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Help Me, Rhonda
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"Help Me, Rhonda" (originally published as "Help Me,
Ronda") is a song written and composed by Brian Wilson with
additional lyrics by Mike Love for American rock band the
Beach Boys!" It was first released as "Help Me, Ronda’ in
March 1965 on the album The Beach Boys Today! A second
recording, with a significantly different arrangement, was issued
as a single under the revised title "Help Me, Rhonda”. The
single peaked at number one in the United States, making it the
second Beach Boys single to reach that position after "I Get
Around" in 1964. The single version was later released on the
album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) in June 1965.
Contents
Composition
Recording,
= 2.1 Remake
Release
Alternate versions
= 4.1 Live performances
Cover versions
References
External links
Composition
The lyrics of "Help Me, Rhonda” tell a story of a man who was,
attracted to a woman who then found another man, and so to aid
the healing process, he begs a woman named Rhonda to help
him, Before a concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion in 2012,
songwriter Brian Wilson revealed that Rhonda was not based on
areal person.
Brian Wilson later said of the song, "I would've made a better
rhythm - it wasn't in the pocket."41
Recording
The original version was recorded over two dates at United
Western Recorders in Hollywood on January 8 and 19, 1965,
with Chuck Britz as the engineer and production by Brian
Wilson. The instrumental track has Carl Wilson, and members of
The Wrecking Crew: Bill Pitman, and Glen Campbell on
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“Help Me, Ronda"
Song by The Beach Boys from the album Today!)
Released March 8, 1965
Recorded January 8/19, 1965
Length 3:04
Label Capitol
Composer(s) Brian Wilson
Lyricist(s)_ Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Producer(s) Brian Wilson
Today! track listing
"When I Grow "Help Me, "Dance, Dance,
Up(To Bea Ronda" Dance"
Man)" o o
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Endless Summer track listing
20 tracks
Side one
1. Surfin’ Safa
2, "Surfer Girl"
"Catch a Wave"
4." The Warmth ofthe Sun’
5. "Surfin! US.A."
Side two
6."Be Truc to Your School
a
8,"In My Room’
9, "Shut Down"
10, "Fun, Fun, Fun"
ile Deuce Coupe’
Side three
11, "1 Get Around”
12, "Girls on the Beach"
13, "Wendy"
Side four
16. California Gis
17."Girl Dontt Tell Me"
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guitar, Billy Strange on ukulele, Ray PohIman on bass guitar, 18, "Help Me, Rhonda”
Leon Russell on piano, Hal Blaine on drums and timbales, Julius 19, "Youre So Good to Me!
Wechter on claves, Billy Lee Riley on harmonica, Steve Douglas 20," All Summer Long!"
and Plas Johnson on tenor saxophone, and Jay Migliori on
baritone saxophone. Al Jardine sang the lead vocal with backing Music sample
vocals by Carl, Dennis and Brian Wilson, and Mike Love. The “Help Me, Ronda’
track runs over three minutes with no guitar solo, has a number 0.00 MENU
of false, fade in/fade out endings, and, instead of the song
starting with Jardine's vocal, there is a brief ukulele intro,
"Help Me, Rhonda"
The first recording session was interrupted by the Wilson
brothers’ drunken father, Murry, who criticized the band’s THE BEACH BOYS.
