"Help Me, Rhonda"
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)The Beach Boys songAlbum: Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) (1965)
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Released as "Help Me, Ronda" on The Beach Boys Today!, it was revised for the single release as "Help Me, Rhonda", which also appeared on Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!).
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Artist  | Album | Year | Listen | Notes |
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| 101 Strings Orchestra & The Alshire Singers | Play And Sing The Songs Of The Beach Boys | 1976 | Youtube, Spotify | Orchestral pop cover. |
| A Taste Of Honey | The Hits Of The Beach Boys | 1969 | ||
| Antia And The Perdidos | Flower Beat Happy Hippie | 1968 | ||
| ApologetiX (covered as "Help Me, Rhoda") | Isn't Wasn't Ain't | 2005 | Youtube, Spotify | Parody with Christian lyrics by J. John Jackson. |
| I Barrittas (covered as "Rhonda, Aiuto!") | Tabù EP | 1965 | Youtube | Italian cover. |
| The Beach Boys Inc. | Vintage Series | 2002 | ||
| The Beach Boys (covered as "The Beach Boys Medley") | The Beach Boys Medley single | Youtube | A (badly edited) medley of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". This is in fact an edit of the much longer "Up Tempo" medley, but with half the songs. The shorter edit is in the listen links, while a slightly longer French version can be listened to here here, if for some reason you want an extra minute. | |
| The Beach Boys (covered as "Medley Part One: Uptempo") | The Beach Boys Medley single | 1981 | A (badly edited) medley consisting of "Good Vibrations"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"I Get Around"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"Little Honda"/"Hawaii"/"409"/"Noble Surfer"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Shut Down"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Barbara Ann"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". Released as a single with Part Two (Ballads), and also a significantly shorter single version was released. This version was the B-side to the British "Wouldn't It Be Nice" re-release in 1990. | |
| The Beach Boys and T. Graham Brown | Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 | 1996 | Youtube | Country cover with Ricky Van Shelton on lead vocals. |
| The Beach Boys And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2018 | Youtube, Spotify | The original Beach Boys recording and vocals with orchestral overdubs. |
| Beach Boyz Tribute Band | Beach Boyz Tribute Band Live | 2018 | Live recording. | |
| The Bentwood Rockers (covered as "Help Me Rhonda / Little Deuce Coupe") | Rockin' Down The Highway | Medley of "Help Me, Rhonda" and "Little Deuce Coupe". | ||
| Bhonus (covered as "Beach Boys-medley") | Karibien | 2000 | Youtube, Spotify | Medley of "Barbara Ann" / "Good Vibrations" / "Surfin' U.S.A." / "I Get Around" / "Help Me, Rhonda". |
| Herman Brood & His Wild Romance | Hooks | 1989 | Youtube | Rock cover |
| Bruce and Terry | The Best Of Bruce & Terry | 1998 | Youtube, Spotify | Recorded March 25 1965. A few days before The Beach Boys recorded their reworked single version of the song, and so this version was pulled. A few days after that Bruce joined The Beach Boys. Appears on the Here Today! The Songs Of Brian Wilson compilation album. |
| Burts (covered as "Help Me Ronda") | Burt's Nr. 2 | 1977 | Youtube | Pop rock cover |
