Somebody Help Me
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.
01Chart performance
"Somebody Help Me" became the band's second consecutive and last number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart, staying at the summit for two weeks in April 1966. In the US, the song peaked at number 47 in July 1967. On the New Zealand listener chart it peaked at 20.
02Cover versions
- The Everly Brothers also released a version on their album Two Yanks in England, released in mid 1966.
03Song 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.
Sources and credits
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- Somebody help me Spencer Davis.jpg by The Spencer Davis Group, Fair use
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