Help! (song)

"Help!"
US picture sleeve
Single by the Beatles
from the album Help!
B-side	"I'm Down"
Released	19 July 1965 (1965-07-19) (US) 23 July 1965 (UK)
Recorded	13 April 1965 (stereo version); 13 April and 24 May 1965 (mono version)
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Folk rock[1]
Length	2:18
Label	Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US)
Songwriter(s)	Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)	George Martin
The Beatles UK singles chronology
"Ticket to Ride" (1965) "Help!" (1965) "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out" (1965)
The Beatles US singles chronology
"Ticket to Ride" (1965) "Help!" (1965) "Yesterday" (1965)
Promotional film
"Help!" on YouTube

"Help!" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that served as the title song for the 1965 film and the band's accompanying soundtrack album. It was released as a single in July 1965, and was number one for three weeks in the United States and the United Kingdom. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, "Help!" was written by John Lennon with some assistance from Paul McCartney. During an interview with Playboy in 1980, Lennon recounted: "The whole Beatles thing was just beyond comprehension. I was subconsciously crying out for help".

The song was ranked at number 29 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004 and 2010,^[2] and then was re-ranked at number 447 in the 2021 list.^[3] In 2008, the 1965 Capitol Records recording of "Help!" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.^[4]