"Help Me Make It Through The Night" is a country music ballad written and composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album Kristofferson. Though it was also recorded in 1971 by Elvis Presley, four others recorded it in 1971: Joan Baez for her album Blessed Are... (July 1971), Gladys Knight & The Pips in 1972, Bryan Ferry for his album Another Time, Another Place (October 1974), Jerry Lee Lewis, who did a bluesy version for his album Touching Home, and country singer Sammi Smith, whose recording of the song is the most commercially successful and most well-known version in the United States. Smith's recording ranks among the most successful country singles of all time in terms of sales, popularity and radio airplay. Her recording topped the country singles chart, and was also a