"Help" by The Beatles Original Painting Editions while the lyrics have been

while the lyrics have been likened to the "stylised sleaze" of The Velvet Underground

and we took it downstairs the same evening and we cut it

reinvention and striking visual presentation

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The song is considered to be one of the all-time greatest rock songs ever recorded

"Help" by The Beatles Original Painting Editions while the lyrics have beenHelp! went to No. 1 on both the UK and US singles charts in late summer 1965. It was the fourth of six number one singles in a row on the American charts. Writer Ian MacDonald describes the song as the "first crack in the protective shell" Lennon had built around his emotions during the Beatles' rise to fame, and an important milestone in his songwriting style. Lennon himself stated to Playboy magazine that "I was fat and depressed and I was crying