answers: Kris Kristofferson
context: 12 on "Songs They Wish They Had Written" week. In 2015, DeAnna Johnson covered this song on The Voice. Help Me Make It Through the Night "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". It was covered later in 1970 by Sammi Smith, on the album "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Smith's recording of the song remains the most commercially successful and most well-known version in the United States. Her recording ranks among the most successful country singles of all time </s> a friend." In 2008, Mariah Carey recorded a version of the song intended for inclusion on the soundtrack album of the film "Tennessee", but the album was never released. Her recording was eventually released on YouTube in 2010. Barry Humphries, in the lecherous persona of his character Sir Les Patterson, released a version of the song on the 1985 LP "12 Inches of Les." In 1990, country novelty musician Ray Stevens produced a comedic version of the song. After a conventional balladic first verse with piano and strings, a Foghorn Leghorn character breaks in demanding "a little fire in it!" </s> Help Me Out "Help Me Out" is a song by American band Maroon 5 and American singer-songwriter Julia Michaels. The song was released to digital download on October 6, 2017, as the first promotional single off their sixth studio album, "Red Pill Blues" (2017). An audio video was uploaded on the band's official YouTube channel on the same day. "Help Me Out" is a length of 3 minutes and 13 seconds. It was written and composed by Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, Julia Michaels, Thomas Wesley Pentz, King Henry and Justin Tranter. It was produced by Diplo and King Henry
question: who wrote help me make it through tonight