10 Mistakes In Songs So Good They Kept Them In

1. "Hey Jude" Has An F-Bomb In It

They say that true perfection has to be imperfect, and The Beatles went a long way to proving that theory right by dropping an absolute clanger in one of the best songs of all time. If you listen closely, at around the 2.58 mark of Hey Jude, you can distinctly hear Paul McCartney unleash a massive F-bomb as he fumbles a chord transition on the old ivories.

It’s one of those that can’t be unheard once you know about it, and it’s actually quite endearing to think of the greatest band ever screwing things up like the rest of us mere mortals,

Initially, the plan was to edit out the expletive, but John Lennon being the little tinker that he was, decided it would be funnier to leave it in and just drop it really low in the mix. As it goes, the bespectacled genius got a kick out of the idea of everybody listening to his mate cuss at the top of his lungs without even realising it. Brilliant stuff.