Call on Me - Radio Mix

"Call On Me" by the Swedish DJ Eric Prydz is a techno reworking of the 1982 song "Valerie" by Steve Winwood. The first version of Prydz' track sampled the original recording, but when he was asked to approve the sample, Winwood offered to re-sing the vocals to fit the track better.

"Call On Me" was a huge hit across Europe, topping the charts in Germany, Ireland, France, the UK, Austria and Sweden. Winwood's contribution made him the only person to sing lead vocals on a UK #1 single in both the 1960s ("Keep On Running" by the Spencer Davis Group) and the 2000s.

Eric Prydz began to make music at the age of 9 in Stockholm, Sweden. After developing a nasty habit of breaking and entering in order to "borrow" his school's keyboards, he soon landed himself in a Swedish reform school. Nevertheless, this setback merely strengthened his resolve and, buoyed by encouragement from influential friends in the music business, Prydz was soon producing tracks that found their way into the record boxes of some of the world's most high profile DJs. This was his first hit single in the UK.