletherintoyourheart

Thenyoucanstarttomakeitbetter

[Verse5]

Soletitoutandletitin,heyJude,begin

You'rewaitingforsomeonetoperformwith

Anddon'tyouknowthatit'sjustyou,heyJude,you'lldo

Themovementyouneedisonyourshoulder

[Verse6]

HeyJude,don'tmakeitbad

Takeasadsongandmakeitbetter

Remembertoletherunderyourskin

Theny