‘Hey Jude’: story of a hymn – Real Madrid fans have already adopted an anthem
Real Madrid fans have already adopted an anthem that suits them perfectly to celebrate the exploits of Jude Bellingham. The most decisive player at the start of the League (he has five goals in four games) is showing himself to be an extremely talented and, to make matters worse, charismatic midfielder.
At its premiere at the Santiago Bernabéu, he came to the rescue again. He scored a goal in added time that knocked out a combative Getafe. The white fans responded by chanting a thunderous ‘Hey Jude’ .
This unfading classic by The Beatles can come out of the throats of Madrid fans many times from now on. Bellingham is only 20 years old and his journey dressed in white has just begun.
The truth is that the young British midfielder already made it clear that he had been shaken by the response of the white public after his redeeming goal. “I couldn’t believe it. When they sang ‘Hey Jude’ at the end I wanted to stop and listen to them. I had chills, my legs were shaking, ” he said, visibly moved… days before Carlos Alcaraz himself joined the cause from the Open USA.
And it is not surprising that he was moved by that song. ‘Hey Jude’ is one of the most iconic singles from the ‘Fab Four’ and that, obviously, is saying a lot. In fact, from the moment it came out of Paul McCartney‘s pen, it was a song destined to appear as a single. There was no doubt. In fact, John Lennon even said that it was the best composition that had emerged from the lucid mind of his soulmate.
Every Day Winning Tips came up with it during a car trip in June 1968. Initially ‘Sir Paul’ had intended it to be a ballad to console Julian, Lennon’s son. Let us remember that John had divorced his first wife Cynthia and that McCartney felt deep affection for the first offspring of his brilliant ally.
The song started out as ‘Hey Julian’ and then changed into ‘Hey Jules’. In the end, she opted for the well-known ‘Hey Jude’. “It was an upbeat and hopeful message to Julian: ‘Come on kid, your parents have split up. I know you’re not happy right now, but the time will come when you’ll be okay. I finally changed ‘Jules’ to ‘Jude.’ One of the characters of ‘Oklahoma’ is called Jud (Jud Fry) and I like the name”, recounted by the author of this popular hymn.
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McCartney had a moment of doubt. The verse ” the movement you need is on your shoulder ” he almost thought as filler. He conceived it as something provisional, but Lennon erased his qualities with a stroke of the pen. ” That’s probably the best line in the song. Leave it,” I suggested.
Once it was finished, The Beatles recorded it at Abbey Road at the end of July 1968. The single came out as August expired. It was a smashing success. In fact, it is the legendary Liverpool group’s most triumphant single. It topped the charts in 11 countries. And it sold like hotcakes. It is estimated that approximately eight million copies have been shipped worldwide.
There is a detail that cannot be missed. The song was very long. It lasts 7:11 . But it didn’t matter. Nothing could stand in its way to the top. And on top of that, the video recorded at Twickenham Film Studios (London) helped to popularize it.
In the ‘Beatles’ Bible is ‘Revolution in the Mind’, Ian MacDonald is not shy when it comes to praising this composition. “‘Hey Jude’ is a hybrid of pop and rock that brings out the best of both languages. Partly because it was conceived without an instrument at hand, partly because its impulse is more of feeling than form. The verse/chorus lacks of its author’s usual elegant construction. (…) The melody is so expressive that any reservation is academic,” stated the renowned critic about this “obvious success.”
‘Hey Jude’ has been covered on many occasions. And artists of very different stripes have done it. Outstanding covers of this anthem bear the signature of Wilson Pickett, Ella Fitzgerald, The Supremes, The Temptations, Roberta Flack or the king of rock & roll himself, Elvis Presley.
The B side was ‘Revolution’ , a Lennon song whose title can also be applied to a Bellingham who, of course, has revolutionized Real Madrid fans from the moment he put on his boots.
Hey Jude – Lyrics The Beatles (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) Apple Records
Hey Jude, don’t make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
Hey Jude, don’t be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better
And anytime you feel the pain
Hey Jude, refrain
Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it’s a fool
Who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Na na na na na na na na na
Hey Jude, don’t let me down
You have found her now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
So let it out and let it in
Hey Jude, begin
You’re waiting for someone to perform with
And don’t you know that it is just you?
Hey Jude, you’ll do
The movement you need is on your shoulders
Na na na na na na na na na
Hey Jude, don’t make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you’ll begin to make it better
Na, na na na na na na, na na na na
Hey Jude.
Hey Jude – Lyrics in Spanish Translated in English
Hey Jude
Hey Jude, don’t mess it up
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you will do better
Hey Jude, don’t be afraid
You were created to make her yours
When you feel it on your skin
Then you will do better
And every time you feel pain,
Hey Jude, don’t go on
Don’t carry the world on your shoulders
Because you know well that the one who pretends to be indifferent is a fool
Making your world a little colder
Na na na na na na na na na
Hey Jude, don’t let me down
You found it, now make it yours
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you will do better
So let this happen and let her in,
Hey Jude, start
You’re waiting for someone to touch it with you
And don’t you know that it’s just you?
Hey Jude, you will do it,
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Na na na na na na na na na
Hey Jude, don’t mess it up
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you will do better
Na, na na na na na na, na na na na
Hey Jude