Please Help Me, I'm Falling

"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 fourteen 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 performance

Chart (1960)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides^[2]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	8
U.K. Singles Chart^[4]	9
Norway VG Lista^[5]	4

Answer record

Later in 1960, Skeeter Davis had a hit with an answer record entitled, "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" which peaked at number two for three weeks on the Hot C&W Sides charts^[6] and number thirty-nine on the Hot 100.^[7]

Cover versions

On August 1, 1967, Charley Pride covered the song. His version was not released as a single, and remained unreleased until it was included on his 1997 album The Essential Charley Pride.^[8]

In 1973, John Fogerty covered the song on his first solo album, Blue Ridge Rangers.

In 1978, Janie Fricke released a cover version of the song as "Please Help Me (I'm Fallin' in Love with You)" and took it to number 12 on the country charts.^[9] Unlike Locklin's piano-based, bright mid-tempo version, Fricke's version is a ballad in the country pop vein.

In 1989, Kirsty MacColl covered the song as b-side to her single "Days".

In 1993, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette recorded their version of "Please Help Me (I'm Fallin' in Love with You)" for their album, Honky Tonk Angels, although Loretta herself recording a duet with Conway Twitty from the 1987 Heartland Music album.

In 1996, Puff Johnson recorded a version of "Please Help Me (I'm Fallin' in Love with You)" for her album, Miracle.

In 2007, David Ball covered the song in his album, Heartaches by the Number.

In 2008, Patty Loveless covered the song in her album, Sleepless Nights.

References

1 2 Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 10 - Tennessee Firebird: American country music before and after Elvis. [Part 2]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu.
1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 303.
1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 376.
↑ Guinness World Records British Hit Singles 15th Edition. London, UK: Guinness World Records Limited. 2002. p. 301. ISBN 0-85112-187-X.
↑ "norwegiancharts.com - Hank Locklin - Please Help Me, I'm Falling". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 100.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 164.
↑ "Original versions of Please Help Me I'm Falling by Charley Pride". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 151. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.

Preceded by "He'll Have to Go" by Jim Reeves	Billboard Hot C&W Sides number-one single May 16-August 15, 1960	Succeeded by "Alabam" by Cowboy Copas
Preceded by "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton	Billboard Hot C&W Sides number-one single of the year 1960	Succeeded by "I Fall to Pieces" by Patsy Cline

Janie Fricke

Studio albums	It Ain't Easy Black and White

Notable singles	"Come a Little Bit Closer" (with Johnny Duncan) "Please Help Me I'm Falling (In Love with You)" "I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile" "Down to My Last Broken Heart" "Pride" "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)" "Do Me with Love" "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" "You Don't Know Love" "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)" "Tell Me a Lie" "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" "If the Fall Don't Get You" "Your Heart's Not in It" "The First Word in Memory Is Me" "She's Single Again" "Somebody Else's Fire" "Easy to Please" "Always Have, Always Will" "When a Woman Cries"

Guest singles	"On My Knees" (with Charlie Rich) "A Place to Fall Apart" (with Merle Haggard)

Related articles	Discography Columbia Records Larry Gatlin Tommy Hunter

Skeeter Davis

Solo albums	I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too (1959) Here's the Answer (1961) Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World (1963)

Singles	"(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" "The End of the World" "For Loving You" "Fuel to the Flame" "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" "The Hands You're Holding Now" "He Says the Same Things to Me" "Homebreaker" "I Can't Believe That It's All Over" "I Can't Stay Mad at You" "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" "I'm Saving My Love" "Last Date" "Lost to a Geisha Girl" "My Last Date (with You)" "One Tin Soldier" "Optimistic" "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" "Set Him Free" "Sun Glasses" "There's a Fool Born Every Minute" "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)" "Where I Ought to Be"

Related	Discography The Davis Sisters "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"

Homer and Jethro

Henry D. "Homer" Haynes Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns

Studio albums	Homer and Jethro Go West (1963)

with Nashville String Band	The Nashville String Band (1969) Down Home (1970) Strung Up (1971) Identified! (1971) The Bandit (1972) World's Greatest Melodies (1972)

Singles	"Baby, It's Cold Outside" "Hernando's Hideaway" "Please Help Me, I'm Falling"

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