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Hey Jude Musical Analysis

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HEY JUDE by Kyle Donnelly
Hey Jude is a song by the English Band The Beatles on the album named after the song ‘hey Jude’ the genre of the song is rock/pop rock and music video was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. There are actors around the beatles about half way through the music video clapping along and singing along with the beatles. McCartney was on piano and lead vocal, Lennon on acoustic guitar, Harrison on electric guitar and Ringo Starr on drums. The song was realest on the 26 of august 1968, from the year it was released to the following year it was at the number one spot in Australia, the U.K, Ireland and Belgium. In May 1968, John Lennon and his wife separated after John's affair with Yoko Ono. The next month, Paul McCartney drove out to visit her and John's son, Julian, at Kenwood, the family's home in Weybridge. She had been part of the Beatles' social circle since before the band's rise to fame in 1963; McCartney later said he found it "a bit much for them suddenly to be personae non gratae and out of my life”. her recollection of McCartney's surprise visit: "I was touched by his obvious …show more content…

So at this point we can see that it is very spacey around the beatles, the main focus in the music video is McCartney, He is the main focus because McCartney is one of the main vocalists in the song and also wrote the song. The music video does not switch between a performance and a narrative it is all a performance. The “actors” in the video are the fans walking on to the stage half way through the music video and singing along with the

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