Call on Me (Eric Prydz song)
"Call on Me" | |||||||
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Single by Eric Prydz | |||||||
Released |
13 September 2004 (See release history) | ||||||
Format | CD single, DVD single, 12" single, digital download | ||||||
Recorded | 2004 | ||||||
Genre | |||||||
Length | 2:52 | ||||||
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Ministry of Sound Data Ultra (U.S.) | ||||||
Writer(s) | Eric Prydz, Steve Winwood, Will Jennings | ||||||
Producer(s) | Eric Prydz | ||||||
Eric Prydz singles chronology | |||||||
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"Call on Me" is a song co-written and recorded by Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz. The single received massive sales success and topped several record charts. "Call on Me" is known for its music video, which features several women and a man performing aerobics in a sexually suggestive manner.
Background
"Call on Me" is a dance music track based on a sample of Steve Winwood's 1982 song "Valerie". When Prydz presented the track to him, Winwood was so impressed with what Prydz had done, that he re-recorded the vocals to fit the track better.[1] DJ Falcon stated in an interview that he and Thomas Bangalter, as a duo called Together, had sampled "Valerie" years previously to create a similar song. Together's track was used in DJ sets with no intention to release it as a single despite demand from various outlets.[2]
Music video
The music video for "Call on Me", directed by Huse Monfaradi, features an aerobics class of women wearing 1980s styled aerobics outfits performing sexually suggestive gym routines led by dancer and choreographer Deanne Berry, much to the enjoyment of the sole man in the group, played by Juan Pablo Di Pace. The video was filmed in the Laban Dance Centre in Deptford, England and spoofs a scene in the 1985 film Perfect starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis.[3]
In late-2004, while being interviewed by Chris Evans for UK Radio Aid, a 12-hour fundraising broadcast for tsunami victims, the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair said: "The first time it came on, I nearly fell off my rowing machine."[4] Vice Media via their Thump website would go on to call the video the "Sexiest Music Video of All Time"[5] There are two videos — an edited one shown in daylight hours and a late night version which is uncut and features the dancers rubbing their breasts and one dancer slapping her buttocks.
The video was the highest-downloaded music video of all time in Australia, downloaded over 35,000 times through 3 Mobile mobile phones with 3G technology in association with the Rage music television show. Ministry of Sound presented the 3 Mobile phone provider with the mobile equivalent of a gold record in April 2005.
Due to the popularity and high demand for the video, a feature length aerobics DVD was later released, titled Pump It Up – The Ultimate Dance Workout, which featured the dancers from the "Call on Me" video performing aerobics routines to various popular dance music songs.
In 2006, as tribute to the "Call on Me" video, a sequel was created with the same principal dancers in "The Hughes Corporation" house remix of Irene Cara's 1983 "Flashdance... What a Feeling".[6][7] This video references the films Flashdance, Dirty Dancing, Saturday Night Fever and Grease as evidenced by the featured dance, costumes and film posters in the video.
The first video features Australian dancer Deanne Berry, British dancers Laura More, Franky Wedge, Laura Jayne Smith, Rosy Hawkins, Laura Bowley and Argentine dancer Juan Pablo Di Pace.[8] The second video features only Deanne Berry and Juan Pablo Di Pace from the first. The video received further tabloid attention in 2011 when it emerged dancer Laura Jayne Smith was the sister of the then-new Doctor Who actor Matt Smith.[9]
The video became #5 in NME's "50 Worst Music Videos Ever".[10]
In September 2014, 8 Norwegian former and current cancer patients recreated the video[11] to support the Aktiv mot Kreft[12] foundation (Active Against Cancer, founded by Helle Aanesen and Grete Waitz) and promote physical training for cancer patients.
Commercial performance
The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart at a time when the chart was experiencing low sales, due to the CD single facing increasing competition from the digital download which at the time was not an eligible format in the chart. Until January 2005, Eric Prydz held the record for selling the lowest number of singles for a number-one chart position in the United Kingdom in any particular week: "Call on Me" sold 23,519 copies when it returned to the top of the charts on October 17, 2004. This record was broken once again by himself only a week later on October 24, 2004, with the single selling 21,749 copies that week. Nevertheless, it was the fourth biggest selling single of 2004 in the United Kingdom, selling 335,000 copies that year - including a DVD single with the uncut video - and staying five weeks at number-one on the UK Singles Chart, the longest run of any single that year.
The song entered the German singles chart at number one in early November 2004, and also repeated this feat in the Republic of Ireland. In Australia, "Call on Me" debuted and peaked at #2.
