Hey Jude, Drinking Game Rules

Category: Music Games · Players: 2+ · You’ll need: Drinks; the song

A drinking game built on The Beatles' "Hey Jude" and its famously endless outro.

Setup: Drinks ready, cue the song, it's over 7 minutes, and that matters.

How to play:

1. Every time "Jude" is sung, everyone takes a sip.
2. When the song reaches its long "na-na-na" outro (you'll know it), everyone drinks continuously, you may pause only to breathe, then back to it, until the fade-out ends.

The outro alone runs about four minutes. This game is much harder than it sounds; small sips are survival.

Hey Jude, Variations

• Rotation outro: During the na-na-nas, drinking rotates around the circle every “Hey Jude” shout instead of everyone drinking continuously, survivable and just as funny.
• Conductor: One player conducts the outro; everyone must sway in time or sip.
• Double feature: Follow it immediately with another long-outro song for the true believers.

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