"Save Me" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Jelly Roll featuring Lainey Wilson | ||||
from the album Whitsitt Chapel | ||||
Released | June 25, 2020 (original) | |||
Length |
| |||
Label |
| |||
Songwriter(s) |
| |||
Producer(s) | David Ray | |||
Jelly Roll singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Lainey Wilson singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Music video | ||||
"Save Me" on YouTube |
"Save Me" is a song by American musician Jelly Roll, released on June 25, 2020, as a single from his 2020 studio album Self Medicated. [1] [2] An official remix of the song with American country music singer Lainey Wilson was released on May 12, 2023, as the second single from his album Whitsitt Chapel (2023). [3]
The music video of the song premiered on June 16, 2020. In the description, Jelly Roll stated, "This one is a little bit of a curveball for me. I don't usually do these stripped down acoustic videos, but writing this song made me feel something and I felt y'all needed some insight into the more vulnerable side of the music business." [4]
In regard to his inspiration for writing the song, Jelly Roll told Apple Music:
It was the middle of the pandemic. And when I say middle of it, I mean we were spraying boxes with Lysol. And I just couldn't sit through that. I was like, "We got to work." And I was in such a dark space because of that; I knew I needed to write. My father had just died a year before. So I'm still learning how to grieve through that. And then I'm like, "We got to write. I got to get this out of me." So "Save Me" came from a really dark space. It's still really hard to sing. [5]
In a June, 2024 interview with Howard Stern, Jelly Roll further revealed that inspiration for the song came from Bette Midler's song " The Rose". [6]
Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson performed the song at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards and later at the finale of season 21 of American Idol. [7]
Chart (2023) | Peak position |
---|---|
US Digital Song Sales ( Billboard) [8] | 29 |
Chart (2023–2024) | Peak position |
---|---|
Canada ( Canadian Hot 100) [9] | 38 |
Canada Country ( Billboard) [10] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] | 19 |
US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard) [12] | 9 |
US Country Airplay ( Billboard) [13] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [14] | 6 |
US Pop Airplay ( Billboard) [15] | 18 |
Chart (2023) | Position |
---|---|
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [16] | 41 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
United States ( RIAA) [17] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
"Save Me" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Jelly Roll featuring Lainey Wilson | ||||
from the album Whitsitt Chapel | ||||
Released | June 25, 2020 (original) | |||
Length |
| |||
Label |
| |||
Songwriter(s) |
| |||
Producer(s) | David Ray | |||
Jelly Roll singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Lainey Wilson singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Music video | ||||
"Save Me" on YouTube |
"Save Me" is a song by American musician Jelly Roll, released on June 25, 2020, as a single from his 2020 studio album Self Medicated. [1] [2] An official remix of the song with American country music singer Lainey Wilson was released on May 12, 2023, as the second single from his album Whitsitt Chapel (2023). [3]
The music video of the song premiered on June 16, 2020. In the description, Jelly Roll stated, "This one is a little bit of a curveball for me. I don't usually do these stripped down acoustic videos, but writing this song made me feel something and I felt y'all needed some insight into the more vulnerable side of the music business." [4]
In regard to his inspiration for writing the song, Jelly Roll told Apple Music:
It was the middle of the pandemic. And when I say middle of it, I mean we were spraying boxes with Lysol. And I just couldn't sit through that. I was like, "We got to work." And I was in such a dark space because of that; I knew I needed to write. My father had just died a year before. So I'm still learning how to grieve through that. And then I'm like, "We got to write. I got to get this out of me." So "Save Me" came from a really dark space. It's still really hard to sing. [5]
In a June, 2024 interview with Howard Stern, Jelly Roll further revealed that inspiration for the song came from Bette Midler's song " The Rose". [6]
Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson performed the song at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards and later at the finale of season 21 of American Idol. [7]
Chart (2023) | Peak position |
---|---|
US Digital Song Sales ( Billboard) [8] | 29 |
Chart (2023–2024) | Peak position |
---|---|
Canada ( Canadian Hot 100) [9] | 38 |
Canada Country ( Billboard) [10] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] | 19 |
US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard) [12] | 9 |
US Country Airplay ( Billboard) [13] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [14] | 6 |
US Pop Airplay ( Billboard) [15] | 18 |
Chart (2023) | Position |
---|---|
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [16] | 41 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
United States ( RIAA) [17] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |