The former Trident Studios
Soho, London
Recording at Trident
31 July–2 August 1968
The Beatles recorded Hey Jude at Trident Studios in London between 31 July and 2 August 1968. [2]
1968 · song
Hey Jude
From Trident’s recording room to the audience-filled promotional film at Twickenham: two London settings for one song.
Hey Jude has two distinct London production geographies. The recording belongs to Trident Studios; the promotional film belongs to Twickenham Film Studio. Putting them together explains how a song became both a record and an image of communal performance. Neither location should stand in for the other, and the people seen joining the finale were part of the film shoot rather than the recording session.
Explore the places
Markers identify buildings or documented location references. They do not mark an exact recording room, stage position or camera angle.
The record in Soho
The Beatles’ official song entry places recording at Trident from 31 July to 2 August 1968. The song was released later that August. This is a specific recording relationship, bounded to the work itself. Trident’s place in the story is the making of the sound that listeners encountered as the single. It is not a substitute for the subsequent studio where the band performed for cameras, and it does not make every nearby Soho address part of the recording history. [2]
A studio audience becomes the ending
Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed the promotional film at Twickenham on 4 September 1968. The official film account describes roughly 300 invited people joining the finale. McCartney sang live, while much of the band’s performance used the existing track. That distinction is central to this place story: the screen suggests an expanding live gathering, but the sound and image were assembled through different sessions. The film first reached British viewers through Frost on Sunday four days after shooting. [1]
The story in real places
Twickenham Film Studios
St Margarets, London
The invited audience joins the film
4 September 1968
Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed the Hey Jude promotional film at Twickenham Film Studio on 4 September 1968, with around 300 invited people joining the finale and Paul McCartney singing live. [1]
Reading the place today
These are production-site references. Follow the studio operators’ access arrangements and do not enter a building or soundstage on the strength of a historical association. The film’s set and crowd are not permanent visitor attractions.
Sources
- Hey Jude: music video — Apple Corps. Checked 2026-10-16.
- Hey Jude — Apple Corps. Checked 2026-10-16.