HEY JUDE
1 ON THE CHARTS
1 on all the UK charts, with two weeks
as the Record Retailer 1 (September 11 & 18 1968) and 16 weeks in the Top 50
1 on all the USA charts, with nine weeks - The Beatles' longest ever
spell - as the Billboard 1 (September 28-November 23 1968) and 19 weeks in the
Hot 100
RECORDED
July 29 & 30 1968 in Studio 2 at Abbey Road, up to
Take 25; remade from July 31-August 2 1968 at Trident Studios, London; the master
was Take 1
RELEASED AS A SINGLE
In the USA on August 26 1968 - Apple
(Capitol) 2276
In the UK on August 30 1968 - Apple (Parlophone) R5722
PERFORMED LIVE
Not performed in concert by The Beatles
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and
Recorded during sessions for The Beatles - the White Album - but not
included on that double-album, 'Hey Jude' was one of the first rock singles to
smash the standard running time of circa 3 minutes, lasting 7.11
Thanks
to the US policy of charting the A- and B-sides of singles separately, at one
point during the long 1 run of 'Hey Jude', flip-side 'Revolution' was number 2
(in Record World)
'Hey Jude' was the first USA Beatles single not to be issued in a picture
cover - instead, accentuating the band's change to their own label, the record
was produced in an Apple paper sleeve
The Beatles worked in a different
studio to record 'Hey Jude' - Trident, in the Soho area of central London.
Trident had eight-track recording, whereas The Beatles were still having to use
four-track at Abbey Road for a little longer
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