"Help Me Out" is a song by American band

Maroon 5 Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine (musician), James Valentine, d ...

and American singer-songwriter

Julia Michaels Julia Carin Michaels (''Birth name, née'' Cavazos; born November 13, 1993) is an American singer and songwriter. She has received six Grammy Award nominations, including twice for Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year and Grammy A ...

. The song was released on October 6, 2017, as the first promotional single from the band's sixth studio album ''

Red Pill Blues ''Red Pill Blues'' is the sixth studio album by American band Maroon 5. It was released on November 3, 2017, through 222 Records, 222 and Interscope Records. This is the band's first album to feature multi-instrumentalist Sam Farrar as an offic ...

'' (2017), also as included the sixth track on the record.

Composition

"Help Me Out" is a length of 3 minutes and 13 seconds. It was written and composed by

frontman

Adam Levine Adam Noah Levine ( ; born March 18, 1979) is an American musician who is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and sole continuous member of the pop rock band Maroon 5. Levine began his musical career in 1994 with the band Kara's Flowers, for ...

, Thomas Wesley Pentz,

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and

Justin Tranter Justin Drew Tranter (born June 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, singer, and activist. Tranter has written songs for artists such as Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson, Sara Bareilles, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, DNCE, ...

. It was produced by Diplo and King Henry with

Sam Farrar Sam John Farrar (born June 29, 1978) is an American musician. He is best known as a member of the pop band Maroon 5, in which he plays several instruments, primarily bass guitar. A frequent collaborator with the band since the 1990s, he joined ...

and Noah Passovoy as co-producers.

Lyric video

On October 23, 2017, a lyric video was released on the band's official

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channel. It features the words flashing across the screen in

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Track listing

Personnel

Maroon 5 *

– lead and backing vocals, songwriter *

Jesse Carmichael Jesse Royal Carmichael (born April 2, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist and rhythm guitarist for the pop rock band, Maroon 5. He is one of only two remaining original members of the group, along with frontman Adam Le ...

– keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

Mickey Madden Michael Allen Madden (born May 13, 1979) is an American musician and former bassist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. Life and music career Madden was born in Austin, Texas. He began playing in junior high school at the Brentwood School in Los ...

– bass * James Valentine – lead guitar, backing vocals *

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–

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s, percussion *

PJ Morton P.J. Morton (born Paul Sylvester Morton Jr.; March 29, 1981) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Since 2012, he has been the keyboardist for the pop band Maroon 5. Morton originally joined the band as a touring mem ...

– keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals *

– additional instrumentation, co-producer Additional personnel *

– featured artist, songwriter *

Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is a co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer; a member of the supergroup LSD (group), ...

– songwriter, production *

King Henry King Henry may refer to: * Rulers named Henry; see * King Henry (producer) (born 1989), American record producer and DJ See also * Henry King (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, tndis ...

– songwriter, production *

– songwriter *Noah Passovoy – co-producer

Charts

References

{{authority control 2017 songs 2017 singles Maroon 5 songs Julia Michaels songs Songs written by Adam Levine Songs written by Julia Michaels Songs written by Diplo Song recordings produced by Diplo Songs written by Justin Tranter 222 Records singles Interscope Records singles Songs written by King Henry (producer)