Call on Me (Eric Prydz song)

"Call on Me"
Single by Eric Prydz
Released 13 September 2004
Format
Recorded 2004
Genre
Length 2:52
Label Ministry of Sound
Data
Ultra (US)
Songwriter(s) Eric Prydz, Steve Winwood, Will Jennings
Producer(s) Eric Prydz
Eric Prydz singles chronology
"Slammin'"
(2004)		 "Call on Me"
(2004)		 "Woz Not Woz"
(2005)

"Slammin'"
(2004)		 "Call on Me"
(2004)		 "Woz Not Woz"
(2005)
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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" from the album Talking Back to the Night. 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, as part of the duo Together, he and Thomas Bangalter (of Daft Punk) 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 (who is wearing a bodysuit with her buttocks uncovered) – 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 number 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 17 October 2004.[13] This record was broken once again by himself only a week later on 24 October 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 Ireland. In Australia, "Call on Me" debuted and peaked at number 2.

Track listings and formats

CD single

  1. "Call on Me" (Radio Edit) – 2:51
  2. "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs. Retarded Funk Mix) – 7:34

CD maxi single

  1. "Call on Me" (Radio Edit) – 2:51
  2. "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs. Retarded Funk Mix) – 7:34
  3. "Call on Me" (JJ Stockholm Club Mix) – 7:51
  4. "Call on Me" (Filterheadz Remix) – 7:07
  5. "Call on Me" (Red Kult Dub Pass 2 Mix) – 7:53
  6. "Call on Me" (Video) (Dirty Version)

DVD single

  1. "Call on Me" (Video – Daytime Version)
  2. "Call on Me" (Video – Late Night Version)
  3. "Call on Me" (Radio Edit) –2:51
  4. "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs. Retarded Funk Mix) – 7:34
  5. Photo gallery

Digital download

  1. "Call on Me" (Radio Edit) – 2:51
  2. "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs. Retarded Funk Mix) – 7:34

Non-album single

  1. "Call on Me" (Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso Remix) – 6:53

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2004–05) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 2
Australia Dance (ARIA) 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[16] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[17] 13
Denmark (Tracklisten)[18] 2
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[19] 4
France (SNEP)[20] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[21] 1
Greece (IFPI)[22] 2
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[23] 4
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[24] 3
Ireland (IRMA) 1
Italy (FIMI)[25] 49
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[26] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[27] 38
Norway (VG-lista)[28] 1
Portugal (Portuguese Singles Chart)[29] 3
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[30] 4
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[31] 1
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[32] 10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 2
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[35] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[36] 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[37] 29
US Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay[38] 5

Year-end charts

Year-end chart (2004) Position
Australian Singles Chart[39] 46
Austrian Singles Chart[40] 18
German Singles Chart[41] 12
Irish Singles Chart[42] 10
UK Singles Chart[43] 4
Year-end chart (2005) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[44] 97
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[45] 89
French Airplay Chart[46] 77
French Singles Chart[47] 20
French TV Airplay Chart[46] 90
Swiss Singles Chart[48] 36

Decade-end charts

(2000–2009) Position
German Singles Chart[49] 84

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[50] Platinum 70,000
France (SNEP)[51] Gold 250,000
Switzerland (IFPI)[52] Gold 20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[53] Gold 400,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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
30 October 2004 – 4 December 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
11 November 2004
2 December 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
14 November 2004 – 19 December 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
17 November 2004 – 8 December 2004
5 January 2005 – 19 January 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
2 January 2005 – 16 January 2005 		Succeeded by
"Ma Philosophie" by Amel Bent

Release history

Country Release date
Europe 13 September 2004
North America 1 November 2004

References

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  2. ↑ "DJ Falcon about Eric Prydz – CALL ON ME". YouTube. 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  3. ↑ "About The Video". I Love Eric Prydz – Call on Me. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  4. ↑ "Eric Prydz keeps Tony Blair going at the gym". Female First. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Hughes Corporation – What a Feeling". contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  7. ↑ "What a Feeling – The Hughes Corporation". VKMag. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  8. ↑ "Eric Prydz Call on me dancers". The AnswerBank. 2006-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "50 Worst Music Videos Ever | #5 – Eric Prydz – 'Call On Me'". NME. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  11. ↑ "Cancer patients remake Eric Prydz's sexy 'Call on me' music video". Youtube. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
  12. ↑ "Main page". aktivmotkreft.no. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
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  15. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Eric Prydz – Call On Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
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  29. ↑ "Top40-charts.com". Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  30. ↑ Romanian peak
  31. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2004-09-19". Scottish Singles Top 40.
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  33. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Eric Prydz – Call On Me". Singles Top 100.
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  45. ↑ 2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 20 April 2008)
  46. 1 2 2005 French Airplay and Video Charts Yacast.fr (Retrieved 14 May 2008)
  47. ↑ 2005 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived 4 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 20 April 2008)
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  50. ↑ Australian certifications aria.com Archived 13 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 24 April 2008)
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  52. ↑ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved 24 April 2008)
  53. ↑ BPI
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