"Help!" served as the title song for the 1965 film and the band's accompanying soundtrack album. The documentary series Beatles Anthology revealed that John Lennon wrote the lyrics of the song to express his stress after the Beatles' quick rise to success. Lennon said: "I was fat and depressed and i was crying out for help". Released on July 23, 1965, "Help!" went to number one in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, New Zealand, and Ireland. Finally it reached the runner-up spot of the Global Countdown Chart 1965 with a total of 8.760.000 points.