Track listings and formats
- CD single
- "Call on Me" (Radio Edit) –2:51
- "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs. Retarded Funk Mix) –7:34
- CD maxi single
- "Call on Me" (Radio Edit) –2:51
- "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs. Retarded Funk Mix) –7:34
- "Call on Me" (JJ Stockholm Club Mix) –7:51
- "Call on Me" (Filterheadz Remix) –7:07
- "Call on Me" (Red Kult Dub Pass 2 Mix) –7:53
- "Call on Me" (Video) (Dirty Version)
- DVD single
- "Call on Me" (Video - Daytime Version)
- "Call on Me" (Video - Late Night Version)
- "Call on Me" (Radio Edit) –2:51
- "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs. Retarded Funk Mix) –7:34
- Photo Gallery
- Digital download
- "Call on Me" (Radio Edit) –2:51
- "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs. Retarded Funk Mix) –7:34
- Non-Album singles
- "Call on Me" (Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso Remix) - 6:53
Release history
Country | Release date |
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Europe | 13 September 2004 |
North America | 1 November 2004 |
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
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Achievements
Preceded by "Real to Me" by Brian McFadden "Radio" by Robbie Williams |
UK number-one single 19 September 2004 – 9 October 2004 17 October 2004 – 30 October 2004 |
Succeeded by "Radio" by Robbie Williams "Wonderful" by Ja Rule feat. R. Kelly & Ashanti |
Preceded by "Real to Me" by Brian McFadden |
Irish Singles Chart number-one single 30 September 2004 – 28 October 2004 |
Succeeded by "My Prerogative" by Britney Spears |
Preceded by "Obsesión" by Aventura |
German number-one single October 30, 2004 – December 4, 2004 |
Succeeded by "Living to Love You" by Sarah Connor |
Preceded by "I Won't Cry" by Elin Lanto "Touch Me" by Günther featuring Samantha Fox |
Swedish number-one single November 11, 2004 December 2, 2004 |
Succeeded by "I Won't Cry" by Elin Lanto "Coming True" by Daniel Lindström |
Preceded by "Obsesión" by Aventura |
Ö3 Austria Top 40 number-one single November 14, 2004 – December 19, 2004 |
Succeeded by "Sweetest Poison" by Nu Pagadi |
Preceded by "My Prerogative" by Britney Spears "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20 |
Norwegian VG-lista number-one single November 17, 2004 – December 8, 2004 January 5, 2005 – January 19, 2005 |
Succeeded by "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20 "Unloved" by Espen Lind |
Preceded by "Adieu monsieur le professeur" by Star Academy 4 |
French SNEP number-one single January 2, 2005 – January 16, 2005 |
Succeeded by "Ma Philosophie" by Amel Bent |
References
- ↑ "Eric Prydz: Biography". The DJ List. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
- ↑ "DJ Falcon about Eric Prydz - CALL ON ME". YouTube. 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ↑ "About The Video". I LOVE ERIC PRYDZ - CALL ON ME. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ↑ "Eric Prydz keeps Tony Blair going at the gym". Female First. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ↑ Josh, Baines. "I Tried to Track Down the Cast of Eric Prydz' "Call on Me," the Sexiest Music Video of All Time". Thump. Vice Media. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ↑ "Hughes Corporation - What a Feeling". contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ↑ "What a Feeling - The Hughes Corporation". VKMag. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ↑ "Eric Prydz Call on me dancers". The AnswerBank. 2006-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ↑ "New Doctor Who Matt Smith's sister Laura Jayne is a dancer in Eric Prydz's Call On Me pop music video and also dances for Take That". The Sun. 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ↑ "50 Worst Music Videos Ever | #5 - Eric Prydz - 'Call On Me'". NME. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ↑ "Cancer patients remake Eric Prydz's sexy 'Call on me' music video". Youtube. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- ↑ "Main page". aktivmotkreft.no. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Eric Prydz – Call On Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Eric Prydz – Call On Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Eric Prydz – Call On Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Eric Prydz – Call On Me" (in French). Ultratop 50.
- ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Eric Prydz – Call On Me". Tracklisten.
- ↑ "Eric Prydz: Call On Me" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ↑ "Lescharts.com – Eric Prydz – Call On Me" (in French). Les classement single.
- ↑ "Musicline.de – Eric Prydz Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ↑ "Eric Prydz Call On Me". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
- ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
- ↑ Indice per Interprete: P (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Eric Prydz search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
- ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Eric Prydz – Call On Me". Top 40 Singles.
- ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Eric Prydz – Call On Me". VG-lista.
- ↑ "Top40-charts.com". Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ↑ Romanian peak
- ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Eric Prydz – Call On Me" Canciones Top 50.
- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Eric Prydz – Call On Me". Singles Top 100.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Eric Prydz – Call On Me". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ↑ "Eric Prydz: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
- ↑ "Billboard charts". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2004". ARIA. Archived from the original on May 2, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ 2004 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved May 15, 2008)
- ↑ "Single Jahrescharts 2004" (in German). MTV. Archived from the original on December 16, 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ↑ 2004 Irish Singles Chart Irma.ie (Retrieved December 11, 2008)
- ↑ "UK Singles Chart 2004" (PDF). ChartsPlus. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ↑ 2005 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at Archived September 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved May 15, 2008)
- ↑ 2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- 1 2 2005 French Airplay and Video Charts Yacast.fr (Retrieved May 14, 2008)
- ↑ 2005 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived April 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ↑ 2005 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch Archived July 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ↑ Die erfolgreichsten Hits des neuen Jahrtausends, rtl.de (Retrieved August 11, 2011)
- ↑ Australian certifications aria.com Archived October 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved April 24, 2008)
- ↑ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 24, 2008)
- ↑ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved April 24, 2008)
- ↑ BPI