Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Doggett ya bayyana "Hey Jude" a matsayin waƙar da ke "haskakawa da kyakkyawan fata bayan bazara wanda ya ƙone da damuwa da fushi a cikin rukuni da kuma cikin duniya mai rikici". Fitowar waƙar ta zo daidai da zalunci na masu zanga-zangar yaƙin Vietnam a Babban Taron Demokradiyya a Chicago, da kuma la'antawa a Yammacin mamayar da Soviet ta jagoranci na Czechoslovakia
da kuma murkushe yunkurin gabatar da sauye-sauyen dimokiradiyya a can. A cikin wannan yanayi, Lennon ya amince da shirin zaman lafiya a kan tashin hankali a cikin "Juyin Juya Halin" ya jawo mummunan zargi daga masu fafutukar New Left. Akasin haka, tare da sakonsa na duniya, "Hey Jude" an karbe shi a matsayin taken 'yan Czech a gwagwarmayar su.