Britain's favourite Beatles song? It looks like Hey Jude

iTunes downloads of Fab Four in UK after this week's launch put classic singalong ahead of Let It beIt has been argued that Hey Jude has defined much of British rock music in the last 15 years: a mid-tempo piano ballad with a keep-your-chin-up message that swells into a vast singalong. It lurks at the root of Oasis's Don't Look Back In Anger, Robbie Williams's Angels, and swaths of Coldplay.It also looks like it might be Britain's favourite Beatles song, at least if you go by sales from iTunes, ...

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16:47 on November 19 2010

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Britain's favourite Beatles song? It looks like Hey Jude

Guardian Music — iTunes downloads of Fab Four in UK after this week's launch put classic singalong ahead of Let It beIt has been argued that Hey Jude has defined much of British rock musi... more info

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