Editing Hey Jude (section)

==Cover versions and McCartney live performances==
In 1968, [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] singer [[Wilson Pickett]] released a cover of the song from his album ''[[Hey Jude (Wilson Pickett album)|Hey Jude]]'' recorded at [[Muscle Shoals Sound Studio]], with a guitar part played by a young [[Duane Allman]], who recommended the song to Pickett.{{sfn|Fletcher|2016|pp=139–41}} [[Eric Clapton]] commented, "I remember hearing [it] and calling either [[Ahmet Ertegun]] or [[Tom Dowd]] and saying, 'Who's that guitar player?' ... To this day, I've never heard better rock guitar playing on an R&B record. It's the best."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Damian |last=Fanelli |title=Eric Clapton's Favorite R&B Guitar Solo – Duane Allman Guests on Wilson Pickett's Cover of 'Hey Jude' |magazine=[[Guitar World]] |date=29 October 2014 |access-date=5 July 2015 |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/listen-eric-clapton-s-favorite-rb-guitar-solo-duane-allman-guests-wilson-picketts-cover-hey-jude |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706124233/http://www.guitarworld.com/listen-eric-clapton-s-favorite-rb-guitar-solo-duane-allman-guests-wilson-picketts-cover-hey-jude |archive-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> Session musician [[Jimmy Johnson (session guitarist)|Jimmy Johnson]], who played on the recording, said that Allman's solo "created [[Southern rock]]".{{sfn|Fletcher|2016|p=141}} Pickett's version reached number 23 on the Hot 100 and 13 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilson Pickett – Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/wilson-pickett-mn0000677781/awards |archive-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713185834/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/wilson-pickett-mn0000677781/awards}}</ref>

"Hey Jude" was one of the few Beatles songs that [[Elvis Presley]] covered, when he rehearsed the track at his 1969 [[From Elvis in Memphis#Recording|Memphis sessions]] with producer [[Chips Moman]], a recording that appeared on the 1972 album ''[[Elvis Now]]''.{{sfn|Simpson|2004|pp=132, 147, 212}} A [[Medley (music)|medley]] of "Yesterday" and "Hey Jude" was included on the 1999 reissue of Presley's 1970 live album ''[[On Stage (Elvis Presley album)|On Stage]]''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Bruce |last=Eder |title=Elvis Presley – On Stage: February 1970 [Expanded] |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/on-stage-february-1970-expanded-mr0001185742 |access-date=20 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008165718/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/on-stage-february-1970-expanded-mr0001185742 |archive-date=8 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Katy Perry]] performed "Hey Jude" as part of the 2012 [[MusiCares Person of the Year]] concert honouring McCartney.<ref>{{cite web |title=Katy Perry Sings 'Hey Jude,' Pays Tribute to Sir Paul McCartney, The MusiCares Person of the Year (PHOTOS) |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=11 February 2012 |access-date=31 August 2013 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/11/katy-perry-tribute-paul-mccartney_n_1270493.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022003643/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/11/katy-perry-tribute-paul-mccartney_n_1270493.html |archive-date=22 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

McCartney played "Hey Jude" throughout his [[The Paul McCartney World Tour|1989–90 world tour]], his first tour since [[Murder of John Lennon|Lennon's murder in 1980]].{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=430–31}} McCartney had considered including it as the closing song on his band [[Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings]]' 1975 [[Wings Over the World tour|Wings Over the World Tour]], but decided that "it just didn't feel right."{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=182}} He has continued to feature the song in his concerts,{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=392}} leading the audience in organised singalongs whereby different segments of the crowd – such as those in a certain section of the venue, then only men followed by only the women – chant the "Na-na-na na" refrain.{{sfn|Sounes|2010|pp=444–45, 513}} He performed the song at the [[White House]] in June 2010, and at the end of the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul McCartney performs 'Hey Jude' at the Gershwin Prize |format=MP4 |work=The White House |date=2 June 2010 |access-date=1 February 2022 |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/node/118357}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Robert |last1=Mendick |first2=Bryony |last2=Gordon |author-link2=Bryony Gordon |title=London 2012 Olympics: velodrome rocks as Team GB takes home haul of medals |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=4 August 2012 |access-date=31 July 2013 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/9452751/London-2012-Olympics-velodrome-rocks-as-Team-GB-takes-home-haul-of-medals.html |archive-date=9 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909085005/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/9452751/London-2012-Olympics-velodrome-rocks-as-Team-GB-takes-home-haul-of-medals.html |url-status=live}}</ref>