Beatles' 'Hey Jude' becomes their most downloaded song on iTunes

November 21, 2010 The Beatles' song  became the best-selling song of the band on, since their songs became available there earlier this week.

Hey Jude was released as single by the band on August 26, 1968, and was composed and written by and. It reached number one in both the (September 11–18, 1968) and the US'  (September 28–November 23, 1968). Hey Jude was also the number-one single of the year in the United States.

According to ', Hey Jude is followed by ', ' and ' in popularity, although none of the songs have reached the Top 40.

The Beatles' songs had not been available previously on iTunes due to a copyright dispute with Apple Inc.