enthusiasm, His criticisms drove Brian to the breaking point;
Brian screamed expletives, removed his headphones, and
confronted his father. Shortly after defending his actions, Murry
left the studio and the Beach Boys continued, The recording reel
continued to record the confrontation, which circulates among
fans [5]
Remake
"Help Me, Ronda" was originally considered an album cut, but i
radio stations began to play it, which inspired Brian to rework its Single by The Beach Boys
arrangement for a single release. Respelled "Help Me, Rhonda",
from the album Summer Days (And Summer
the song's remake was recorded at Universal and Radio os
Recorders studios in Hollywood on February 24, 1965, again Nights!t)
with Britz as the engineer and Brian as producer, Featured on the Kiss Me, Baby"
instrumental track were regular Wrecking Crew members such April 5, 1965
as Hal Blaine on drums and Carol Kaye on bass guitar. Beach Format Vinyl
Boys who contributed to the instrumental track were Carl
(guitar) and Brian (acoustic piano and Hammond B-3). The Recorded February 24, 1965
single version once again features Al Jardine on lead vocals with
, Length 2:46
backing vocals by Carl, Dennis and Brian Wilson, and Mike “
Love. It features a slightly faster tempo, and features a changed | Label Capitol
lyric ("ruined our plans" from the previous version is changed to | Writer(s) Brian Wilson, Mike Love
"shattered our plans"), Producer(s) Brian Wilson
Release ‘The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Do You Wanna "Help Me, “California
The first version appears on the 1965 album The Beach Boys Dance?" Rhonda” Girls"
Today! as "Help Me, Ronda". This version is included on the (1965) (1965) (1965)
Endless Summer compilation album, although itis listed under
the revised title "Help Me, Rhonda". The single version was
released on April 5, 1965, In addition to topping the charts in the “Help Me, Rhonda”
US, the single reached #1 in Canada (on the RPM national 900 MENU
chart), #5 in Sweden, #10 in Germany and Australia, #2 in
‘Singapore, #3 in The Philippines, #5 in Hong Kong and #9 in Ireland. It peaked at 27 in the United Kingdom. It
was then included on the album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), released June 28, 1965.
Music sample
Alternate versions
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The instrumental backing of this version was released in 1990 as a bonus track on the CD reissue of the band's
1968 Stack-O-Tracks album. A slight variation, "Help Me, Rhonda (Alternate Single Version)", is on the 1998,
Endless Harmony Soundtrack album. This adds a wordless falsetto from Brian Wilson over the chorus
Live performances
After becoming The Beach Boys' second number one in the United States, it became a regular in the live set. It has
been on two Beach Boys live albums: 1973's The Beach Boys in Concert and Good Timin': Live at Knebworth
England 1980.
The Beach Boys performed the version with the Grateful Dead on April 27, 1971 at the Fillmore East in New York
City. The Beach Boys sang the vocals while Jerry Garcia added his own touch to a one-time collaboration, The
venue closed a few months later
During the early 1970s, The Beach Boys began to change the lead vocalist on the song as both Carl and Dennis
Wilson performed the lead during this time. However this experiment was brief as Al Jardine once again
permanently took over lead vocals in 1974 until he left the group in 1998, when briefly Phil Bardowell and then
John Cowsill took over the lead. However, for the band’s 50th Anniversary tour, Jardine once again took the lead
on his "signature song".
Cover versions
= 1970 - Roy Orbison, The Big O
1975 - Johnny Rivers, New Lovers And Old Friends (with an assist from Brian Wilson on back-up vocals);
reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100.
1982 - Jan & Dean and the Bel-Air Bandits, One Summer Night/Livel®)
1993 - ApologetiX, Isn't Wasn't Ain't (as "Help Me, Rhoda")
1998 - Kenny Young and the Eggplants, Toxic Swamp And Other Love Songs
2000 - Brian Wilson, Live at the Roxy Theatre
2001 — Ricky Martin, An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson
2001 — Kevin Max, Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson
2009 - The Rimouns, Rockaway Beach Boys
2010 — Al Jardine with Steve Miller, A Postcard from California
References
1. Slowinski, Craig (2007). "The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!" (PDF), Retrieved October 27, 2012.
Will, George F. June 20, 2012). "The Beach Boys still get around”. Washington Post. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
"Brian Answer's Fans’ Questions In Live Q&A". Brianwilson.com. January 29, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
iartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin’s Griffin. pp. 261-263. ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7.
'm A Genius, Too! The Murry Wilson Tapes". WEMU. October 10, 2005.
‘Jan and Dean's Discography Original Albums 2", Jananddean.com, Retrieved January 6, 2012.
External links
= Lyrics of this song (bttp://www.metrolyrics.comv/help-me-thonda-lyrics-beach-boys.html) at MetroLyrics
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single Succeeded by
veTicket to Ride" by the Beatles May 29, 1965 Back in My Arms Again" by
y 2 weeks) The Supremes
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