"Hey Jude" tied the "all-time" record, at the time, for the longest run at the top of the US charts.
"Hey Jude" was released in August 1968 as the first single from the Beatles' record label Apple Records.
The single has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on professional critics' lists of the greatest songs of all time.
It spent nine weeks at number one in the United States, the longest for any Beatles single.
"Hey Jude" was nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1969 in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, but failed to win any of them.