"Save Me" is a 1974 song by the German
Euro disco
Eurodisco (also spelled as Euro disco) is the variety of European forms of electronic dance music that evolved from disco in the late 1970s, incorporating elements of pop and rock into a disco-like continuous dance atmosphere. Many Eurodisco ...
group
Silver Convention
Silver Convention were a German Euro disco recording act of the 1970s. The group was originally named Silver Bird Convention or Silver Bird.
Career
The group was initiated in Munich by producers and songwriters Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze ...
, which became a hit in Germany. It features lead vocals by three
session musician
Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a recording artist on a ...
s identified only as Ingrid, Wilma and Monica.
It is included in the
album of the same name. It also was heavily played in
disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric pia ...
clubs in many countries. Silver Convention later re-recorded the song as "Save Me '77" for the album ''
Summernights
''Summernights'' (released in some countries as: ''Golden Girls'') is a 1977 album by German euro-disco group Silver Convention, which at the time consisted of vocalists Penny McLean, Ramona Wolf and Rhonda Heath, along with producer-songwriter ...
''. Today the original version of the song has appeared on several '70s disco compilations, as well as most "greatest hits" albums by Silver Convention. The song features repetitive lyrics consisting of the line "Baby save me, save me, I am falling in love". The song was also a hit in the UK and the Netherlands.
Charts
References
1975 singles
Silver Convention songs
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