With A Little Help From My Friends (4:56)
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“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 as the character “Billy Shears”; it is ranked #304 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Joe Cocker’s version was a radical re-arrangement of the original, in a slower, 6/8 meter, in a different key, using different chords in the middle eight, and a lengthy instrumental introduction (featuring drums by Procol Harum’s B.J. Wilson and guitar lines from Jimmy Page). It was used as the opening theme song of the American television series The Wonder Years and is one of Joe Cocker’s most famous songs. Cocker can be seen performing the song at Woodstock in 1969 and can be seen in the related documentary film, “3 Days of Peace and Music”. The cover was ranked #2 in UpVenue’s top 10 best music covers of all time in 2009.[4]
The version heard in the film Across the Universe segues from the original to Joe Cocker’s arrangement at the end of the song.
Joe Cocker’s version was a radical re-arrangement of the original, in a slower, 6/8 meter, in a different key, using different chords in the middle eight, and a lengthy instrumental introduction (featuring drums by Procol Harum’s B.J. Wilson and guitar lines from Jimmy Page). It was used as the opening theme song of the American television series The Wonder Years and is one of Joe Cocker’s most famous songs. Cocker can be seen performing the song at Woodstock in 1969 and can be seen in the related documentary film, “3 Days of Peace and Music”. The cover was ranked #2 in UpVenue’s top 10 best music covers of all time in 2009.[4]
The version heard in the film Across the Universe segues from the original to Joe Cocker’s arrangement at the end of the song.
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BlindMuddyWolf wrote:
sooooo much better than the teeny-bopper beatles bubble gum version.
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speedking1956 wrote:
woodstock lässt grüßen, love, peace and happyness, hare krishna etc.!
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EastHasting wrote:
The Wonder Years, Winnie, Woodstock, great cover :)
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archange08 wrote:
yeahhhhhhhhhhhh man !! great souind!!!!
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cincotta25 wrote:
wasted version....please ; )
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traubster wrote:
The Wonder Years
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P-Werchowenskij wrote:
Beatles? Cocker? I favourize the original version, it's a Klingon Traditional!
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boscodegama wrote:
two things come to mind when i here this song. 1. The Wonder Years & 2. John Belushi's version of this song on Saturday Night Live. good times.
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hiho59 wrote:
WOODSTOCK...........watch it once a week ........stoned of course , sad old sod that i am......
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delaluis wrote:
neva liked this tune... always reminded me of that jarring wonder years show... then i saw it in the simpsons... its a classic. If Homer can groove 2this so can I....
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BennyT11 wrote:
great but the woodstock version is definitive. I miss that guy at the end shouting "the weather, the weather, look at the weather". ha ha
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reneemelia wrote:
I want the wasted woodstock version!! haha..
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fraggletime wrote:
asbolute perfection
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Giusychevola wrote:
I love this song,reminds me of the good old!
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jennaaaa_x0 wrote:
<3
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elculebra wrote:
This is the best song I've ever heard, a true music lesson
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leudh wrote:
How do I fell at the end of the day? Well, a little tired, man...
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xxbrooke16xx wrote:
Great cover, reminds me of Wonder Years.
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SvenBen83 wrote:
Wonder Years <3
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chaub wrote:
totally Joes, Even the Beatles got to love this version
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