Help!

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Written by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Produced by: George Martin
Released: July '65 on Capitol
Charts: 13 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

"Most people think it's just a fast rock & roll song," Lennon said. "Subconsciously, I was crying out for help. I didn't realize it at the time; I just wrote the song because I was commissioned to write it for the movie." Overwhelmed by Beatlemania, Lennon was eating "like a pig," drinking too much and "smoking marijuana for breakfast" -- at twenty-four, he was already nostalgic for his lost youth. "I don't like the recording that much," Lennon told ROLLING STONE. "We did it too fast, to try and be commercial."

Appears on: Help! (Capitol)

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