Help Top Ten: Help! (#10)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86812)
United States
March 24, 2022 10:49am CST
It’s time to start another countdown, this one featuring songs that have “help” in the title. Everybody knew this song would be on the countdown, and why not….the countdown is named after this song. 
Let’s get this show on the road!
#10: Help! - The Beatles
According to Picky Wedia, John Lennon said the one word that kept coming to his mind in the midst of all the Beatlemania was help. It’s understandable: while some acts’ careers go from zero to sixty in a couple of years, the Beatles went from zero to infinity in a month.
So the plea to “help me get my feet back on the ground” was very, very real.
And it produced a real classic.
Help!
Written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney)
Recorded by The Beatles
From Help!, 1965
I do appreciate you being round:
Let’s get this show on the road!
#10: Help! - The Beatles
According to Picky Wedia, John Lennon said the one word that kept coming to his mind in the midst of all the Beatlemania was help. It’s understandable: while some acts’ careers go from zero to sixty in a couple of years, the Beatles went from zero to infinity in a month.
So the plea to “help me get my feet back on the ground” was very, very real.
And it produced a real classic.
Help!
Written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney)
Recorded by The Beatles
From Help!, 1965
I do appreciate you being round:
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Mar 22
Dare I put in writing that I am NOT a Beatles fan?!?!?!? I will deny it!!!!
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@FourWalls (86812)
• United States
24 Mar 22
It’s okay with me. I am a Beatles fan, but I think they were far more hype than quality. Still, it was very easy for me to put a top ten Beatles songs list together….although they were all Paul songs.
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@FourWalls (86812)
• United States
25 Mar 22
@xander6464 — they were like that. They never paid royalties to Rose Marie and Valarie Harper for the reference in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.”
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
25 Mar 22
@FourWalls Oh so do I like it better than that one
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@FourWalls (86812)
• United States
25 Mar 22
I like it better than “With a Little Help From My Friends.” Well, that’s not totally true: I prefer “With a Little Help From My Friends” as a stand-alone song.
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@FourWalls (86812)
• United States
27 Mar 22
Yeah, I know. But this didn’t even make my top ten Beatles songs list, so….
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
29 Mar 22
@FourWalls I can understand - there were so many great songs to choose from. Still, the line, "When I was younger so much younger than today," tends to ring through my mind a lot now that I'm 60 and counting.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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25 Mar 22
Boy, one word sure says a lot and I'm sure at times The Beatles definitely needed some. Fun fact: This song and Paul's "Yesterday" were the only Fab Four songs with one-word titles!
Of course when it came to music and creativity in the studio the Beatles needed little HELP.
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@FourWalls (86812)
• United States
26 Mar 22
That’s true, and the scant “help” they DID need came from Sir George Martin!
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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26 Mar 22
@FourWalls That's right my friend. A Yoda like master to help engineer/compose/produce those masterpieces 
The Fifth Beatle for sure!
The Fifth Beatle for sure!1 person likes this
@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Mar 22
Now that was sort of the song for my friends and me at high school, Anytime something went wrong one of us began with Help me I'm feeling down etc etc etc,
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@FourWalls (86812)
• United States
25 Mar 22
Truthfully, given all they endured I’m genuinely surprised all four of them did survive that pressure of being “the Beatles.” It’s no doubt what drove them apart, too, sadly. 
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
24 Mar 22
This one brings back some beautiful memories, while this famous groups was still producing excellent music together:)
John and George's deaths, like losing family members
John and George's deaths, like losing family members1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (222702)
• United States
24 Mar 22
I was a teen when this came out, I went to their concert...I was immersed in Beatles!
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@58lordstreet (1668)
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25 Mar 22
you do get to hate some of the really popular ones eventually but there are some hidden gems that dont get much airplay
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