Fabulous Facts Behind The Most Influential Band In Music History, The Beatles

The Letters The Beatles Are Spelling Out For Help! Does Not Say HELP

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The album cover shows the four Beatles with their arms positioned to spell a word in flag semaphore.

When they did the shot spelling out ‘HELP, it didn’t look right, so they went with two different ones. On the US release, the letters formed by the group appear as “NVUJ” whereas the UK release appears to have “NUJV.”