I have always loved the song, and it's been in my drafts for five years. Today is the day.
It was the biggest hit of 1968, by far. It led year-end charts worldwide.
The song started out as "Hey Jules" in May 1968 - the titular Jules being Julian Lennon, son of John and Cynthia, who had separated in the wake of John's affair with Yoko Ono. Listen to it as not a love song, but as encouragement for a five year old kid who blames himself for his parents' divorce, and you will get it.
Did Paul McCartney ever admit to John Lennon that it was about his son? No. John thought it was about himself.
The seven-minute long magnum opus was, at the time, the longest #1 song in history (later eclipsed by "American Pie" by Don McLean, which was a minute longer, itself eclipsed by Taylor Swift's "All Too Well").
It's also a beautiful song.
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