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With a Little Help from My Friends

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney; first recorded by The Beatles
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Summary

With a Little Help from My Friends is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,669 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Paul McCartney[3], John Lennon[4]
  • Genre: blues rock[5]
  • Performer: The Beatles[6], Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66[7], Joe Cocker[8], Toto[9]
  • Part of: With a Little Help from My Friends[10], Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band[11]
  • Language of work or name: English[12]
  • Publication date: 1967[13]
  • Lyricist: Paul McCartney[14], John Lennon[15]
  • Title: With a Little Help from My Friends[16]
  • Different from: With a Little Help from My Friends[17]
  • Duration: 144 seconds[18]
  • Form of creative work: song[19]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8388f958-0fef-30ea-a70a-f1803868ecf9[21]

Why It Matters

With a Little Help from My Friends has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Joe Cocker John Lennon Paul McCartney Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Beatles, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Joe Cocker +1
    Form of creative work → song
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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