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When originally released what did the critics say about Hey Jude?
While Derek Johnson viewed the track overall as a beautiful, compelling song, he rued the long coda's vocal improvisations on the basically repetitive four-bar chorus.
Who wrote the negative review about Hey Jude?
Johnson rued the long coda's vocal improvisations on the basically repetitive four-bar chorus“
Did anyone else write negative reviews about Hey Jude?
Did Hey Jude get any positive reviews?
Alan Pollack regards the structure of Hey Jude: binary form that combines a fully developed, hymn-like song together with an extended, mantra-like jam on a simple chord progression“

Question: Besides Pollack did anyone else think favorably?
Self-contained rewrite: Besides Pollack did anyone else think favorably?