Hey Jude was a huge hit for the Beatles, a classic song that has become part of the very fabric of pop culture. However, for Julian Lennon, this track sometimes brings more annoyance than comfort.

There was one Beatles song, however, that John Lennon wished he had taken the lead on instead of his songwriting partner, Paul McCartney.

Paul McCartney opened up about the death of his childhood friend and former bandmate John Lennon in a new book about his post-Beatles band, Wings. McCartney, 83, recalled learning of Lennon’s December ...