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专辑以及单曲背景
约翰列侬1980年接受‘花花公子’杂志David Sheff的采访时：“当Help!在65年推出时，我其实是在大喊救命。大部分人们认为它只是一首节奏快速的摇滚歌曲。我当时并没有意识到这一点，我只是单纯的写歌因为我被任命去为这首电影配乐。但是不久以后，我便明白了我当时确实是在大喊救命。那是我的“胖猫王”时期。你如果去看这部电影的话，你就会发现电影里的他身材走样，十分无助和缺乏安全感，而且他完全地迷失了自己。我在唱一些关于当我还很年轻时啊以及歌词里的那些内容，其实也在回头看以前事情是多么的简单。现在我也许十分乐观积极，但是我也会时常有那种想要跳出窗户的人生低谷，但是即使这样，我发现随着年龄的增长，对付这些烦恼变得越来越简单了。我不知道是否是因为你学会去控制，但当你成长了，你便会沉着冷静了许多。无论如何，我当时确实是又胖又沮丧，并大喊着救命。”
When "Help!" came out in '65, 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 really was crying out for help. It was my fat Elvis period. You see the movie: He — I — is very fat, very insecure, and he's completely lost himself. And I am singing about when I was so much younger and all the rest, looking back at how easy it was. Now I may be very positive — yes, yes — but I also go through deep depressions where I would like to jump out the window, you know. It becomes easier to deal with as I get older; I don't know whether you learn control or, when you grow up, you calm down a little. Anyway, I was fat and depressed and I was crying out for help.[2]
专辑封面
封面上，披头士们用手臂通过旗语的方式拼出一个单词。封面拍摄者Robert Freeman称，“我想出了这个用旗语摆出'HELP'这几个字母的注意，但是当我们进行拍摄时，这个效果并不好。所以我们最终决定采用具有最佳摄影效果的手臂摆放。”
在英国Parlophone公司的版本中，封面上披头士们摆出的是“NUJV”，而在美国发行时，Capitol公司采用的是“NVUJ”的样式，在这种样式中，McCartney的左手指着Capitol的标志。[3]
专辑曲目
注：标题括号里的是歌曲的作者，其他皆为Lennon-McCartney[4]
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | 标题 | 主唱 | 长度 |
| 1. | "Help!" | Lennon | 2:18 |
| 2. | "The Night Before" | McCartney | 2:33 |
| 3. | "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | Lennon | 2:08 |
| 4. | "I Need You" (George Harrison) | Harrison | 2:28 |
| 5. | "Another Girl" | McCartney | 2:05 |
| 6. | "You're Going to Lose That Girl" | Lennon | 2:17 |
| 7. | "Ticket to Ride" | Lennon with McCartney | 3:10 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | 标题 | 主唱 | 长度 |
| 1. | "Act Naturally" (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison) | Starr | 2:29 |
| 2. | "It's Only Love" | Lennon | 1:54 |
| 3. | "You Like Me Too Much" (George Harrison) | Harrison | 2:35 |
| 4. | "Tell Me What You See" | McCartney and Lennon | 2:36 |
| 5. | "I've Just Seen a Face" | McCartney | 2:04 |
| 6. | "Yesterday" | McCartney | 2:03 |
| 7. | "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Larry Williams) | Lennon | 2:53[4] |
曲目人员安排
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | 标题 | 主唱 | 长度 |
| 1. | "Help!" | Lennon | 2:18 |
| 2. | "The Night Before" | McCartney | 2:33 |
| 3. | "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | Lennon | 2:08 |
| 4. | "I Need You" (George Harrison) | Harrison | 2:28 |
| 5. | "Another Girl" | McCartney | 2:05 |
| 6. | "You're Going to Lose That Girl" | Lennon | 2:17 |
| 7. | "Ticket to Ride" | Lennon with McCartney | 3:10 |
专辑相关
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | 标题 | 主唱 | 长度 |
| 1. | "Act Naturally" (Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison) | Starr | 2:29 |
| 2. | "It's Only Love" | Lennon | 1:54 |
| 3. | "You Like Me Too Much" (George Harrison) | Harrison | 2:35 |
| 4. | "Tell Me What You See" | McCartney and Lennon | 2:36 |
| 5. | "I've Just Seen a Face" | McCartney | 2:04 |
| 6. | "Yesterday" | McCartney | 2:03 |
| 7. | "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Larry Williams) | Lennon | 2:53[4] |
专辑赏析
help!依据： Mark Lewisohn 和Alan W. Pollack.
- John Lennon– lead, harmony and background vocals; rhythm guitar; electric piano
- Paul McCartney– lead, harmony and background vocals; lead and bass guitars; electric and acoustic pianos; güiro
- George Harrison– harmony and background vocals; lead and rhythm guitars; 主唱 "I Need You"
- Ringo Starr– drums and miscellaneous percussion;主唱"Act Naturally"
- 另外人员
- George Martin– producer, piano on "You Like Me Too Much"
- John Scott– tenor and alto flutes on "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
- String quartet on "Yesterday", arranged by Martin in association with McCartney[4]
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