TIL that John Lennon's son, Julian, didn't know that "Hey Jude" was about him until 20 years after its debut. Paul McCartney wrote it to comfort Julian during his parents' divorce, and John Lennon always assumed that it was written about himself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Jude#Inspiration_and_writing



Submitted January 28, 2015 at 12:42AM by Primetime22 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2tvdf1/til_that_john_lennons_son_julian_didnt_know_that/