With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 / false start and take 2 / instrumental)

~ Recording by The Beatles

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.2With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 – false start and take 2 – instrumental)3:17The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2 CD Remastered 50th Anniversary Edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • US2017-05-26
Apple Records, ParlophoneB0026524-02, PCS 7027
2.2With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 - False Start and take 2 - Instrumental)3:17The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (anniversary edition)The BeatlesAlbum
Apple Records, Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”), Parlophone602557455342, PCS 7027
3.14With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 – false start and take 2 – instrumental)3:15The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (super deluxe edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XW2017-05-26
Apple Records, Parlophone0602557455328, PCS 7027
2.2With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 – false start and take 2 – instrumental)3:17The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2CD Anniversary Edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XE2017-05-26
Parlophone0602557455366
2.2With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 / false start and take 2 / instrumental)3:17The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (deluxe edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • US2017-05-26
Apple Records, Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)none
2.2With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 / false start and take 2 / instrumental)3:17The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (deluxe edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • -2017-05-26
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)[none]
2.2With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 / false start and take 2 / instrumental)3:17The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (deluxe edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • JP2017-05-26
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)
2.2With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 / false start and take 2 / instrumental)3:17The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Deluxe Anniversary Edition)The BeatlesAlbum
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)
3.14With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 / false start and take 2 / instrumental)3:15The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (super deluxe edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XW2018-09-21
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)
3.14With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 / false start & take 2 / instrumental)3:15The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (super deluxe edition) (2017 remix & remaster)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XW2018-09-21
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)
3.14With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 / false start and take 2 / instrumental)3:15The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (super deluxe edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XW2018-09-21
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)
1.6With a Little Help From My Friends (take 1 / false start and take 2 / instrumental)3:17The BeatlesStudy Songs, Vol. 2The BeatlesEP + Compilation
  • -2020-12-18
FP
Bootleg
2.25With A Little Help From My Friends (take 1 - false start and take 2 - instrumental)3:16The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (anniversary edition)The BeatlesAlbum
Apple Records (fake label; use for unofficial releases purporting to be on Apple Records), Universal Music Group (For unofficial releases with Universal Music Group logo), Parlophone (BOOTLEG LABEL pretending to be the real one)4607147921609, PCS 7023

Relationships

engineer:Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
mixer:Giles Martin (producer)
cowbell:John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-29)
drums (drum set):Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-29)
guitar:George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-29)
organ:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1967-03-29)
piano:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-03-29)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-03-29)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2gawXn44H4l6M5rUT26uZC [info]
recording of:With a Little Help From My Friends (on 1967-03-29: demo)

With a Little Help From My Friends

writer:John Lennon (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:ATV (Northern Songs Catalog)
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney)
Northern Songs Ltd. (, in 1967)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) (from 1967 to present)
referred to in medleys:All Together Now (medley) (order: 2)
later parody versions:Living in Hope
With Little Help From My Friends (parody)
later translated versions:Con una pequeña ayuda
Jeder braucht einen Freund (With a Little Help From My Friends)
is the basis for:Лезгинка (With a Little Help from My Friends)