"Help Me" | ||||
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Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
from the album Promised Land | ||||
A-side |
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Released | 1974 | |||
Recorded | December 1973 | |||
Studio | Stax, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Country, gospel, Christian country | |||
Length | 2:28 | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Felton Jarvis | |||
Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"Help Me" is a song written by Larry Gatlin. A country gospel song, the lyrics tell the story of a world-weary and tired man pleading for guidance and reassurance from God. Gatlin performed the song at the funerals of both June Carter and Johnny Cash and dedicates the song to them during every performance.
The song became most famous in a version by Elvis Presley. In 1974, Presley released the song as part of a double A-sided single with "If You Talk in Your Sleep." [1] "Help Me" became the side promoted to country radio, and the song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on the week of August 10, 1974. [2] ("If You Talk in Your Sleep" reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, also during the summer of 1974.)
Previously, "Help Me" was recorded by:
"Help Me" | |
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Song by Johnny Cash | |
from the album American V: A Hundred Highways | |
Released | 2006 |
Label | American |
Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) | Rick Rubin |
Music video | |
"Help Me" on YouTube |
Johnny Cash covered the song on his 1973 album The Gospel Road , which was the soundtrack to the film of the same title, and on the posthumous 2006 album American V: A Hundred Highways . The latter version had a music video shot for it. On The Gospel Road, the song's title is abbreviated to "Help" and is performed in several parts on the album and film.
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot Country Singles [2] [3] | 6 |
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