The Beatles recorded this during the last session for the album Help. They added bits and pieces in the last Rubber Soul session to create one more song for the album. It isn't quite clear why this song was left off the Help! album, except that it's much more folksy and fits in better with Rubber Soul anyway. Help! ended with "Dizzy Miss Lizzy," a much more rousing and rockabilly number which gave the album the kind of ending the band felt it needed.
"Wait" was written specifically for the film Help!. Paul McCartney recalls British child actor Brandon de Wilde being present while he was composing it, comparing him to a "Brat Pack" actor.
The added percussion (including tambourine and maracas) was added in later to make the song better fit in with the Rubber Soul album.
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