In July 2006, "Mojo" placed "Hey Jude" at number 12 on its list of "The 101 Greatest Beatles Songs". On a similar list compiled four years later, "Rolling Stone" ranked the song at number seven. In 2015, the ITV program "The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One" ranked "Hey Jude" in first place. In 2018, the music staff of "Time Out London" ranked it at number 49 on their list of the best Beatles songs. Writing in the magazine, Nick Levine said: "Don't allow yourself to overlook this song because of its sheer ubiquity ... 'Hey Jude' is a huge-hearted, super-emotional epic that climaxes with one of pop's most legendary hooks."