| "Help Me" | ||||
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| Single by Joni Mitchell | ||||
| from the album Court and Spark | ||||
| B-side | "Just Like This Train" | |||
| Released | March 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Jazz pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:22 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joni Mitchell | |||
| Producer(s) | Joni Mitchell | |||
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| Official Audio | ||||
| "Help Me" on YouTube | ||||
"Help Me" is a love song written, produced, and performed by Joni Mitchell and released on her 1974 album Court and Spark. The song was recorded with jazz band Tom Scott's L.A. Express as the backing band.[2]
"Help Me" was Mitchell's biggest hit single, her only Top 10 hit. It peaked at #7 in June 1974 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it hit #1 on the easy listening chart.[3] The song would later be referenced in "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" by Prince, who was a huge fan of Joni Mitchell's work.[4]
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Joni Mitchell". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. p. 547. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Archived from the original on July 31, 2011.
- ^ "Help Me by Joni Mitchell Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 172.
- ^ "'The Ballad of Dorothy Parker': The Prince song that references Joni Mitchell". faroutmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-17.