Call on Me
Song by Eric Prydz and Steve WinwoodWikipedia
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Search complete. 15 mentions across 8 episodes found for "Call on Me".
Sep 24, 2026
Steve HueyHOST
But I'm calling this a remix because everybody can tell it's Valerie by Steve Winwood.
Steve HueyHOST
They re-titled the song Call On Me when Eric Prides released it as his own single.
Steve HueyHOST
Now, in a cosmic coincidence, Steve Wynwood's version of Valerie itself didn't become a hit until someone remixed it.
Steve HueyHOST
He originally recorded it for 1982's Talking Back to the Night album.
JD RyznarHOST
want to read the rest of
Steve HueyHOST
this? Yeah.
Steve HueyHOST
I'm not sure whether Call on Me is technically better known than Valerie at this point.
Steve HueyHOST
Probably depends where you are in the world.
Davey PortmanHOST
... never, ever happened.
Brayden HarringtonHOST
Even more interesting, I saw 22 years ago, Call On Me by Eric Prydz music video debuted.
Brayden HarringtonHOST
Also pretty-
Davey PortmanHOST
22 years ago?
speaker_0HOST
It's still a pretty popular song.
speaker_0HOST
It's Eric Pridz who released Call On Me, and if you know anything about this song and its very strange route to him specifically, uh, just Google it.
speaker_0HOST
There's, on YouTube, there's a whole thing about how this song kind of wound its way around.
speaker_0HOST
It was released in 2004.
Theo BakerHOST
Yeah.
ReevHOST
With Call On Me in the ears? [laughs]
Theo BakerHOST
You can't do that one.
Theo BakerHOST
What if someone's on the treadmill next to you? [laughs]
PaulHOST
I don't remember that Ciara song.
PaulHOST
And the U.K. number one was Eric Prince, Call On Me.
ByronHOST
Great
PaulHOST
song.
PaulHOST
I don't remember that Ciara song.
PaulHOST
And the U.K. number one was Eric Prince, Call On Me.
PaulHOST
Great song.
PaulHOST
I'm sure you remember I had a particular video.
JonHOST
Vocals there from the song Wonderful World by the immortal Sam Cooke.
JonHOST
And the backing track was Call on Me by Eric Prydz.
JonHOST
Call on Me.
JonHOST
You can picture the video.
JonHOST
We all know it.
Simon TeslerHOST
Amy Winehouse made Valerie famous, but it was first written and recorded by the British indie rock band, The Zootons.
Simon TeslerHOST
And Steve Winwood, the former Spencer Davis and Traffic multi-instrumentalist and solo artist, One over a whole new audience when his mid-80s song Valerie was sampled by the Swedish DJ Erik Prides for the track Call On Me, which I played a few weeks ago.
Simon TeslerHOST
I'm going to play now the original version from Wynwood's 1982 album Talking Back To The Night.
Simon TeslerHOST
But first, the Zootons and Valerie.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Why don't you come on over, Valerie?
speaker_4UNKNOWN
Well, sometimes I go out by myself And I look across the water And I think of all the things, what you do And in my head I make a picture Why don't you come on over family?
Steve WinwoodSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Standing there With her hands in her hair I can't help remember Just when she touched me There's still no face Here in her place So cool She was like Jazz on a summer's day Then she just flew away Now she can't be that one With the wind in her arms Valerie, call on me Call on me Valerie, come and see me I'm the same boy as the needle.
Steve WinwoodSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Love songs fill the night.