‘Help!’, The Beatles’ 10th Parlophone single, was released just before the world première of the film of the same name.
The single was issued as Parlophone R 5305, with the b-side ‘I’m Down’. ‘Help!’ was here issued with a slightly different lead vocal from that on the album of the same name.
It entered the UK charts on 29 July, and from 5 August spent three weeks at number one. In all it spent 14 weeks in the charts.
In 1965 the single retailed at six shillings and eight pence.
Page last updated: 4 July 2022
I believe the vocal was different from that of the stereo version of the album because only the mono mix was released as a single. In the mono box set the “Help” album also has that different lead vocal.