Somebody Help Me
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{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Somebody Help Me
| cover = Somebody_help_me_Spencer_Davis.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Spencer Davis Group
| album =
| B-side = Stevie's Blues
| released = 18 March 1966
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = British R&B, blue-eyed soul
| length =
| label = Fontana TF679 (UK){{cite book
| first= Jo
| last= Rice
| year= 1982
| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd
| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| page= 100
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}
Atco 45-6416 (US - first issue)
United Artists UA50162 (US -
second issue, 1967,
b/w "On the Green Light")
| writer = Jackie Edwards
| producer = Chris Blackwell (Island Record Production)
| prev_title = Keep on Running
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = When I Come Home
| next_year = 1966
}}
"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.
Chart performance
"Somebody Help Me" became the band's second consecutive and last number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart, staying at the summit for two weeks in April 1966.{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 190}} In the US, the song peaked at number 47 in July 1967.{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=221}}
Cover versions
- The Everly Brothers also released a version on their album Two Yanks in England, released in mid 1966.{{cite web|author=Richie Unterberger|author-link=Richie Unterberger|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/two-yanks-in-england-mw0000307996 |title=Two Yanks in England - The Everly Brothers|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2014-04-06}}
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
{{Reflist}}
{{Spencer Davis Group}}
{{The Everly Brothers}}
Category:The Spencer Davis Group songs
Category:The Everly Brothers songs
Category:UK singles chart number-one singles
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