"Please Help Me, I'm Falling" | ||||
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SinglebyHank Locklin | ||||
from the album Please Help Me, I'm Falling | ||||
B-side | "My Old Home Town" | |||
Released | February 1960 | |||
Recorded | January 5, 1960 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:21 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Don Robertson Hal Blair | |||
Producer(s) | Chet Atkins[1] | |||
Hank Locklin singles chronology | ||||
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"Please Help Me, I'm Falling" is a 1960 song written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair and first recorded by Hank Locklin.[1] The single was Locklin's most successful recording and was his second number one on the country charts.[2] "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" spent 14 weeks at the top spot and spent nine months on the country chart and crossed over to the Hot 100 peaking at number eight.[3]
Chart (1960) | Peak position |
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USHot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
USBillboard Hot 100[5] | 8 |
U.K. Singles Chart[6] | 9 |
Norway VG Lista[7] | 4 |
Later in 1960, Skeeter Davis had a hit with an answer record titled "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too", which peaked at number two for three weeks on the Hot C&W Sides charts[8] and number 39 on the Hot 100.[9]
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