"Help Me"
Single byJoni Mitchell
from the albumCourt and Spark
B-side	"Just Like This Train"
Released	March 1974
Recorded	1973
Genre	Jazz pop[1]
Length	3:22
Label	Asylum
Songwriter	Joni Mitchell
Producer	Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell singles chronology
"Raised on Robbery" (1973) "Help Me" (1974) "Free Man in Paris" (1974)
Official Audio
"Help Me" onYouTube

"Help Me" is alove song written, produced, and performed byJoni Mitchell and released on her 1974 albumCourt and Spark. The song was recorded with jazz bandTom 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 No. 7 in June 1974 on theBillboard Hot 100, and it hit #1 on theeasy listening chart.^[3] The song would later be referenced in "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" byPrince, who was a huge fan of Joni Mitchell's work.

Billboard commented on Mitchell's voice punctuating words in similar way to the "sharp breaks" played by the drummer.^[4]Cashbox believed that the song would appeal to existing fans of her work and also attract a new audience "due to the strong vocal performance and fine musical backing."^[5]Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song No. 464 on their500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.^[6]

Source:^[7]

• Joni Mitchell – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano; producer
• Tom Scott –woodwinds,reeds
• Joe Sample –electric piano
• Larry Carlton – electric guitar
• Max Bennett – bass guitar
• John Guerin – drums, percussion
• Henry Lewy and Ellis Sorkin –engineers

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1974 (U.S.)

• 1974 singles
• Joni Mitchell songs
• Songs written by Joni Mitchell
• 1973 songs
• Asylum Records singles
• Song recordings produced by Joni Mitchell
• Mandy Moore songs

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