Somebody Help Me

"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]

"Somebody Help Me"
Single by The Spencer Davis Group
B-side	"Stevie's Blues"
Released	18 March 1966
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
"Keep on Running" (1965) "Somebody Help Me" (1966) "When I Come Home" (1966)

Chart Performance

"Somebody Help Me" became the band's second consecutive 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 forty-seven.[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.

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. Richie Unterberger. "Two Yanks in England - The Everly Brothers". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2014.