| California (covered as "Summer Fun Medley") | Summer Fun Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | Medley of "Surfin' U.S.A."/"Little Honda"/"Catch A Wave"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"I Get Around"/"Barbara Ann"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"California Girls"/"Good Vibrations". |
| Glen Campbell with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (covered as "Medley: Good Vibrations/Help Me, Rhonda/Surfer Girl/Surfin' U.S.A.") | Live At The Royal Festival Hall | 1977 | Youtube, Spotify | Live medley of "Good Vibrations" / "Help Me, Rhonda" / "Surfer Girl" / "Surfin' U.S.A." |
| The Cantina Band (covered as "Summer '81") | Summer '81 single | 1981 | Youtube | Medley of "Surfer Girl"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"409"/"I Get Around"/"Dance, Dance, Dance"/"California Girls"/"Wouldn't It Be Nice"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"Good Vibrations". Basically an attempt to see how many choruses you can fit into 4 minutes 18 seconds, the B-side was the same medley without the 14 seconds of "Surfer Girl" at the start. |
| The Carnabees (covered as "Help Me Ronda") | The Story Of The Beach Boys | 1978 | ||
| Howard Carpendale (covered as "Celebration") | Die Mega Fete | Medley of "Let's Have A Celebration" / "Hello Again" / "Help Me, Rhonda" / "Let's Have A Celebration" / "Ich Geb' Mir Selbst 'Ne Party" / "Sweet Caroline" / "Let's Have A Celebration". | ||
| Cederholm & Brdr. Hellemann | Teaterkoncert Beach Boys | 2008 | ||
| Cliff Jackson And The Star-Beaters (covered as "Bits And Pieces - Help Me Rhonda") | Beat Parade | 1966 | Medley of "Bits And Pieces" and "Help Me, Rhonda" | |
| The Coconuts (covered as "Medley") | Women & Coconuts First | 1981 | Medley of "Help Me, Rhonda" / "The Wanderer" / "Ain't That A Shame" / "Come Go With Me" / "Why Do Fools Fall In Love". | |
| Crazy Otto (covered as "Baby Love - Help Me, Rhonda - Baby Don't Go") | Crazy Otto Beat | 1966 | Youtube | Jazz instrumental medley of "Baby Love", "Help Me, Rhonda" and "Baby Don't Go". |
| Curt Haagers | Ta Mej Me'... | 1975 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover |
| Mike Denver (covered as "60s Medley") | Me And The Boys | 2017 | Youtube, Spotify | Live medley of "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes" / "Then I Kissed Her" / "Help Me, Rhonda" / "Something Tells Me I'm Into Something Good". |
| Dirty Storey Band | Dirty Storey Band | 1997 | ||
| Gretchen Dowsing (covered as "Help Me Ronda") | Fun, Fun, Fun | |||
| Les Excentriques (covered as "Aide-Moi, Chérie") | Les Excentriques | 1965 | Youtube, Spotify | Also released as a single. French lyrics by Christian Lavoie. |
| Fancy | I Saw Linda Yesterday single | 1979 | ||
| Chris Farmer | California Dreamin' | 2008 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| The Firebirds | Stars In Stripes | 2013 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| The Freshmen | Irish Showbands; The Greatest Hits Collection | 2011 | Youtube | Live, straightforward cover. |
| Gidea Park (covered as "California Gold") | Gidea Park | 1981 | Youtube, Spotify | Released as a single. Also known as "Beach Boys Gold Part II". Medley of "California Gold"/"California Girls"/"Wouldn't It Be Nice"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"The Little Girl I Once Knew"/"All Summer Long"/"Lovin' That Music". A live version appears on their Live In Concert album. |
| The Hard Travelers | Wanted: The Hard Travelers | |||
| Harmony | Harmony | 1980 | ||
| The Hollyridge Strings | Play The Beach Boys Song Book - Vol. 2 | 1967 | Youtube, Spotify | Orchestral cover arranged by Mort Garson and Perry Botkin Jr. |
