"Save Me" | ||||
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Single by Jelly Roll featuring Lainey Wilson | ||||
from the album Self Medicated and Whitsitt Chapel | ||||
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Recorded |
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Studio | Sound Emporium (Nashville) | |||
Genre | Country | |||
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Producer(s) | David Ray | |||
Jelly Roll singles chronology | ||||
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Lainey Wilson singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Save Me" on YouTube |
"Save Me" is a song by American musician Jelly Roll,released on June 25,2020,as a single from his seventh studio album Self Medicated (2020). [1] [2] An official remix of the song with American country music singer Lainey Wilson was released on May 12,2023,as the second single from his ninth studio album Whitsitt Chapel (2023). [3]
The song was sampled on "Somebody Save Me",the third single from Eminem's 2024 album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) . [4] [5]
The music video of the song premiered on June 16,2020. In the description,Jelly Roll stated,"This one is a little bit of a curveball for me. I don't usually do these stripped down acoustic videos,but writing this song made me feel something and I felt y'all needed some insight into the more vulnerable side of the music business." [6]
In regard to his inspiration for writing the song,Jelly Roll told Apple Music:
It was the middle of the pandemic. And when I say middle of it,I mean we were spraying boxes with Lysol. And I just couldn't sit through that. I was like,"We got to work." And I was in such a dark space because of that;I knew I needed to write. My father had just died a year before. So I'm still learning how to grieve through that. And then I'm like,"We got to write. I got to get this out of me." So "Save Me" came from a really dark space. It's still really hard to sing. [7]
In a June 2024 interview with Howard Stern,Jelly Roll further revealed that inspiration for the song came from Bette Midler's song "The Rose". [8]
Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson performed the song at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards and later at the finale of season 21 of American Idol . [9]
Original version
Remix version
Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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US Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [10] | 29 |
Chart (2023–2024) | Peak position |
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Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [11] | 38 |
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [12] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] | 19 |
US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [14] | 9 |
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [15] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [16] | 6 |
US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [17] | 18 |
Chart (2023) | Position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [18] | 41 |
Chart (2024) | Position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [19] | 65 |
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) [20] | 31 |
US Country Airplay (Billboard) [21] | 5 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [22] | 33 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [23] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [24] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [25] | 3×Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |