(Saturday, September 4, 1965) — “Help!,” the title song to The Beatles’ second feature film, peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Sep. 4/11/18, 1965).

It was the group’s ninth of a record 20 number one hits on the chart (1964-1970).

In 2004, the track was ranked number 29 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 greatest songs of all time.”