Hey Jude (Beatles album)
| Hey Jude | ||||
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| Released | 26 February 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1964–1969 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 33:17 | |||
| Label | Apple | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| The Beatles North American chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Rolling Stone Record Guide | |
Hey Jude (original title: The Beatles Again) is a 1970 collection of non-album singles and B-sides by the Beatles. Originally released in the United States and various other markets, but not in the United Kingdom, it includes "I Should Have Known Better" and "Can't Buy Me Love", two singles released by Capitol Records whose only previous American album appearance had been on the A Hard Day's Night soundtrack album, which had been released by United Artists Records.
The album also included both sides of the single "Paperback Writer" and "Rain", and three other non-album singles and B-sides that would later make their album debut on the 1967–1970 compilation in countries outside North America. The Hey Jude LP has been out of print since the late 1980s, although it remained available on cassette during the 1990s. The album was issued on CD for the first time in 2014, as an individual release and in a box set titled The U.S. Albums. It is named after the Beatles' longest-running No. 1 single, "Hey Jude", itself the seventh track of the compilation.