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| "Somebody Help Me" | ||||
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| Single by The Spencer Davis Group | ||||
| B-side | "Stevie`s Blues" | |||
| Released | 18 March 1966 | |||
| Genre | British R&B, blue-eyed soul, blues rock[1] | |||
| Label | Fontana TF679 (UK)[2] Atco 45-6416 (US - first issue) United Artists UA50162 (US - second issue, 1967, b/w "On the Green Light") | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jackie Edwards[2] | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Blackwell[2] (Island Record Production) | |||
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Somebody Help Me
The Spencer Davis Group
Label: Fontana TF679 (UK)[2]Atco 45-6416 (US - first issue)United Artists UA50162 (US -second issue, 1967,b/w On the Green Light) · · Productor: Chris Blackwell[2] (Island Record Production)
1966 single by The Spencer Davis Group
"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.[2]
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1966 single by The Spencer Davis Group
"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.[2]
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"Somebody Help Me" became the band`s second consecutive and last number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart,[2] staying at the summit for two weeks in April 1966.[3] In the US, the song peaked at number 47 in July 1967.[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.
1966 single by The Spencer Davis Group
"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.[2]
Chart performance
"Somebody Help Me" became the band`s second consecutive and last number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart,[2] staying at the summit for two weeks in April 1966.[3] In the US, the song peaked at number 47 in July 1967.[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.
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