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==Awards and accolades== "Hey Jude" was nominated for the [[11th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards of 1969]] in the categories of [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]], but failed to win any of them.<ref>{{cite news |title=Awards Database |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |year=2007 |access-date=4 March 2007 |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-search,0,7169155.htmlstory?searchtype=all&query=the+beatles&x=26&y=17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312031100/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-search,0,7169155.htmlstory?searchtype=all&query=the+beatles&x=26&y=17 |archive-date=12 March 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 1968 ''NME'' Readers' Poll, "Hey Jude" was named the best single of the year,{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=322}} and the song also won the 1968 [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] for "A-Side With the Highest Sales".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ivor Novello Awards 1968 |year=2006 |work=This Day in Music |url-status=dead |url=http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/cont/awards/awards68.html |archive-date=4 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104022551/http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/cont/awards/awards68.html}}</ref> "Hey Jude" was inducted into the [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2001{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=391}} and it is one of the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s "500 Songs That Shaped [[Rock and roll|Rock & Roll]]".{{sfn|Sullivan|2013|p=116}} In 2001, the 1968 release of "Hey Jude" on Apple Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award |title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked "Hey Jude" at number eight on the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]",{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=391}} making it the highest-placed Beatles song on the list;<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1β500) |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/1 |archive-date=23 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023195417/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/1}}</ref> it dropped to number 89 in the 2021 revised list.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time > The Beatles, 'Hey Jude' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=15 September 2021 |access-date=16 September 2021 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/the-beatles-hey-jude-2-1225249/}}</ref> Among its many appearances in other best-song-of-all-time lists, [[VH1]] placed it ninth in 2000{{sfn|Sullivan|2013|p=116}} and ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' ranked it at number 29 in the same year,{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=391}} having placed the song seventh in a 1997 list of "The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time". In 1976, ''NME'' ranked it 38th on the magazine's "Top 100 Singles of All Time", and the track appeared at number 77 on the same publication's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2014. In January 2001, "Hey Jude" came in third on [[Channel 4]]'s list of the "100 Greatest Singles".<ref>{{cite web |title=Channel 4: The 100 best singles |website=ProcolHarum.com |year=2006 |access-date=20 January 2006 |url=http://www.procolharum.com/99/awsop_gb+mf-100-bestlist.htm |archive-date=27 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427222707/http://www.procolharum.com/99/awsop_gb+mf-100-bestlist.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The Amusement & Music Operators Association ranks "Hey Jude" as the 11th-best [[jukebox]] single of all time.<ref>{{cite web |title=AMOA announces top 40 jukebox singles of all time |year=2006 |publisher=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] |url-status=dead |url=http://www.bmi.com/awards/jukebox.asp |archive-date=7 February 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207065755/http://www.bmi.com/awards/jukebox.asp}}</ref> In 2008, the song appeared in eighth place on ''Billboard''{{'}}s "All Time Hot 100 Songs".{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=391}} In July 2006, ''Mojo'' placed "Hey Jude" at number 12 on its list of "The 101 Greatest Beatles Songs".<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Phil |last=Alexander |display-authors=etal |title=The 101 Greatest Beatles Songs |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=July 2006 |page=92}}</ref> On a similar list compiled four years later, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the song at number seven.{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=391}}<ref name="RS GreatestBeatlesSongs">{{cite magazine |author=Rolling Stone staff |title=100 Greatest Beatles Songs: 7. Hey Jude |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=19 September 2011 |access-date=23 March 2019 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/hey-jude-19691231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124155754/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919/hey-jude-19691231 |archive-date=24 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] program ''The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One'' ranked "Hey Jude" in first place.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=David |last=Renshaw |title='Hey Jude' voted UK's favourite Beatles Number One by ITV viewers |magazine=[[NME]] |date=12 November 2015 |access-date=21 December 2015 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/89666 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125232/http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/89666 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the music staff of ''[[Time Out London]]'' ranked it at number 49 on their list of the best Beatles songs. Writing in the magazine, Nick Levine said: "Don't allow yourself to overlook this song because of its sheer ubiquity ... 'Hey Jude' is a huge-hearted, super-emotional epic that climaxes with one of pop's most legendary hooks."<ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Beatles songs |website=[[Time Out London]] |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-best-beatles-songs |archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215173746/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-best-beatles-songs}}</ref>
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