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Somebody Help Me
"Somebody Help Me" is a single by The Spencer Davis Group, which was released in 1966. As with "Keep on Running", it was composed by Jackie Edwards.[1]
| "Somebody Help Me" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Spencer Davis Group | ||||
| B-side | "Stevie's Blues" | |||
| Released | 18 March 1966 | |||
| Genre | British R&B, blue-eyed soul | |||
| Label | Fontana TF679 (UK)[1] Atco 45-6416 (US - first issue) United Artists UA50162 (US - second issue, 1967, b/w "On the Green Light") | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jackie Edwards[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Blackwell[1] (Island Record Production) | |||
| The Spencer Davis Group singles chronology | ||||
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Chart performance Edit
"Somebody Help Me" became the band's second consecutive and last number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart,[1] staying at the summit for two weeks in April 1966.[2] In the US, the song peaked at number 47 in July 1967.[3]
Cover Versions Edit
- The Everly Brothers also released a version on their album Two Yanks in England, released in mid 1966.[4]
Song in Popular Culture Edit
- It was used as the theme tune to the 1960s-era hospital-based ITV drama series The Royal, which ran from 2003 to 2011, and its short-lived spin-off The Royal Today, which first aired in 2008.
References Edit
- ^ a b c d e Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 190. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 221.
- ^ Richie Unterberger. "Two Yanks in England - The Everly Brothers". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2014.