Somebody Help Me

For the 2007 film, see Somebody Help Me (film).

"Somebody Help Me"
Single by The Spencer Davis Group
B-side"Stevie's Blues"
Released18 March 1966
GenreBritish R&B, blue-eyed soul
LabelFontana 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
"Keep on Running"
(1965) 		"Somebody Help Me"
(1966) 		"When I Come Home"
(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.[1]

Chart performance

"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

  • 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 190. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 221.
  4. ^ Richie Unterberger. "Two Yanks in England - The Everly Brothers". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2014.


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