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Help!

Soundtrack album by The Beatles and Ken Thorne

Released

13 August 1965

Recorded

15–19 February, 13 April, 10 May & 14–17 June 1965

Studio

EMI Studios, London

Genre

Rock
instrumental

Length

28:43

Label

Capitol

Producer

George Martin, Dave Dexter, Jr.

The Beatles North American chronology

Beatles VI
(1965)

Help!
(1965)

Rubber Soul
(1965)

Singles from Help!

"Ticket to Ride"
Released: 19 April 1965
"Help!"
Released: 19 July 1965

Help! is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, the soundtrack from their film Help!, and released in August 1965. Produced by George Martin, it was the fifth UK album release by the band, and contains fourteen songs in its original British form. Seven of these, including the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride", appeared in the film and took up the first side of the vinyl album. The second side contained seven other releases including the most-covered song ever written, "Yesterday".

The American release was a true soundtrack album, mixing the first seven songs with instrumental 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 Yesterday 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 Greatest Albums of All Time". In September 2013, after the British Phonographic Industry changed their sales award rules, the album was declared as having gone platinum.

The album includes Paul McCartney's "Yesterday", arranged for guitar and string quartet and recorded without the other group members. John Lennon's "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" indicates the influence of Bob Dylan and includes flutes. McCartney's "I've Just Seen a Face" had a country flavour.

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