<P> `` With a Little Help from My Friends '' is a song by the Beatles , written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney from the album Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band issued worldwide in June 1967 . The song was written for and sung by the Beatles ' drummer Ringo Starr as the character `` Billy Shears '' . The song , paired with `` Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band '' and featuring `` A Day in the Life '' as its B - side , was reissued as a single in the U.S. in August 1978 ( # 71 ) and in the U.K. in September 1978 ( # 63 ) . `` With a Little Help from My Friends '' was ranked No. 311 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . </P>
<P> `` With a Little Help from My Friends '' is a song by the Beatles , written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney from the album Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band issued worldwide in June 1967 . The song was written for and sung by the Beatles ' drummer Ringo Starr as the character `` Billy Shears '' . The song , paired with `` Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band '' and featuring `` A Day in the Life '' as its B - side , was reissued as a single in the U.S. in August 1978 ( # 71 ) and in the U.K. in September 1978 ( # 63 ) . `` With a Little Help from My Friends '' was ranked No. 311 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . </P>
who wrote get by with alittle help from my friends lyrics
who wrote get by with alittle help from my friends lyrics
John Lennon Paul McCartney
John Lennon Paul McCartney