Help! (song)

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"Help!"
Beatles help2.jpg
US picture sleeve
Single by the Beatles
from the album Help!
B-side "I'm Down"
Released
  • 19 July 1965 (1965-07-19) (US)
  • 23 July 1965 (UK)
Recorded13 April 1965 (stereo version); 13 April and 24 May 1965 (mono version)
Studio EMI, London
Genre Folk rock [1]
Length2:18
Label
Songwriter(s) Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s) George Martin
The Beatles UKsingles chronology
"Ticket to Ride"
(1965)		"Help!"
(1965)		"Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out"
(1965)
The Beatles USsingles chronology
"Ticket to Ride"
(1965)		"Help!"
(1965)		"Yesterday"
(1965)

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for "Help!"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France—100,000 [55]
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [56] Gold30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [57] Gold987,769 [58]
United States (RIAA) [59] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Bananarama version

"Help!"
Bananarama Help single.jpg
Single by Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo
from the album Greatest Hits Collection
B-side
  • "Help!" (Straight version) (7-inch)
  • "Love in a Factory" (12-inch)
Released13 February 1989 (1989-02-13) [60]
RecordedJanuary 1989
Studio PWL, London
Genre
Length
  • 2:58 (single version)
  • 6:31 (extended version)
Label London
Songwriter(s) Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s) Stock Aitken Waterman
Bananarama singles chronology
"Nathan Jones"
(1988)		"Help!"
(1989)		"Cruel Summer '89"
(1989)

British girl group Bananarama covered the song with comedians French & Saunders and Kathy Burke, who were credited as Lananeeneenoonoo, which is a spoof of the Bananarama name. [61] The song was released in February 1989 as the Red Nose Day single to raise money for Comic Relief. It was then included on the 1989 re-release of Bananarama's Greatest Hits Collection album. The single peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and was a Top-10 hit in several countries. [62]

Background and release

In December 1988, comedy duo French and Saunders did a Christmas special sketch that poked fun at Bananarama, with Dawn French playing a character based on Keren Woodward and Jennifer Saunders playing Sara Dallin. Guest comedian Kathy Burke played a character based on Jacquie O'Sullivan. The sketch featured the trio recording music, being interviewed and making a video. [63]

French said she and Saunders were fans of Bananarama, and researched the sketch by watching interviews and talking to sources close to the band. [61] Bananarama said they "saw [the sketch] before it was even on television" and "everyone thought we would be furious... but we really laughed. It was hilarious". O'Sullivan described the sketch, which depicted a sometimes hostile dynamic towards her often drunk character, as accurate. [61]

After the sketch, Comic Relief decided to get in touch with French and Saunders to ask if they would do a single with Bananarama, so long as the latter would agree to it, which they did "without hesitation". [64]

The single was then released in February for the second Red Nose Day. Two-thirds of money from the sales of the single went to relief work in Africa, with the other third going to fight homelessness and drug and alcohol abuse in the UK and Ireland. [64] [60] With the huge popular success of Red Nose Day, the single was also a hit, peaking at number 3 in the UK on the week of Red Nose Day (10 March) and staying at that position the following week. [65] [62] This meant it became Bananarama's joint highest-charting song, along with "Robert De Niro's Waiting" and "Love in the First Degree". [65]

"Help!" was released with a B-side different version of the song, entitled as the bracketed "Straight Version" which removed the comedic parts by Lananeeneenoonoo. The 12-inch single featured another collaboration with Lananeeneenoonoo, "Love In The Factory", which was an improvised conversation sketch comedy featuring the two groups meeting in the studio.

For the 7-inch single release in Europe (outside of the UK) and Japan, the sides were switched, with the "Straight Version" of the song on the A-side. [66] [67] This was due to the fact the three comedians were not so well known outside of the UK.

Music video

The comedic music video was directed by Andy Morahan [68] and features the members of Bananarama and Lananeeneenoonoo all dressed in matching outfits. Their choreographed performance of the song is interspersed with scenes of the two groups attempting to ski and ride kick scooters around the film studio. Several shirtless male backup dancers — credited as Bassie, Norman, and Paul — accompany them as they perform the song. [68] Lananeeneenoonoo are featured with dialogue in the recording studio, and the production team look on in despair at their attempts at backing vocals.

Track listings

7-inch: London / LON 222 (UK) [69]

  1. "Help!" – 2:58
  2. "Help" (Straight Version) – 2:22

7-inch: London / 886 492-7 / SOOP 1111 (Europe & Japan) [66] [ better source needed ] [67] [ better source needed ]

  1. "Help!" (Straight version) – 2:22
  2. "Help!" (Comedy version) – 2:58

12-inch: London / LONX 222 (UK) [69]

  1. "Help!" (Extended version) – 6:31
  2. "Love In The Factory" (Extended version) – 4:17

CD: London / LONCD 222 (UK) [69]

  1. "Help!" – 2:58
  2. "Help" (Straight version) – 2:22
  3. "Love In The Factory" (Extended version) – 4:17

CD Mini: London / 886 598-3 / P00L 40008 (Germany & Japan) [69]

  1. "Help" (Straight Version) – 2:22
  2. "Help!" – 2:58

Personnel

Musicians

Technical [68]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) [90] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [91] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Other cover versions

Notes

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