Talk:With a Little Help from My Friends

message: Is it bad form to mention that the song is probably about masturbation? the iceman 04:44, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is more likely to be about illegal drug use; friends = drugs. The line "I get high with a little help from my friends" strongly suggests that. It could be about masturbation, but that is less likely; few people would say / consider that they get 'high' by masturbating. Nietzsche 2 (talk) 01:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Meaning

message: I've changed the introduction to the Origins as it seemed to start off after the song had been written. I've added a link to Hunter Davies's biography as that describes the song's composition in some detail. I've also added the date the song was recorded - taken from Mark Lewisohn's complete recording sessions - but I don't yet know how to add citations!
Apepper 22:08, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrote the origins slightly 

message: In an album I recently got - "Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66" I found this same song, with a very different tune. Anyone know though of when did Sergio rewrite this or was it his original by chance?
Abhishekbh 08:01, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another version by Sergio Mendes? 

message: I read that Spiro Agnew tried to get the song banned from radio play when Sgt. Pepper first came out. Nothing on this? Pele Merengue 02:06, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ban in 1967? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:With A Little Help From My Friends.jpg

message: "(In the early days, after George Harrison made a passing comment that he liked jelly babies, the group was pelted with them at all of their live performances.)[2]"
I find it hard to believe that this happened at EVERY show, especially if it was just a passing comment and not even a lyric. I don't have the book that is sourced so I guess I can't check. If it honestly says that in the book, then please disregard this comment.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.224.208.60 (talk) 16:47, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I do have the book sourced, and I looked on page 242, but it couldn't verify this information. This fact is also in the Jelly baby article, but in the article, it is tagged with Citation needed, and even then it only says that fans showered them with jelly babies "at live concerts". Bulldog edit my talk page da contribs review me 17:55, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jelly Babies? 

message: Ringo Starr or Lennon & McCartney? The text says: 
"With a Little Help from My Friends" (originally titled A Little Help from My Friends) is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, released on The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. The song was written for and sung by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr
I'm not sure, but I'd say Lennon & McCartney wrote 'Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band' while 'With a little help from my friends' was written by Ringo Starr.  Saki Amamiya (talk) 11:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Lennon and McCartney wrote "With a Little Help from My Friends". As the article says, they wrote the song for Starr. — John Cardinal (talk) 18:38, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who wrote the song? 

message: Joe Cocker recorded "With a Little Help from My Friends" and also an album by the same name. Steve Winwood appeared on two of the album's tracks, but it seems he did not play on the title track although he is often credited as doing so (presumably because of confusion over the album's name). This is just a little note to prevent that mistake from being made here as well (unless someone has a good reference to prove he was on this song too?? ) --82.25.111.182 (talk) 02:31, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joe Cocker and Steve Winwood 

message: The timing is shown as 4:46 which is misleading. The single has two songs on the A side, which total 4:46 - the timing of this song should be 2:44, ie same as album version (they are, after all, identical). --Redrose64 (talk) 21:21, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timing of single 

message: It currently says the Beatles release is 1978? Can't be right.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.190.53.189 (talk) 06:40, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Many Beatles songs were released (or re-released) as singles were released since they broke up in 1970.  GoingBatty (talk) 02:59, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates 

message: I thought the song was originally named With a Little Help from my friends, hence, the label and album cover reprints...I own a 1967 copy that has A little Help from my Friends on the album and Album cover, LATER they did reprint to have the title be With a Little Help from My Friends...Do we have a source that states that A little help from my friends was the original title..??Coal town guy (talk) 16:51, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have both the mono and stereo first pressings, and the title on both is "A Little Help from my Friends". I doubt if this is notable, and I doubt that this is the correct title. Radiopathy •talk•   00:12, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, so why do we have the song title in the article intro, AND in parenthesis, originally called A Little Help from my Friends, when I have not yet found a documented source that states, oh yes, it was originally called x?? ESPECIALLY since BOTH Capitol and Parlaophone reprinted their albums and album sleeves with the corrected titles????, Good on you for having the mono mix, I prefer it..Coal town guy (talk) 02:20, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: [HERE]  and [HERE]is a Capitol records site and a UK release site, stating that the title was "corrected" to WITH a Little Help from My Friends...Coal town guy (talk) 02:31, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Song title 

message: Reading the page, I suddenly realized that - if the data are correct - this song hit #1 in the UK with 3 separate covers.
Joe Cocker, Wet Wet Wet, and Sam & Mark all hit #1 in the UK with their cover versions.
What other song has ever achieved that?  Especially since the original Beatles version did not hit #1 anywhere. 2603:3024:264:A100:7D58:E13E:D33B:9A73 (talk) 06:02, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did this song hit #1 in the UK a full 3 separate times?