| The In-Sect (covered as "Help Me Ronda") | Introducing The In-Sect Direct From London | 1965 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover |
| Takeshi Inomata & His West Liners | Modern Punch For You | 1978 | ||
| The Jailbreakers | Volume 1 & 2 | 1990 | ||
| Jan & Dean | Their Greatest Hits | 1977 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover from this "greatest hits" album, that is actually an album of new recordings from 1977, and is more of a solo project by Dean Torrence than an actual Jan & Dean recording. |
| Al Jardine | A Postcard From California | 2010 | Youtube | Featuring Steve Miller on vocals and Flea on bass. |
| Al Jardine, Family & Friends | Live In Las Vegas | 2001 | Youtube | Live recording. Al performs lead vocals. |
| Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers (covered as "Sounds Like Fun") | It's Party Time | 1990 | Youtube | Medley of "Tom Hark"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"Shout"/"Splish Splash"/"Tossin' & Turnin'"/"Speedy Gonzales"/"Tom Hark". |
| Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers (covered as "Hopping Mad") | Jive Bunny - The Album | 1989 | Youtube, Spotify | Megamix containing samples from "Shout" (Lulu), "March Of The Mods" (Joe Loss), "Da Doo Ron Ron" (The Crystals), "Come Back My Love" (Darts), "Runaway" (Del Shannon), "Poetry In Motion" (Johnny Tillotson), "Lucille" (Little Richard), "I'm Into Something Good" (Herman's Hermits) and "Help Me, Rhonda" (The Beach Boys single version). |
| Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers (covered as "Summer Holiday / Beach Baby / Help Me Rhonda") | Jive Bunny Triple Tracker: Summer Holiday / Beach Baby / Help Me Rhonda single | 2010 | Youtube, Spotify | Medley of "Summer Holiday"/"Beach Baby"/"Help Me, Rhonda". |
| Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers (covered as "Beach Baby / Help Me Rhonda / Sherry") | Jive Bunny Triple Tracker: Beach Baby / Help Me Rhonda / Sherry single | 2010 | Youtube, Spotify | Medley of "Beach Baby"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"Sherry". |
| Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers | Beach Party | 1998 | Youtube | Pop cover. |
| John B. & The Surfin' Safaris | A Tribute To The Beach Boys | 2002 | Youtube, Spotify | |
| Col Joye And The Joy Boys | The Exciting Big Beat!!! The Best Hit Parade | 1965 | ||
| Juba & Lula (covered as "Nessa Onda") | Juba & Lula O Disco | 1988 | Youtube | With Portuguese lyrics. |
| Tony Kenny And The Sands Showband | Help Me Rhonda single | 1968 | Youtube | Straightforward cover. |
| Chuck Kirkpatrick (covered as "Surf's Up") | Surf's Up single | 1981 | Youtube | Medley of "Little Deuce Coupe"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"California Girls"/"Good Vibrations"/"In My Room"/"Surfer Girl"/"Don't Worry Baby"/"Wendy"/"I Get Around"/"Barbara Ann"/"Shut Down"/"409"/"Catch A Wave"/"Surfin' Safari"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"Fun, Fun, Fun". |
| The Langley Schools Music Project | Innocence & Despair | 2001 | Youtube, Spotify | 60-child choir singing. Originally recorded (and released) in 1976. |
| Linie 3 (covered as "The Beach Boys") | Hvor Er De 2 Andre!!? | 1994 | Youtube | Live medley of "Kokomo" / "Good vibrations" / "Surfin' U.S.A." / "Help Me, Rhonda" / "I Get Around" / "Still Cruisin'" / "Heroes And Villains" / "Barbara Ann". |
| Little Joe Shaver And Devil Dog | Country Surfin' | 1976 | ||
| Mike Love | Unleash The Love | 2017 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. Bruce on backing vocals. |
