| Help Me | |
| Cover: | Help Me single cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sonny Boy Williamson II |
| B-Side: | Bye Bye Bird |
| Recorded: | Chicago, January 11, 1963 |
| Genre: | Blues |
| Label: | Checker (no. 1036) |
| Prev Title: | One Way Out |
| Prev Title2: | Nine Below Zero |
| Prev Year: | 1962 |
| Next Title: | Trying to Get Back on My Feet |
| Next Title2: | Decoration Day |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
"Help Me" is a blues standard first recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1963.[1] The song, a mid-tempo twelve-bar blues, is credited to Williamson, Willie Dixon, and Ralph Bass and is based on the 1962 instrumental hit "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs.[1] "Help Me" became a hit in 1963 and reached number 24 in the Billboard R&B chart.[2]
The song was later included on the 1966 Williamson compilation More Folk Blues.[3] In 1987, "Help Me" was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in the "Classic of Blues Recordings" category.[4] It is featured on many Sonny Boy Williamson greatest hits albums including His Best.[5]