Joni Mitchell - Help Me (live in London 1974) “Help Me” is a love song written, produced, and performed by Joni Mitchell and released on her 1974 album Court and Spark. The song was recorded with jazz band Tom Scott’s L.A. Express as the backing band. “Help Me” was Mitchell’s biggest hit single, her only Top 10 hit. It peaked at #7 in June 1974 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it hit #1 on the easy listening chart. The song would later be referenced in “The Ballad of Dorothy Parker” by Prince, who

Listen to an early demo of “Help Me,” a track that would go on to be Joni’s biggest ever chart and radio hit. While the official version is assured and sophisticated, this newly unveiled demo shows the song’s rawer, original form. JM.lnk.to/HMVol3 | Joni Mitchell

Joni in her early years performing “Urge for Going” from an appearance on Mon Pays, Mes Chansons in 1966. A wealth of unreleased live performances, home recordings, and radio broadcasts from Joni’s early years including “Urge For Going” Live from the 2nd Fret: Philadelphia, PA November 1966 and Live at Canterbury House: Ann Arbor, MI October 27, 1967 are available to listen to now on Joni Mitchell Archives - Vol.1: The Early Years (1963-1967) here: jm.lnk.to/JMAVol1YC | Joni Mitchell