| HELP! [With Lananeeneenoonoo] |
| For me, this is one of the greatest things Bananarama have ever done in their career. Ok, the World Tour was pretty good, but nothing can compare to our girls teaming up with funny ladies Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French and Kathy Burke to produce this wonderful Comic Relief single. A cover of the Beatles' song, HELP! reached #3 in the UK Charts creating their joint first best chart position in the UK. I bet if they re-released it for CR in 2009 it'd get to Number One! Although the verses and choruses are the same, the extended 12" version of Help! does have a little more of Lananeeneenoonoo's fabulous singing and adlibs... |
| LYRICS Jen: One, two, three Kirsten: Wait, wait, wait, what�s the first line again? Jen: Help! Kirsten: Oh yeah Jen: One, two Kirsten: HELP! Jen: No, wait Kirsten: Sorry Jen: One, two, three, four Help! I need somebody Help! Not just anybody Help! You know I need someone Help! When I was younger so much younger than today I never needed anybody�s help in any way And now those days are gone I�m not so self-assured Now I find, I�ve changed my mind, I�ve opened up the doors Help me if you can I�m feeling down (down down down) And I do appreciate you being round (round round round) Help me get my feet back on the ground (ground ground ground) Won�t you please, please, help me? Jen: Pete, look, I think I�m a bit toppy Kirsten: Yeah and I�m a bit bottomy Pete And now my life has changed in oh so many ways My independence seems to vanish in the haze But every now and then I feel so insecure I know that I just need you like I�ve never done before Help me if you can I�m feeling down (Help!) And I do appreciate you being round (HELP!) Help me get my feet back on the ground (HELP!!!!!) Won�t you please, please, help me? Kirsten: They are gonna take the Bananas off it aren�t they? Jen: Yeah, they�re just doing backing vocals we�re singing the medley Kirsten: Well, we�d better be otherwise it�ll be trouble Jen: Oh right When I was younger so much younger than today I never needed anybody�s help in any way And now those days are gone I�m not so self-assured Now I find, I�ve changed my mind, I�ve opened up the doors Help me if you can I�m feeling down (Dowwwnnnn) And I do appreciate you being round (Roouunnnnnddddd) Help me get my feet back on the ground (Grrooouuunnnnnddddd) Won�t you please, please, help me? Help me, help me, ooh Jen, Kirsten & Kim: Oooooooooh Kirsten: Oh, the Bananas finished too early again Jen: I know, that�s it I�m leaving Kim: That�s in the can Pete, it�s in the can, it�s in the can Kirsten: You can join their group then, that�s a rap, that�s a rap Jen: Shut up Kim |
| INFO Released: February 1989 UK Chart Position: #3!! Album: Greates Hits, Very Best of... |
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| THE VIDEO You really must raid YouTube and find this video if you haven't seen it already - it's hilerious! Accompanied by those famous yellow, red and black spotty t-shirts, the 'Nanas and the 'Noonoos put on a fantastic show with this single. There's also a cameo from French and Saunder's famous backing band RAW SEX. Funnily enough, a part of this video can be found on the 'Seriously Funny' Comic Relief DVD - along with more stuff from F&S. WATCH OUT: For everything! Especially Kathy Burke wondering around eating a yoghurt at one point! |
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