Help (Papa Roach song)

"Help" is a single by American rock band Papa Roach, o Tobin Esperance bass
of their ninth studio album Crooked Teeth. It topped the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in April 2017. Tony Palermo drums

1 Background 5 References
[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04tf5w6
The song was rst released as a single on February 17,
2017.[2][3] The song was produced by RAS and Colin [2] http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/
Brittain, two younger, up-and-coming music produc- new-song-premiere-papa-roach-help/
ers the band chose to work with, to help nd a new
[3] http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/listen_to_papa_
sound that mixed their Infest-era sound with more modern
roachs_blistering_new_singe_help
music.[2][4] A music video for the song was released on
May 1, 2017.[5] Directed by Darren Craig, it features the [4] http://loudwire.com/papa-roach-new-song-help/
band performing, while showing footage of unfortunate
[5] http://loudwire.com/papa-roach-help-video/
life events happening to a man wearing a bunny suit.[5]
[6] https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/
listen-to-a-new-papa-roach-song
2 Themes and composition [7] http://teamrock.com/news/2017-02-28/
papa-roach-share-behind-the-scenes-video
Lyrically, the songs message is centered around surviv-
[8] http://www.billboard.com/articles/
ing mental health issues.[4] The song features bass-driven
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verses, followed by a wash of heavy guitar and synths in papa-roach-imagine-dragons-airplay-number-one-rock
the chorus, with frontman Jacoby Shaddix's recurring line
in the chorus singing I think I need help / Im drowning in [9] http://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-airplay/
myself.[4] Rock Sound described the song as infectious, 2017-05-20
emotional...powerful...a cry for help in musical form.[6]
[10] http://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs/
Shaddix described the song: 2017-04-01

With a track like Help, that song kind [11] http://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/

2017-05-27
of harkens back to 'Scars', but its a little
bit more uptempo and upbeat than Scars is.
But its just a dark anthem, and I like that
juxtaposition...We tapped into that on a track
like Scars back in the day, and we were, like,
All right. Lets see if we wrote something in
a major key again. Weve done that with songs
like Lifeline in the past...Its got a little element
of some old school with some new school.[7]

3 Charts

4 Personnel
Jacoby Shaddix lead vocals

Jerry Horton guitar

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