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The song was originally recorded for Help! in June 1965, but was rejected for inclusion on the album. [2] When Rubber Soul fell one song short for a Christmas release, the Beatles revisited "Wait". Overdubs were added to the initial recording so it would blend in better with the more recent songs on Rubber Soul .
The record was the Beatles' ninth consecutive chart-topping single in the UK [46] and the band's fastest-selling single there since "Can't Buy Me Love", their previous McCartney-led A-side. [9] [47] At the following year's Ivor Novello Awards, "We Can Work It Out" was acknowledged as the best-selling single of 1965, ahead of "Help!"
The Beatles did not particularly enjoy filming Help!, [7] nor were they pleased with the end product. In 1970, John Lennon said they felt like extras in their own film: The film was out of our control. With A Hard Day's Night, we had a lot of input, and it was semi-realistic. But with Help!, Dick Lester didn't tell us what it was all about.
The Beatles performing the song in Help! Lennon is playing the same Hohner Pianet used on the track. [34] "The Night Before" was one of seven songs selected by director Richard Lester for use in Help! [35] The song's film sequence was shot over 3–5 May 1965 and consists of the band miming to the track on Salisbury Plain. [36]
"The Beatles' Movie Medley" is a compilation of snippets from various Beatles songs. The single peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and No. 10 on the British charts in 1982. The songs were chosen from the Beatles' films, A Hard Day's Night , Help! , Magical Mystery Tour , Yellow Submarine and Let It Be .
"Blue Jay Way" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written by George Harrison, it was released in 1967 on the group's Magical Mystery Tour EP and album. The song was named after a street in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles where Harrison stayed in August 1967, shortly before visiting the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco.
The Beatles in a screenshot from the trailer for their 1965 film Help!. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are commonly regarded as the most influential band of all time. [1]
The Beatles (then The Quarrymen), recorded a home version on a Grundig tape recorder in April or May, 1960. The Beatles version featured guitars by Harrison and Lennon and vocals from Paul McCartney. Canadian jazz musicians to record the song include Bert Niosi (1946), Peter Appleyard (1957), Ed Bickert (1979), and Oscar Peterson (1980).