I Had Some Help

"I Had Some Help"
"I Had Some Help"
Single by Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
Released	May 10, 2024
Genre	Country pop
Length	2:58
Label	Republic; Mercury;
Songwriter(s)	Ashley Gorley; Austin Post; Chandler Paul Walters; Ernest Keith Smith; Hoskins; Louis Bell; Morgan Wallen; Ryan Vojtesak;
Producer(s)	Louis Bell; Charlie Handsome; Hoskins;
Post Malone singles chronology
Morgan Wallen singles chronology
Music video
	"I Had Some Help" on YouTube

"I Had Some Help" is a song by American rapper and singer Post Malone featuring American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released as the lead single from Malone's upcoming sixth album through Republic and Mercury Records on May 10, 2024.

Release and promotion[edit]

On March 20, 2024, Malone previewed a snippet of the song through social media after a different snippet leaked earlier, which had a problem with the mixing.^[1] On April 28, 2024, Malone and Wallen both performed their own sets at the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California, and Wallen brought Malone out to perform the song with him for the first time ahead of its release.^[2] Four days later, the two artists took to social media to announce the title of the song and its release date.^[3]

Music video[edit]

On May 10, 2024, Malone and Wallen released the official music video, which was filmed in Joshua Tree, California and directed by Chris Villa, with both artists playing leading roles.^[4] The music video reached over 3.1 million views on YouTube in one day.

Commercial performance[edit]

"I Had Some Help" earned 167 first-week adds at country radio, making it only the second song in history to clear the panel in its first week after Garth Brooks in 1997 with "Longneck Bottle".^[5] It also broke Spotify's single-day country streaming record with nearly 14 million streams, debuted at No. 1 on the streaming platform's Global Daily chart and became its top male collaboration debut of all time, in addition to topping Apple Music's Global chart and Pandora's Top Thumb Hundred chart, upon release.^[5] It debuted at number 18 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.^[6]

Credits[edit]

Post Malone – vocals
Morgan Wallen – vocals
Louis Bell – producer, recording engineer, vocal engineer
Charlie Handsome – producer
Hoskins – producer, co-producer
Aaron Sterling – drums
Craig Young – bass
Derek Wells – electric guitar
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
Dave Cohen – keyboards
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Larry Franklin – fiddle
Ryan Gore – mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for "I Had Some Help"
Chart (2024)	Peak position
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)^[7]	40
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[8]	18
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[9]	46

References[edit]

^ Kaplan, Ilana (March 21, 2024). "Post Malone Teases Unreleased Collaboration with Morgan Wallen: 'Let's Go with the Real Mix This Time'". People. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
^ Nicholson, Jessica (April 28, 2024). "Morgan Wallen & Post Malone Debut New Song 'I Had Some Help' During Stagecoach: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
^ Horowitz, Steven J. (May 2, 2024). "Post Malone and Morgan Wallen Announce Release of Collaborative Single 'I Had Some Help'". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
^ Mower, Maxim (May 10, 2024). "Post Malone and Morgan Wallen Share Official Music Video for 'I Had Some Help'". Holler. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Lorie Hollabaugh (May 14, 2024). "Morgan Wallen & Post Malone Make History With 'I Had Some Help'". Music Row. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
^ Hugh McIntyre (May 14, 2024). "Post Malone's New Single Helps Him Hit A New Chart High–After Just A Few Days". Forbes. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
^ "Post Malone Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
^ "Post Malone Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
^ "Post Malone Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

[1] Kaplan, Ilana (March 21, 2024). "Post Malone Teases Unreleased Collaboration with Morgan Wallen: 'Let's Go with the Real Mix This Time'". People. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

[2] Nicholson, Jessica (April 28, 2024). "Morgan Wallen & Post Malone Debut New Song 'I Had Some Help' During Stagecoach: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

[3] Horowitz, Steven J. (May 2, 2024). "Post Malone and Morgan Wallen Announce Release of Collaborative Single 'I Had Some Help'". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

[4] Mower, Maxim (May 10, 2024). "Post Malone and Morgan Wallen Share Official Music Video for 'I Had Some Help'". Holler. Retrieved May 10, 2024.

[Music_Row-5] Lorie Hollabaugh (May 14, 2024). "Morgan Wallen & Post Malone Make History With 'I Had Some Help'". Music Row. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

[6] Hugh McIntyre (May 14, 2024). "Post Malone's New Single Helps Him Hit A New Chart High–After Just A Few Days". Forbes. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

[sc_Billboardadultpopsongs_Post_Malone-7] "Post Malone Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2024.

[sc_Billboardcountryairplay_Post_Malone-8] "Post Malone Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 11, 2024.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Post_Malone-9] "Post Malone Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

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v t e Post Malone
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Stoney (2016) Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018) Hollywood's Bleeding (2019) Twelve Carat Toothache (2022) Austin (2023)
Mixtapes	August 26th (2016)
Compilation albums	The Diamond Collection (2023)
Singles	"White Iverson" "Too Young" "Go Flex" "Deja Vu" "Congratulations" "Rockstar" "Candy Paint" "I Fall Apart" "Psycho" "Ball for Me" "Better Now" "Sunflower" "Wow" "Goodbyes" "Circles" "Enemies" "Allergic" "Take What You Want" "Only Wanna Be with You (Pokémon 25 Version)" "Life's a Mess II" "Motley Crew" "One Right Now" "Cooped Up" "I Like You (A Happier Song)" "Chemical" "Mourning" "Overdrive" "Dial Drunk" "Enough Is Enough" "I Had Some Help"
Featured singles	"Fade" "Homemade Dynamite (Remix)" "Jackie Chan" "Writing on the Wall" "Forever" "It's a Raid" "Tommy Lee" "Tap In (Remix)" "Wolves" "Spicy" "I Did It" "Pickup Man" "Fortnight"
Other songs	"Notice Me" "Paranoid" "Stay" "Die for Me" "Saint-Tropez" "What You Say"
Tours	Runaway Tour Twelve Carat Tour If Y'all Weren't Here, I'd Be Crying Tour
Category

v t e Morgan Wallen
Discography
Studio albums	If I Know Me Dangerous: The Double Album One Thing at a Time
Singles	"The Way I Talk" "Up Down" "Whiskey Glasses" "Chasin' You" "More Than My Hometown" "7 Summers" "Sand in My Boots" "Wasted on You" "You Proof" "Thought You Should Know" "Last Night" "One Thing at a Time" "Everything I Love" "Thinkin' Bout Me" "Man Made a Bar" "Cowgirls"
Featured singles	"Heartless" "Broadway Girls" "Flower Shops" "Mamaw's House" "I Had Some Help"
Other songs	"Spin You Around" "Cover Me Up" "This Bar" "Somebody's Problem" "Still Goin' Down" "Livin' the Dream" "865" "Warning" "Dangerous" "Don't Think Jesus" "Ain't That Some" "I Wrote the Book" "Stand by Me"