Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Hey Jude

Hey Jude[edit]

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The result was: not scheduled by Brianboulton (talk) 16:05, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The ballad evolved from "Hey Jules", a song McCartney wrote to comfort John Lennon's son, Julian, during his parents' divorce. "Hey Jude" begins with a verse-bridge structure incorporating McCartney's vocal performance and piano accompaniment; further instrumentation is added as the song progresses. After the fourth verse, the song shifts to a fade-out coda that lasts for more than four minutes.

"Hey Jude" was released in August 1968 as the first single from the Beatles' record label Apple Records. More than seven minutes in length, it was at the time the longest single ever to top the British charts.[1] It also spent nine weeks at number one in the United States, the longest for any Beatles single. "Hey Jude" tied the "all-time" record, at the time, for the longest run at the top of the US charts. The single has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on professional critics' lists of the greatest songs of all time. In 2013, Billboard named it the 10th biggest song of all time. (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): This is not recent, but The Beatles became an FA on June 18, 2004.
Main editors: Synthwave.94 has made several recent contributions to the article.
Promoted: July 24, 2005
Reasons for nomination: This was featured back in 2005, and given its high quality, I believe it should be featured again. This will be my first FA to appear at TFA. A version of this article is available in French on FR-wiki, which shows worldwide interest in the topic. It is a "quality article" on FR-wiki also.
Support as nominator. Ches (talk) 15:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Strongly oppose. Per the instructions at the top of this page, there needs to be an exceptional reason to run an article twice at TFA; it's only happened four times in Wikipedia's history. If there's any overwhelming reason we should make an exception in this case, I'm certainly not seeing it. (I could maybe see a case for 26 August 2018, the 50th anniversary of its release.) ‑ Iridescent 20:50, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I agree with Iridescent (talk · contribs). I would support a fiftieth anniversary TFA on 26 August 2018. Until then, perhaps stengthen the lead to better summarize the article. Bede735 (talk) 23:40, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. No good reason to feature it again. sst✈ 06:17, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Coordinator's note: No valid case made for a second main page appearance at this time. Brianboulton (talk) 15:54, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]