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TIL Despite being ranked as one of the greatest songs ever written, the song “Hey Jude” by the Beatles was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards in 1969 (Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop performance by a duo or group with vocal) and didn’t win any of them.

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