Hey Jude climaxes with one of pop's most legendary hooks." Julian Lennon discovered that "Hey Jude" had been written for him almost 20 years after McCartney composed the song. He recalled of his and McCartney's relationship: "Paul and I used to hang about quite a bit – more than Dad and I did. We had a great friendship going and there seems to be far more pictures of me and Paul playing together at that age than there are pictures of me and my dad." In 1996, Julian paid £25,000 for the recording notes to "Hey Jude" at an auction. He spent
Hey Jude (Beatles album) tape. The four-track tape, prepared by Ampex along with the reel-to-reel tape, has the songs in the original, chronological order. (The eight-track tape was treated to the usual re-ordering that eight-tracks received.) The CD era saw the standardising of the Beatles' discographies worldwide, and for many years the "Hey Jude" album was not available in that format. In January 2014 "Hey Jude" was issued on CD both individually and in an American Beatles album compilation box set. All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted. Guest musicians In the US, the album sold 2,321,769 copies by 31 December 1970 and