Hey Jude is the ninth studio album by soul singer Wilson Pickett, recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and released in 1969. The title track, a cover of the Beatles song of the same name, was a success, peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard R&B singles chart and No. 23 on the top 200. Also released as a single was a cover of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild", which was less successful.