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]
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| Single by The Spencer Davis Group | ||||
| B-side | "Stevie's Blues" | |||
| Released | 18 March 1966 | |||
| Format | 7", 45rpm | |||
| 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) | |||
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"Somebody Help Me" was a number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart.[1] It remained at the UK chart summit for two weeks in April 1966.[2]
Cover Versions
- The Everly Brothers also released a version on their album Two Yanks in England, released in mid 1966.[3]
Song in Popular Culture
- 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
- 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.
- Richie Unterberger. "Two Yanks in England - The Everly Brothers | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
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