"Help" is a single by American rock band Papa Roach, from their ninth studio album Crooked Teeth. It topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in April 2017 for 6 consecutive weeks.
Video Help (Papa Roach song)
Background
The song was first released as a single on February 17, 2017. The song was produced by RAS and Colin Brittain, two younger, up-and-coming music producers the band chose to work with, to help find a new sound that mixed their Infest-era sound with more modern music. A music video for the song was released on May 1, 2017. Directed by Darren Craig, the video features the band performing and shows footage of unfortunate life events happening to a man wearing a bunny costume.
Maps Help (Papa Roach song)
Themes and composition
Lyrically, the song's message is centered around surviving mental health issues. The song features bass-driven verses, followed by a wash of heavy guitar and synths in the chorus, with frontman Jacoby Shaddix's recurring line in the chorus singing "I think I need help / I'm drowning in myself". Rock Sound described the song as "infectious, emotional...powerful...a cry for help in musical form". Shaddix described the song:
With a track like Help, that song kind of harkens back to 'Scars', but it's a little bit more uptempo and upbeat than Scars is. But it's 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. Let's see if we wrote something in a major key again.' We've done that with songs like Lifeline in the past...It's got a little element of some old school with some new school.
Charts
Personnel
- Jacoby Shaddix - lead vocals
- Jerry Horton - guitar
- Tobin Esperance - bass
- Tony Palermo - drums
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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