Help!

is the fifth British and tenth North American album by English rock group the Beatles, and the soundtrack from their film Help!. Produced by George Martin for EMI's Parlophone Records, it contains fourteen songs in its original Britis h form, of which seven appeared in the film. These songs took up the first side of the vinyl album and included the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride". The se cond side contained seven other releases including the most-covered song ever wr itten, "Yesterday".[12] The American release was a true soundtrack album, mixing the first seven songs w ith orchestral material from the film. Of the other seven songs that were on the British release, two were released on the US version of the next Beatles album, Rubber Soul, two were back-to-back on the next US single and then appeared on Y esterday and Today, and three had already been on Beatles VI. In 2012, Help! was voted 331st on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Grea test Albums of All Time".[13] In September 2013, after the British Phonographic Industry changed their sales award rules, the album was declared as having gone platinum.[14] Contents [hide] girl living together. McCartney called the arrangement "quite radical". George Harrison contributed "I Need You" and "You Like Me Too Much", his first c ompositions to be included on a Beatles album since "Don't Bother Me" on 1963's With the Beatles. The record contained two cover versions and a few tracks more closely related to the group's previous pop output, yet still marked a decisive step forward. The record sleeve-note shows that Lennon and McCartney made more extensive and promi nent use of keyboards, previously played unobtrusively by Martin. Four-track ove rdubbing technology encouraged this. Lennon, for his part, made much greater use of acoustic guitar, forsaking his famous Rickenbacker. All these developments c an be traced to the previous Beatles for Sale, where they were less obvious beca use that album had been recorded more hastily, lacked chart hits and contained m any cover versions.[citation needed] The original LP's format of featuring songs from the soundtrack on side one and non-soundtrack songs on side two follows the format of A Hard Day's Night. When "Help!" came out in '65, I was actually crying out for help. Most people th ink 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. It was my fat Elvis period. You see th I is very fat, very insecure, and he's completely lost himself. And e movie: He 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 easi er 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 c rying out for help. John Lennon[17] In later years, Lennon stated that the album's title track was a sincere cry for help; he regretted changing it from a downbeat, piano-driven ballad to an uptem po pop song, which was done only as a result of commercial pressures.[18][19] Help! was the band's final British album (except for the late 1966 "oldies" albu m) to feature any cover songs until 1970's Let It Be (which included a performan ce of the traditional folk song "Maggie Mae"). (In 1966, Capitol would release " Act Naturally", already on the British Help! album, on Yesterday and Today, and later in 1966 Parlophone would release that "oldies" album, which included "Bad Boy"; both songs had been recorded before Help! was released.) John Lennon[17] In later years, Lennon stated that the album's title track was a sincere cry for help; he regretted changing it from a downbeat, piano-driven ballad to an uptem po pop song, which was done only as a result of commercial pressures.[18][19] Help! was the band's final British album (except for the late 1966 "oldies" albu m) to feature any cover songs until 1970's Let It Be (which included a performan ce of the traditional folk song "Maggie Mae"). (In 1966, Capitol would release "

Act Naturally", already on the British Help! album, on Yesterday and Today, and later in 1966 Parlophone would release that "oldies" album, which included "Bad Boy"; both songs had been recorded before Help! was released.) Help! album, on Yesterday and Today, and later in 1966 Parlophone would release that "oldies" album, which included "Bad Boy"; both songs had been recorded befo re Help! was released.) John Lennon[17] In later years, Lennon stated that the album's title track was a sincere cry for help; he regretted changing it from a downbeat, piano-driven ballad to an uptem po pop song, which was done only as a result of commercial pressures.[18][19] Help! was the band's final British album (except for the late 1966 "oldies" albu m) to feature any cover songs until 1970's Let It Be (which included a performan ce of the traditional folk song "Maggie Mae"). (In 1966, Capitol would release " Act Naturally", already on the British Help! album, on Yesterday and Today, and later in 1966 Parlophone would release that "oldies" album, which included "Bad Boy"; both songs had been recorded before Help! was released.)sterday and Today, and later in 1966 Parlophone would release that "oldies" album, which included "Bad Boy"; both songs had been recorded before Help! was released.) John Lennon[17] In later years, Lennon stated that the album's title track was a sincere cry for help; he regretted changing it from a downbeat, piano-driven ballad to an uptem po pop song, which was done only as a result of commercial pressures.[18][19] Help! was the band's final British album (except for the late 1966 "oldies" albu m) to feature any cover songs until 1970's Let It Be (which included a performan ce of the traditional folk song "Maggie Mae"). (In 1966, Capitol would release " Act Naturally", already on the British Help! album, on Yesterday and Today, and late