Help!

Released:
August 1965 - US & UK

Charted:
#1 US & UK

Album Notes:
US version included orchestral music from the film that was not included on the UK version.

Album Cover Notes:
Originally intended to be the band spelling out the word "help" using semaphore, a system of communicating between ships using flags. As it turned out, the photographer didn't like the way the shot looked, and changed each member's pose so that it looked better, but didn't spell out anything in semaphore.

Track List & Song Info (US version):

Side One
1. "Help!" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Lennon's lyrics dealt with trying to cope with the band's meteoric rise to fame}
2. "The Night Before" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Paul sings, John plays electric piano, on a "she done me wrong" song}
3. "From Me To You Fantasy" (instrumental) (Ken Thome)
4. "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Another song in which Bob Dylan's influence on Lennon is apparent}
5. "I Need You" (Harrison)
      ^{The second Harrison song the band recorded}
6. "In the Tyrol" (instrumental) (Ken Thome)

Side Two
1. "Another Girl" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Marked the first time McCartney played both lead guitar and bass}
2. "Another Hard Day's Night" (instrumental) (Ken Thome)
3. "Ticket To Ride" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Lennon later claimed that this was the first heavy metal song ever recorded}
4. Medley: "The Bitter End" (Ken Thorne)/"You Can't Do That" (instrumental)(Lennon-McCartney)
5. "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Picks up the story line established in "She Loves You"}
6. "The Chase" (instrumental)(Ken Thome)

The instrumentals did not appear on the UK release, which instead featured three songs that had originally appeared on the US release, Beatles VI.