770 The Beatles “Help” 1965

Lennon said in a Playboy interview, “When Help! came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think it’s just a fast rock’ n’ roll song. I didn’t realize it at the time; I just wrote the song because I was commissioned to write it for the movie. But later, I knew I was really crying out for help. So it was my fat Elvis period…I was fat and depressed and I was crying out for help” (Tim Riley, Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary, 1988). 

The Beatles “Help”