"So Help Me Girl" | ||||
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Single by Joe Diffie | ||||
from the album Third Rock from the Sun | ||||
B-side | "The Cows Came Home" [1] | |||
Released | January 30, 1995 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Howard Perdew, Andy Spooner | |||
Producer(s) | Johnny Slate, Joe Diffie | |||
Joe Diffie singles chronology | ||||
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"So Help Me Girl" is a song written by Howard Perdew and Andy Spooner and recorded by American country music singer Joe Diffie. It was released in January 1995 as the third single from his fourth studio album, Third Rock from the Sun (1994). The song reached number two on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, where it debuted at number 59 for the week of February 4, 1995, and number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1]
The music video for "So Help Me Girl" was directed by Gerry Wenner and premiered in early 1995.
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Single by Gary Barlow | ||||
from the album Open Road | ||||
B-side | "Million to One", "Offer My Peace" | |||
Released | July 14, 1997 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:29 | |||
Label | RCA, BMG | |||
Songwriter(s) | Howard Perdew, Andy Spooner | |||
Producer(s) | David Foster | |||
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"So Help Me Girl" on YouTube | ||||
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"So Help Me Girl" was covered by English singer and songwriter Gary Barlow,and released as the third single from his debut solo album, Open Road (1997),in the United Kingdom on July 14,1997,and as the lead single from the album in the US later in the year. Following the success of the album in the UK,Barlow signed a record deal with Arista records for it to be released in the US. He reworked the album for the American market and subsequently released a remixed version of "So Help Me Girl" as the lead single there.
Produced by David Foster,"So Help Me Girl" was released in 65 countries around the world and topped the charts in 13 countries. [7] In the UK,it peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. And in the US,the single peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100,number three on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart and number 58 on the Billboard Radio Charts. [8]
Larry Flick from Billboard gave the American version of "So Help Me Girl" a positive review,saying that it did not stray from Barlow's work in the group Take That. He also praised his "boyish teen-idol charm" and "flexible tenor." [9] A reviewer from Music Week rated it three out of five,adding that "the song's Nashville roots are barely discernible on this David Foster update which turns it into a swoony,low-key ballad to give Barlow another hit." [10] David Sinclair from The Times wrote,"Old country song given a dreary,pop ballad treatment." [11]
Two music videos were released for So Help Me Girl. The first video,accompanying the European release of the single,similar to the music video for Diffie's version,features Barlow taking a girl home after a night out,and waking up the next morning and realising that he has cheated on his girlfriend. He performs the majority of the song in the bedroom,before moving to a piano for the final scenes,which depict a fight between his girlfriend and the girl he took home. The second video,accompanying the American release of the single,begins with Barlow sitting alone on a bridge and throwing a rose into the water below,whilst a mysterious woman looks on. He then continues to perform the song whilst looking through the windows of a darkened house,where he spots a young girl. The video continues with Barlow walking through a lighted tunnel of moving cars,before returning to the house and performing the final line of the song to the girl personally. [12]
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United Kingdom | July 14,1997 |
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Japan | July 24,1997 | CD | [35] |
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