| Bob Lowden (covered as "Beach Boys Medley") | Bob Lowden's Concert Band Simplicity Series | 1985 | Medley of "California Girls" / "Help Me, Rhonda" / "Wouldn't It Be Nice". | |
| Ricky Martin | An All Star-Tribute To Brian Wilson | 2001 | Youtube | Live recording, performed with Brian's backing band. |
| Kevin Max & Jimmy A | Making God Smile (An Artists' Tribute To The Songs Of Beach Boy Brian Wilson) | 2002 | Youtube | Synthpop cover. |
| Bruce McCoy | The Beach Ball Live | 1979 | Live recording | |
| Mi-Ke (covered as "へルフ・ミー・ロソ夕") | 太陽の下のサーフィン・Japan | 1992 | Japanese cover. | |
| Fred Mollin And The Blue Sea Band | Disney's Beach Party - Surf Sound | 2006 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. Co-produced by Mark Linnett and features Darian Sahanaja and Jeff Foskett on backing vocals. Introduction by Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Minnie Mouse. |
| The Music Makers | The 60's In The Discotheque Sound | 1977 | ||
| New Jordal Swingers | Turn On To The Music | 1978 | ||
| New Symphonic Orchestra | New Symphonic Orchestra Plays The Beach Boys | 1999 | Youtube, Spotify | Muzak cover. |
| Olsen Brothers | Brothers To Brothers | 2013 | Spotify | Rock cover. |
| Roy Orbison | Big O | 1970 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover |
| The Original Sins | Smiles, Vibes & Harmony: A Tribute To Brian Wilson | 1990 | ||
| P.K. And The Sound Explosion | The Beach Boys Songbook | 1977 | ||
| Papa Doo Run Run | California Project | 1985 | Youtube | Straightforward cover. |
| Pickin' On | Pickin' On The Beach Boys: A Bluegrass Tribute | 2004 | Youtube | Bluegrass instrumental |
| Gary Puckett (covered as "Medley") | Live | 2005 | Spotify | Live medley of "Keep The Customer Satisfied" and "Help Me, Rhonda". |
| Rämouns | Rockaway Beach Boys | 2009 | Youtube, Spotify | Punk cover, in the style of the Ramones. |
| Red Squares | People Get Ready | 1998 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| Johnny Rivers | New Lovers And Old Friends | 1975 | Youtube | Released as a single in 1975, where it reached #22 in the US. Featured Brian Wilson on backing vocals. |
| The Rock & Roll Circus | At Last | 1984 | ||
| The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (covered as "The Water Planet Suite") | Symphonic Sounds: Music Of The Beach Boys | 1998 | A 23 minute long orchestral medley of "Heroes And Villains"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"Wouldn't It Be Nice/"God Only Knows"/"Surfer Girl"/"In My Room"/"The Warmth Of The Sun"/"All Summer Long"/"You Still Believe In Me"/"Caroline, No"/"Good Vibrations". Arranged by Bob Alcivar, produced by Bruce Johnston. | |
| Safari Season | Growing Young | 1998 | Spotify | Ballad interpretation |
| Sannex | Tillbaka Till Framtiden | 2012 | Youtube, Spotify | Pop rock cover. |
| Die Schlapse (covered as "Hilf Mir Sonja") | Schlapsen Sommer Hit Party | German cover. | ||
| Die Schlapse (covered as "Hitmix-Medley") | Sommerparty | Youtube, Spotify | Medley of "Hilf Mir Sonja" ("Help Me, Rhonda")/"Eine Insel Nur Für Schlapse" ("Eine Insel Mit Zwei Bergen")/"Surfin' Auf Dem Schlapsensee" ("Surfin' U.S.A.")/"Hitzefrei" ("Coco Jamboo")/"Der Traumpschlaps" ("Beautiful Dreamer"). | |
| Sea Cruise (covered as "Beach Boys Medley") | Sea Cruise | 1978 | Youtube | 12 minute disco medley, consisting of "Dance, Dance, Dance"/"Do You Wanna Dance"/"Surfin' U.S.A."/"I Get Around"/"Wendy"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"Surfer Girl"/"Fun, Fun, Fun"/"Good Vibrations"/"Little Honda"/"Shut Down"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"California Girls"/"Summer Finale". |
