You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone (song)

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"You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone"
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
B-side	"Cuddle Up"
Released	May 15, 1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Rock
Length	3:27
Label	Brother/Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Brian Wilson, Jack Rieley
Producer(s)	The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Surf's Up" (1971) "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" (1972) "Marcella" (1972)

"You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1972 album Carl and the Passions – "So Tough". It was written by Brian Wilson and Jack Rieley, and was issued as the album's lead single with the B-side "Cuddle Up".

Legacy[]

In 1993, Saint Etienne adopted the song title for their album You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone.

In 1999, Hefner released a cover of "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" as a bonus track to their single "The Hymn for the Cigarettes".

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