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"
Released	18 March 1966
Genre	British R&B, blue-eyed soul
Label	Fontana (UK) Atco (US)
Songwriter	Jackie Edwards
Producer	Chris Blackwell
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] On the New Zealand listener chart it peaked at 20. ^[4]

Cover versions

• The Everly Brothers also released a version on their album Two Yanks in England , released in mid 1966. ^[5]

Song in popular culture

• 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. 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20210209205026/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=NZ%20listener%20charts&qyear=1966&qmonth=Jun&qweek=03-Jun-1966
5. Richie Unterberger. "Two Yanks in England - The Everly Brothers". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2014.