Help: A Day in the Life is a 2005 compilation album of music by contemporary artists from the United Kingdom and Canada.

On Wednesday 14 September 2005, five days after its release, it broke the record for the fastest-selling download album ever.

: A Day in the Life was recorded and made available for purchase via the War Child Music website within approximately thirty hours.

Notable contributions to the album include tracks by Radiohead and Manic Street Preachers, both of whom had contributed tracks to the original 1995 album; a cover of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by War Child patrons Keane; a song from Gorillaz called "Hong Kong" which was played live various times by the band; a last-minute contribution from Coldplay; and a song by Emmanuel Jal, who was involved in the Sudan conflict as a child.

A cover of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" by Emily Haines and James Shaw of Toronto's Metric was also included on the album.