Australian singles charts:
Help! entered the Kent charts on 24 July 1965 and was a #1 hit. The song was #3 on the Top 100 of 1965.
Album:
The song is on the Help! soundtrack album which entered the Kent album charts on 18 September 1965. It went straight to #1 in its first week and sat there for 9 weeks. The album returned to #1 twice more in 1966.
Songwriters:
John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Producer:
George Martin
Record label of Australian release:
Parlophone
Wikipedia:
Help! by Beatles served as the title song for their 1965 film and its soundtrack album.
Credited to Lennon–McCartney, Help! was written by John Lennon with some help from Paul McCartney.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help!_(song)
Songfacts:
John Lennon has described this time of his life as his “fat Elvis period.” In a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone, Lennon said this is one of his favorite Beatles records, because, “I meant it – it’s real.” He added: “The lyric is as good now as it was then. It is no different, and it makes me feel secure to know that I was that aware of myself then. It was just me singing ‘Help’ and I meant it.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beatles/help
Lyrics:
(When) When I was younger (When I was young) so much younger than today
(I never need) I never needed anybody’s help in any way
(Now) But now these days are gone (These days are gone) and I’m not so self assured
(And now I find) Now I find I’ve changed my mind, I’ve opened up the doors
Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being ’round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won’t you please, please help me?
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 60s
Also on Bang a Gong:
Help! by John Farnham
Help by Deep Purple
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