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 re stated that the album's title track was a sincere cry for help; he regret ted changing it from a downbeat, piano-driven ballad to an uptempo pop song, whi ch 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 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 rlophone would 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.)arrison contribute d "I Need You" and "You Like Me Too Much", his first compositions to be included on a Beatles album since "Don't Bother Me" on 1963's With the Beatles. The re stated that the album's title track was a sincere cry for help; he regret ted changing it from a downbeat, piano-driven ballad to an uptempo pop song, whi ch 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 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.) uptempo 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