Help!
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“Help!” | |||||
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Single by The Beatles | |||||
B-side | "I'm Down" | ||||
Released | 6 August 1965 (UK) 13 August 1965 (US) |
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Format | 7" | ||||
Recorded | Abbey Road Studios: 13 April 1965 | ||||
Genre | Rock | ||||
Length | 2:21 (UK) 2:39(US) |
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Label | Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US) |
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Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
Producer | George Martin | ||||
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“ | We think it's one of the best we've written. | „ |
—John Lennon, 1965 |
“ | The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. When 'Help' came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think it's just a fast rock 'n roll song. I didn't realize it at the time; I just wrote the song because I was commissioned to write it for the movie. But later, I knew I really was crying out for help. So it was my fat Elvis period. You see the movie: He -- I -- is very fat, very insecure, and he's completely lost himself. And I am singing about when I was so much younger and all the rest, looking back at how easy it was. Now I may be very positive... yes, yes... but I also go through deep depressions where I would like to jump out the window, you know. It becomes easier to deal with as I get older; I don't know whether you learn control or, when you grow up, you calm down a little. Anyway, I was fat and depressed and I was crying out for help. | „ |
—John Lennon, 1980 |
“ | John wrote that... well, John and I wrote it at his house in Weybridge for the film. I think the title was out of desperation. | „ |
—Paul McCartney, 1984 |