Discover the story of the song > Hey Jude – Wilson Pickett

The song is telling the protagonist, who is male, to not be sad and to make his life better by letting his female partner into his heart. The refrain reminds him that if he feels pain, he shouldn't carry it alone and that trying to be cool by doing so only makes things worse. He is encouraged to go out and get his partner, and to remember to let her in so that he can start feeling better.