Help Yourself (Tom Jones song)

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"Help Yourself"
Help Yourself - Tom Jones.jpg
Single by Tom Jones
from the album Help Yourself
B-side "Day By Day" (Mills)
ReleasedJuly 1968
Recorded1968
Genre Pop
Length2:53
Label Decca F 12812 (UK)
Parrot (US)
Songwriter(s) Carlo Donida, Jack Fishman
Producer(s) Peter Sullivan
Tom Jones singles chronology
"Delilah"
(1968)
"Help Yourself"
(1968)
"A Minute of Your Time"
(1968)
Official audio
"Help Yourself" on YouTube

"Help Yourself" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Tom Jones in 1968. The song is one of Jones' best known songs and reached number five in the UK Singles Chart in its original run. It topped the charts in both Ireland and Germany, and spent three weeks at the top spot in Australia. [1] The American single reached Billboard peaks of number 35 pop [2] and number three easy listening, and is still widely played on adult-standards radio.

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Chart performance

Original song

"Gli Occhi Miei"
Single by Dino
B-side "Passano"
Released1968
Length2:30
Label Arc Records
Songwriter(s) Carlo Donida, Mogol

"Help Yourself" is a reworked English-language version of the Italian song "Gli Occhi Miei" ("My Eyes"), which was written by Carlo Donida with lyrics by Mogol and originally performed by both Dino (Eugenio Zambelli) [16] and Wilma Goich at the 1968 Sanremo Music Festival. British author and songwriter Jack Fishman (a.k.a. Larry Khan) wrote the English lyrics, which bear no relation to the original Italian. [17]

Tony Ferrino version

The song was recorded by comedian Steve Coogan in character as Tony Ferrino. The track was used in the TV show The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon , included on an album and released as a single in November 1996, reaching #42 in the UK singles chart.

Other cover versions

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