If we ask ourselves what is the longest and most successful single that the Liverpool foursome, surely the title "hey jude”Would come to mind.
An extraordinary item that would go on sale in England a August 26st, 1968, which would be the first they would edit in Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), (his -by then- new record label) and which included on the b-side the no less mythical “revolution".
Local radio stations were somewhat reluctant to play it due to its long duration, but it did not take long for it to become a worldwide success: By the end of that year it had already sold more than 5 million copies.
Lennon died thinking that the subject was made for him, but McCartney He has told several times that the idea for the song came about because of a visit he made to Cynthia lennon, who at that time was facing the divorce of JohnAs Julian Lennon (5 years old at the time).
In principle it was called "hey jules”(Diminutive of Julian) and was born as an attempt to encourage the minor, who was the one who suffered the most with the separation of the couple.
An orchestra of 50 musicians and the vocal registers of Lennon, McCartney y Harrison, they give «hey jude»An extraordinary 4-minute finale that will remain imperishable generation after generation.
Via | EFE