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Help Yourself (Tom Jones song)

Help Yourself (Tom Jones song)

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"Help Yourself" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Tom Jones in 1968. The song is one of Jones' best known songs and reached number five in the UK Singles Chart in its original run. It topped the charts in both Ireland and Germany, and spent three weeks at the top spot in Australia.[1] The American single reached Billboard peaks of number 35 pop[2] and number three easy listening, and is still widely played on adult-standards radio.

Quick Facts Single by Tom Jones, from the album ...

Chart performance

More information Chart (1968), Peak position ...

Original song

Quick Facts "Gli Occhi Miei", Single by Dino ...

"Help Yourself" is a reworked English-language version of the Italian song "Gli Occhi Miei" ("My Eyes"), which was written by Carlo Donida with lyrics by Mogol and originally performed by both Dino (Eugenio Zambelli)[16] and Wilma Goich at the 1968 Sanremo Music Festival. British author and songwriter Jack Fishman (a.k.a. Larry Khan) wrote the English lyrics, which bear no relation to the original Italian.[17]

Tony Ferrino version

The song was recorded by comedian Steve Coogan in character as Tony Ferrino. The track was used in the TV show The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon, included on an album and released as a single in November 1996, reaching #42 in the UK singles chart.

Other cover versions


References

  1. "Go-Set Australian charts – 2 October 1968". Poparchives.com.au. 1968-10-02. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  2. "Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. 1968-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  3. "Go-Set Australian charts – 11 September 1968". Poparchives.com.au. 1968-09-11. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  4. "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  5. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  6. "NZ listener charts". 10 October 1968.
  7. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  8. Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Osborne, Roger (1995). Forty Years of "NME" Charts (2nd ed.). Pan Macmillan. p. 198. ISBN 0-7522-0829-2.
  9. "Go-Set Australian charts – Top Records for the Year of 1968". Poparchives.com.au. Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  10. "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1968". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  11. Dino discography at Discogs
  12. "Obituary: Jack Fishman". The Independent. 14 May 1997. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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