This historic song originated in May 1968, during a time when John Lennon was settling his separation from his first wife, Cynthia. “I started with the idea ‘Hey Jules’, which was Julian [Lennon’s first son], don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better,” Paul McCartney said in an interview with Barry Miles in 1997. ‘Hey Jude’ was his shot at offering a ray of sunshine to a young friend who he knew was in need.
As the inspiration behind the song suggests, ‘Hey Jude’ began as a message of reassurance to Julian Lennon during the time of his parent’s divorce. Thereafter, the song taps into a more universal message of staying strong during times of hardship and trying to transfigure the situation through defiance. In part, this is emblematic of how The Beatles remain a platonic friend to the world at large. Sadly, Julian has since been “driven up the wall” by the catchiness of ‘Hey Jude’.
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