Help Me

Mitchell wrote, produced and performed it, with Tom Scott's L.A. Express as the backing band: Scott on woodwinds, Joe Sample on electric piano, Larry Carlton on electric guitar, Max Bennett on bass and John Guerin on drums. Henry Lewy and Ellis Sorkin engineered.

Released as a single in March 1974, it reached 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June and topped the easy listening chart. It remains her only top-10 single. Billboard compared her voice punctuating words to the sharp breaks played by the drummer, and Cashbox thought it would reach new listeners. Rolling Stone ranked it 464th among the greatest songs. Prince referred to it in The Ballad of Dorothy Parker.