Help It Along

"Help It Along"
"Help It Along"
Single by Cliff Richard
Released	27 April 1973
Recorded	28 December 1972
Studio	EMI Studios, London
Genre	Pop
Length	2:52
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Christopher Neil
Producer(s)	David Mackay
Cliff Richard singles chronology

"Help It Along" is a song by British singer Cliff Richard, released as a four-track maxi single. It peaked at number 29 on the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

Release

"Help It Along", written by Christopher Neil, was the first track of the maxi single titled Eurovision Special. The other three tracks were "Tomorrow Rising", written by Mike Hawker and Brian Bennett, "Days of Love", written by Alan Hawkshaw and Dougie Wright, and "Ashes to Ashes", written by Tony Cole.^[3] The four songs were the remaining of the six songs selected as finalists for the UK Eurovision national selection process.^[4] The other two, "Power to All Our Friends" and "Come Back Billie Jo" were released as the previous A-side and B-side single and had received the two highest votes.^[5] The track listing for the Eurovision Special single followed the next highest votes.^[4]

The four songs were released as two singles in Denmark. The first, "Ashes to Ashes" backed with "Days of Love", peaked at number 14 on the IFPI Hitlisten.^[6]^[7] However, the second, "Tomorrow Rising" backed with "Help It Along", failed to chart.^[8]

"Help It Along" was re-recorded in September 1973 and included as the title track to Richard's gospel album Help It Along, released in June 1974.^[9]

Track listing

7": EMI / EMI 2022

"Help It Along" – 2:52
"Tomorrow Rising" – 2:44
"Days of Love" – 2:57
"Ashes to Ashes" – 3:02

Personnel

Single version

Cliff Richard – vocals
Terry Britten – guitar, backing vocals
Kevin Peek – guitar
Alan Tarney – bass guitar, backing vocals
Trevor Spencer – drums
Barrie Guard – percussion

Album version

Cliff Richard – vocals
Terry Britten – guitar
Kevin Peek – guitar
Alan Tarney – bass guitar
Anna Peacock – backing vocals
Jean Hawker – backing vocals
Cliff Hall – keyboards
Patrick Halling – violin, orchestra leader
Trevor Spencer – drums
Barrie Guard – percussion, orchestra conductor

Chart position

Chart (1973)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[2]	29

References

^ "Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details (Help It Along)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com.
^ ^a ^b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
^ Cliff Richard - Help It Along, retrieved 2021-10-18
^ ^a ^b "United Kingdom: A Song for Europe 1973". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
^ Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends, retrieved 2021-10-18
^ "Cliff Richard – Ashes To Ashes (1973, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1973. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
^ "Top 30". Ekstra Bladet. 22 August 1973. p. 21.
^ "Cliff Richard – Tomorrow Rising (1973, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1973. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
^ "Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details (Help It Along [Album Version])". www.cliffrichardsongs.com.

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