With a Little Help from My Friends

With a Little Help from My Friends is the title of a 1967 song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded on The Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The song was sung by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.

An early working title for the song was "Badfinger Boogie", which later became the inspiration for the name of the band Badfinger.

The song has been number one on the British singles charts three times; once when it was recorded by Joe Cocker in 1968 and a second time when it was covered by Wet Wet Wet in 1988 and a third time when it was covered by Sam and Mark in 2004. Cocker's version is considered by many to be the best ever cover version of a Beatles song.

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Abbey Road \| Beatles for Sale \| A Hard Day's Night \| Help \| Let It Be \| Magical Mystery Tour \| Please Please Me \| Revolver \| Rubber Soul \| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band \| The White Album \| With the Beatles \| Yellow Submarine
'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite' \| 'A Day in the Life' \| 'Get Back' \| 'Helter Skelter' \| 'Hey Jude' \| 'Here, There and Everywhere' \| 'I Am the Walrus' \| 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' \| 'Let It Be' \| 'The Long and Winding Road' \| 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' \| 'Penny Lane' \| 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' \| 'Revolution' \| 'Strawberry Fields Forever' \| 'When I'm Sixty-Four' \| 'With a Little Help from My Friends' \| 'Yesterday'
The Beatles 1 \| The Beatles Anthology \| Let It Be... Naked \| Past Masters, Volume One \| Past Masters, Volume Two