# Please help me identify a soul cover of the Beatles' "Help"

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**Created:** [December 11, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-a-soul-cover-of-the-beatles-help/976344 "2022-12-11T17:54:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-a-soul-cover-of-the-beatles-help/976344/1 "2022-12-11T17:54:01Z")

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I’ve had an earworm for some days of this song, a slowed down soul cover of “Help”, but for the life of me I can’t remember where I heard it and who did it. I can’t even remember if it’s a female or male voice, but I tend to female. It’s a full blown soul arrangement, ballad-style, with horns and background singers. I had two hunches that it was either a cover by Aretha Franklin or Joe Cocker, but though they both did a lot of Beatles covers, they didn’t do “Help”, at least I didn’t find it. I also have a hunch that I have it somewhere in my CD collection, and I have a lot of Motown and Stax albums, maybe it comes from there.

Can someone help me out?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-a-soul-cover-of-the-beatles-help/976344/2 "2022-12-11T17:58:27Z")

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This might prove useful.

> **[Cover versions of Help! by The Beatles | SecondHandSongs](https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/3074)**
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> The Beatles originally recorded Help! written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and The Beatles released it on the single Help! in 1965. It was also covered by Steen Jørgensen, Overboard, Bugs & Friends featuring Yosemite Sam, Göran Söllscher and...

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-a-soul-cover-of-the-beatles-help/976344/3 "2022-12-11T18:03:49Z")

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Thanks, that was easy! It was Tina Turner’s version:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4cro7kZKG2c/maxresdefault.jpg "Tina Turner - Help! (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cro7kZKG2c)

But I remembered wrong, I don’t have this in my CD collection. It’s really a great arrangement.