Does Anybody Know I'm Here?
1968 · Cadet 5631 · USA
- Artist
- The Dells
- Title
- Does Anybody Know I'm Here?
- Release
- Make Sure (You Have Someone to Love You) / Does Anybody Know I'm Here
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Cadet # 5631
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Bobby Miller
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The song "Does Anybody Know I'm Here" (Cadet Records # 5631) by the 50s / 60s soul / R&B group the Dells, from Harvey, Illinois, was about a soldier "in a foreign land" - Vietnam? Germany? The soldier wondered if the people back home had forgotten about him. It represented the homesick soldier. It also suggested that the soldier did not want to be there. The song was written and produced by Bobby Miller, and arranged by Charles Stepney - both working for Chess Records (of which Cadet Records was a sub-label).
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Alone and far away from home / A boy stands in a foreign land / Lonely is he, and in the dark he wipes away a tear / As he thinks to himself, does anybody know I'm here? / He's got a girl, far on a distant shore / And he wonders if she loves him anymore / Cold, so cold is the wind / And in the dark he wipes away a tear / As he thinks to himself, does anybody know I'm here? / Don't worry about me baby, I'll be right here
Notes
Cadet 5631, matrix 17459, "Mfg. by Chess Producing Corp. Chicago, IL 60616"; "Does Anybody Know I'm Here" (Bobby Miller), 3:15, Chevis Music, BMI; arranged by Charles Stepney, produced by Bobby Miller. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American vocal group formed 1953 in Harvey, Illinois ('Does Anybody Know I'm Here'). [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]