The Beatles' 'Hey Jude': Paul McCartney Received Letters From Cults About the Lyrics
Paul McCartney compared one of the lyrics of The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” to a mutt.
He received letters about the lyric.
The track became a huge hit.
Paul McCartney initially had an issue with a lyric from The Beatles‘ “Hey Jude.” He later came to love the line. Subsequently, he received letters from cults about the lyric.
According to the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul had doubts about the line “the movement you need is on your shoulder” from “Hey Jude.” John convinced him to retain the lyric. “So of course, you love that line twice as much because it’s a little stray, it’s a little mutt that you were about to put down and it was reprieved and so it’s more beautiful than ever,” Paul said.
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