| "With a Little Help from My Friends" | |
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 Sheet music cover | |
| Song by the Beatles | |
| from the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | |
| Released | 26 May 1967[1] |
| Recorded | 29–30 March 1967 |
| Studio | EMI, London |
| Genre | Pop rock[2] |
| Length | 2:46 |
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| Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney |
| Producer(s) | George Martin |
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| "With a Little Help from My Friends" by the Beatles on YouTube | |
"With a Little Help from My Friends" is a song recorded by English rock band the Beatles for their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written primarily by Paul McCartney with contributions from John Lennon, and is sung by drummer Ringo Starr (as Sgt. Pepper singer Billy Shears), his lead vocal for the album. As the second track on the album, it segues from the applause on the title track.
A subsequent recording of the track by Joe Cocker became a success in 1968—topping the UK Singles Chart—and an anthem for the Woodstock era.[3] In 1978, the Beatles' recording, paired with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", was reissued as a single, and peaked at number 63 in Britain and number 71 in the United States. Starr has regularly performed the song in concert as a solo artist. The song was ranked number 311 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
- ^ Everett 1999, p. 123. "In the United Kingdom Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ... was rush-released six days ahead of its official date, June 1."
- ^ R. Staley, Samuel (2020). The Beatles and Economics - Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and the Making of a Cultural Revolution. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780429776410.
- ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 247.