| The Shadows (Canada) | Hit Parade | |||
| The Slipstreams | Help Me Rhonda single | 1965 | ||
| Bob Snyder (covered as "California Girls / Help Me Rhonda") | The Music Box Dancer | 1979 | Medley of "California Girls" and "Help Me, Rhonda". | |
| Soft Thunder | Soft Thunder | |||
| Squares | Here We Go Again | 1975 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover. |
| Stanford Mendicants | Best Laid Plans | 2002 | ||
| Die Strandjungs (covered as "Hilf Mir Sonja") | Sommer, Sonne... Strandjungs | 1985 | Youtube, Spotify | With German lyrics by Guntmar Feuerstein. Released as a single in Germany. |
| The Surf City Allstars | Acoustic Vibrations | 2009 | Youtube, Spotify | Acoustic cover. Lead vocals by Al Jardine. Live versions without Al appear on 2006 (Spotify) and 2014 (Spotify, Youtube) albums Live In Concert. |
| Surf City Sounds | Surf City Sounds | 1981 | ||
| Surf Punks (covered as "Surf's Up Medley") | Surf's Up Medley single | 1981 | Youtube | Medley of "Surf City" / "Surfin' U.S.A." / "Help Me, Rhonda" / "Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "California Girls" / "Pipeline" / "Catch A Wave" / "I Get Around" / "Surfer Girl". |
| The Surfbreakers | Beach Boys Salute | 1981 | ||
| The Surfers | Hits That Made The Beach Boys | 1971 | Also appears on 1974's Sounds Like The Beach Boys. | |
| The Surfsiders | The Surfsiders Sing The Beach Boys Songbook | 1965 | Notoriously bad cover. | |
| Surrey Brass (covered as "Help Me Ronda") | Made In The 60's | 1967 | ||
| Jan Harpo Svensson (covered as "Hjälp Mig Rune") | Råck Änd Råll Rätt Å Slätt | 1979 | Youtube, Spotify | Swedish language cover. |
| Thor-Erics (covered as "Beachboys Medley") | Något Som Hände | 1978 | Medley of "California Girls"/"Little Deuce Coupe"/"In My Room"/"The Warmth Of The Sun"/"Help Me, Rhonda". | |
| Trygve Thue (covered as "Hjelp Meg Anna") | Jeg - En Beach Boy | 1994 | Youtube, Spotify | Straightforward cover, Norwegian lyrics by Gustav Lorentzen. |
| Time Pools | Beach Boys Gone Country | 2007 | Youtube, Spotify | Instrumental country cover. |
| The Tokens Featuring Mitch Margo (covered as "Choice Ladies") | Re-Doo-Wopp | 1988 | Youtube | Medley of "Gloria"/"Sherry"/"Denise"/"Peggy Sue"/"Shelia"/"Oh, Carol"/"Runaround Sue"/"Help Me, Rhonda"/"Barbara Ann". |
| The Top Ten Allstars | Help Me Rhonda single | |||
| Tradewinds | Tradewinds | |||
| Unknown | Hit Parader #35 EP | |||
| Unknown | Homage To The Beach Boys | |||
| Unknown | You Were Made For Me EP | 1965 | ||
| Unknown | Dance To The Music: 20 Golden Hit Songs Of The 60's | 1975 | ||
| Jan-Paul Van Der Meij (covered as "Help Miranda") | Waterballet | 1992 | Youtube | Released as a single. Dutch lyrics by Jan-Paul Van Der Meij. |
| Vazelina Bilopphøggers (covered as "Hjelp Meg Ragna") | Tempo | 1989 | Youtube | Norwegian lyrics by Eldar Vågan. |
| Brian Wilson | Live At The Roxy Theatre | 2000 | Live recording. Bonus track on some versions of the album. | |
| Brian Wilson with Al Jardine | Brian Wilson And Friends | 2016 | Youtube, Spotify | Live recording. Al takes the lead vocal. |
| The Gary Wilson Band | Help Me Rhonda single | 1981 | ||
| The Winners | The Winners | 1992 | Released as a single the year before. | |
| Das Wuppertaler Rockfolk Orchester | It's Only Rockfolk But We Like It | 1978 | Performed in English, although the sleeve lists it as "Hilf Mir, Honda" by "Brei N. Wilsenodernich". | |
| Tatsurō Yamashita | Add Some Music To Your Day | 1972 |