Jude-not Julian Lennon

Another possibility for the inspiration for "Brown Sugar" is that it was about the singer Claudia Lennear. There’s a segment in the documentary "Twenty Feet From Stardom" where she talks about her relationship with Jagger. And she appeared in the August 1974 issue of Playboy magazine in a pictorial entitled "Brown Sugar."

In McCartney's recent 2 volume set called "The Lyrics", he confirms that Hey Jude was inspired by his sympathy for Julian as John was going through a divorce from his mother. Indeed, the song started as "Hey Jules".

Heroin is not mentioned in McCartney's long narrative about the lyrics to Hey Jude. As most Beatle followers know, McCartney only tried heroine once and it did not do anything for him. It would therefore seem highly unlikely that he would write an ode to heroine.

mattmiller’s "facts" are fake news, most likely "learned" on the God-almighty internet. Everyone has known about Paul’s inspiration for the "Hey Jude" lyrics for a half-century. That’s "old news."

bdp24-I was hoping you would stop by.

After 50 years, STILL discovering interesting tidbits-particularly song inspiration.

As much as I'm a Fab Four fan, I don't know much beyond basic Beatle "must know" facts-I think?

I would not be a category killer on Jeopardy or get  Daily Double.

The overwhelming consensus of Beatlemaniacs is that "Hey Jude" was written about Julian.  Also, Paul was the least druggie of the Fab Four.

Claudia Lennear was the inspiration for "Brown Sugar" and David Bowie also penned a song about her.

Whether these facts are actually true is irrelevant.  "When legend becomes fact, you print the legend."