Hey Jude!Hey London!

甲壳虫乐队（the Beatles，又称披头士乐队）名曲Hey Jude把2012年伦敦奥运会开幕式推上了高潮，来自世界各地包括运动员在内的各界人士在现场一起大合唱，场面堪称壮观。这首Hey Jude是甲壳虫乐队成员之一保罗·麦卡特尼爵士所创作，歌曲在1968年发行，它不仅见证了甲壳虫乐队的40年，更见证了英国的40年。

Sir Paul McCartney sang the grand finale to the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London with the immortal classic track Hey Jude. People may wonder why Hey Jude was selected ahead of Imagine or Let It Be. Once the legendary Beatle started his performance of Hey Jude and the crowd joined in, it was easy to see that the best choice had been made.

Although Hey Jude was a huge hit back in 1968, all age groups in the crowd at the opening ceremony obviously knew the song. From the very beginning of the song when Sir Paul started playing it on the piano, it was plain to see that the crowd was rapt. Everyone was standing and swaying in time with the tune as they joined in. But what really made the moment extra special was when Paul McCartney enticed everyone to join in ... “na, na, na, na na na naaa.” It was a simple section of the track that anyone could sing. Probably all around the world, at that moment, everyone was joyfully singing along.

The Beatles are the best?selling band in history, with sales of over one billion units estimated by EMI Records. They have had more NO.1 albums on the British charts and sold more singles in the UK than any other band.

The Beatles’ influence on popular culture was—and remains—huge. Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compares the band to Picasso as “artists who broke through the limits of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original... the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive”.

Link： Lyrics of Hey Jude

Hey Jude是甲壳虫乐队成员保罗·麦卡特尼创作的一首歌，歌曲原名Hey Julian，是写给一个五岁的孩子朱利安的，他是乐队灵魂人物约翰·列侬与前妻辛西娅的儿子。该曲比一般的单曲长了两倍，为7分11秒，但还是广受欢迎，一经便迅速成为了当年的冠军单曲，全球销量超过八百万张。

Hey Jude, don’t make it bad

Take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her into your heart

Then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude, don’t be afraid

You were made to go out and get her

The minute you let her under your skin

Then you begin to make it better

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain

Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders

For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool

By making his world a little colder

Na na na, na na, na na na na

Hey Jude, don’t let me down

You have found her, now go and get her

Remember to let her into your heart

Then you can start to make it better

So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin

You’re waiting for someone to perform with

And don’t you know that it’s just you？Hey Jude, you’ll do

The movement you need is on your shoulder

Na na na, na na, na na na na, yeah

Hey Jude, don’t make it bad

Take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her under your skin

Then you begin to make it better

Better, better, better, better, better, oh!