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Which came first: Cheerios or Hey Jude?

Cheerios came first, in 1941 (launched). Hey Jude followed 27 years later, in 1968 (released).

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  1. First1941

    Cheerios

    food · launched

    Cheerios first went on sale in 1941 as CheeriOats.

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  2. Second1968

    Hey Jude

    song · released

    Hey Jude, from 1968, lasts more than seven minutes.

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.