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8 unusual facts about Hey Jude


Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart

Currently, "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" is tied with Hey Jude for third amongst longest-running No. 1 songs by British artists on the Billboard pop charts, behind "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John (14 weeks, 1997-1998) and "We Found Love" by Rihanna with British artist Calvin Harris (10 weeks, 2011).

Additionally, the song's nine-week run at number one on the U.S. pop charts by a British act was a record that stood for 16 years, until The Beatles matched the longevity record (of nine weeks) in 1968 with "Hey Jude."

Grapevinyl's Love Fest

The festival finished with all the musicians on stage and the whole crowd playing and singing along to an extended rendition of The Beatles Hey Jude.

Norman Sheffield

The studio recorded many of the world's most famous artists and recordings of the era including the Beatles' "Hey Jude", David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Elton John's "Candle in the Wind".

Taliesin Orchestra

On Rock Rhapsody (2008) the band covered such famous songs such as Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall", Eric Clapton's "Layla" and The Beatles' "Hey Jude".

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger

This world has a few things in common with our own, however, including memories of the song "Hey Jude" and the child's rhyme that begins "Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit".

The Moth Confesses

"The Last Time I Saw Jacqueline" features excerpts from two Johann Sebastian Bach ariosos, including a different section of the one quoted in The Beatles's "Hey Jude", while "Little Sparrow" is actually about Mickey Newbury's stay in Saussy's family's guest room.

There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama

This is a complete hijacking; if I add two verses to "Hey Jude" it doesn't mean I wrote it.



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Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart

Currently, "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" is tied with "Hey Jude" for third amongst longest-running number-one songs by British artists on the Billboard pop charts, behind "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John (14 weeks, 1997-1998) and "We Found Love" by Rihanna with Calvin Harris (10 weeks, 2011).

Dani Menkin

In 2005 he has opened his own company - "Hey Jude Productions", and directed his first documentary "39 Pounds of Love".