Help! is a song by The Beatles, written primarily by John Lennon though Paul McCartney reports that he had a hand in writing the song as well, being called in "to complete it" in a two-hour writing session on 4 April 1965. The song is featured in the film Help! and is on the album of the same name. The song was released as a single in 1965, with "I'm Down" as its B side, and stayed #1 for three weeks in both the USA and UK.