Paul McCartney told Billboard two people heard “Help!” before the public did. “I turned up at John’s house for a writing session and saw the opportunity to add a descant [melody in the second verse],” ...

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr began filming the second Beatles movie on Feb. 23, 1965. The project was originally named Eight Arms to Hold You, an innocent but prophetic ...

A 1965 classic rock song by The Beatles has been ranked as having the greatest opening line among classic rock songs, with “Help!” taking the No. 1 spot on Collider’s list. Released in 1965, “Help!” ...

That might not seem like a big deal, and maybe the band itself didn’t give it a second thought. However, the limitations of early 1960s pop songwriting meant that the three-minute mark was rarely ...