Learn English – Possessive of Quoted Song Title in Quotes

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Without recasting the following sentence, is the possessive of the quoted song title correctly punctuated as exampled? I am aware that it can be reworded to avoid the problem, but I wanted to know whether 'punctuation-wise' this is correct. Song titles receive quotes; album titles are italicized.

“Hey Jude” ’s popularity reached unprecedented heights in 1968.

Best Answer

Song titles can be italicised, and that would make this far less awkward.

Hey Jude’s popularity reached unprecedented heights in 1968.

Better still to reword it to avoid the possessive altogether, though.