"Help Me" is a song by recording artist

Tinchy Stryder Kwasi Esono Danquah III ( ; born 14 September 1986), known by the stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a Ghanaian British, Ghanaian-British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor. Stryder has released three solo (music), solo studio al ...

, and was released on 30 September 2012, as the fourth single from his cancelled fourth

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''Full Tank''. Full Tank was scrapped so Help Me became a non-album single. The song,

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by Art Bastian, was written by

, Camille Purcell and Ollie Jacobs, and features uncredited vocals by Camille Purcell.

Background

The

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was announced during an interview with

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, uploaded on 12 July 2012, and Tinchy Stryder announcing he is now reinvented, and that with "Help Me" – It reaches out religiously to God. "Help Me" is incorporated with female verses and

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. The track was co-written by Kwasi Danquah III, Camille Purcell and Ollie Jacobs, and was produced by Art Bastian.

Music video

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was made for "Help Me", and it was filmed in

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, Louisiana. The accompanying music video sees Tinchy Stryder performing the track in a poverty-stricken neighbourhood. Other scenes focus on Christian iconography, statues and buildings, directly representing the chorus's lyrics of "God, help me".

Track listing

;Digital Single

Credits and personnel

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– Kwasi Danquah III, Ollie Jacobs, Camille Purcell *

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– Art Bastian * Mixing – Jeremy Wheatley * Label – Takeover Entertainment Limited

Release history

References

External links

* {{authority control 2012 singles 2012 songs Tinchy Stryder songs Takeover Entertainment singles Songs with music by Tinchy Stryder Songs written by Kamille (musician) Songs written by Ollie Jacobs