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Written by Brian Holland, also Feel It Still (Portugal. The Man), I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Four Tops) and The Other Side (Aerosmith)
Released on Tamla Motown, also I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye), Got to Be There (Michael Jackson) and What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)
Written by Lamont Dozier, also I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Four Tops), The Other Side (Aerosmith) and It’s the Same Old Song (Four Tops)
Written by Eddie Holland, also I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Four Tops), The Other Side (Aerosmith) and It’s the Same Old Song (Four Tops)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Lamont Dozier wrote 162 songs on fono
Eddie Holland wrote 156 songs on fono
Brian Holland’s most frequent co-writer is Eddie Holland (136 songs together)
Lamont Dozier’s most frequent co-writer is Brian Holland (129 songs together)
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Holland–Dozier–Holland and Lamont Dozier
- Released on
- Tamla Motown
- Written by
- Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Holland–Dozier–Holland and Lamont Dozier
- Released on
- Tamla Motown
Connected by credits
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Same writer: Brian Holland
Same writer: Lamont Dozier
Same writer: Holland–Dozier–Holland
Same label: Tamla Motown
Same writer: Lamont Dozier
Same writer: Holland–Dozier–Holland
Same label: Tamla Motown
Same writer: Lamont Dozier
Elsewhere
Sources (7)
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1MusicBrainz Helpless was written by Brian Holland
2MusicBrainz Helpless was written by Eddie Holland
3MusicBrainz Helpless was written by Holland–Dozier–Holland
Helpless was written by Holland–Dozier–Holland
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Helpless was written by Lamont Dozier
5MusicBrainz Helpless is part of the release Helpless / Take Me in Your Arms
Helpless is part of the release Helpless / Take Me in Your Arms
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Tamla Motown is the label of the song Helpless
Tamla Motown is the label of the song Helpless
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Helpless was released on 1966-02-14