‘Help!’ — The Beatles
In 1980, John Lennon revealed to Playboy that “Help!’ came with depths so hidden that he himself had not been aware of it. The song came out as a single at the height of Beatlemania in July 1965. “Most people think it’s just a fast rock ‘n’ roll song,” he shared, “Subconsciously, I was crying out for help. I didn’t realize it at the time; I just wrote the song because I was commissioned to write it for the movie.” He later told Rolling Stone he didn’t like the recording: “We did it too fast, to try and be commercial.”
‘Help!’ — The Beatles
‘People Get Ready’ — The Impressions
Without a doubt, the most famous hit by The Impressions is “People Get Ready.” It was penned by Curtis Mayfield and fetched the No.3 spot on the Billboard R&B chart. The song became the unofficial anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. Mojo Magazine added it to its list of the top ten songs of all time. “That was taken from my church or the upbringing of messages from the church. Like there’s no hiding place and get on board, and images of that sort. I must have been in an intense mood of that type of religious inspiration when I wrote that song,” said Mayfield himself.
‘People Get Ready’ — The Impressions
