"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]
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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 | |||
| Label | Fontana TF679 (UK)[1] Atco 45-6416 (US - first issue) United Artists UA50162 (US - second issue, 1967, b/w "On the Green Light") | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jackie Edwards[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Blackwell[1] (Island Record Production) | |||
| The Spencer Davis Group singles chronology | ||||
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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]
Cover versions
- The Everly Brothers also released a version on their album Two Yanks in England, released in mid 1966.[4]
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.