"Call on Me " is a song co-written and recorded by Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz. The song is based on a sample of Steve Winwood's 1982 song "Valerie" from the album Talking Back to the Night. "Call on Me " received significant sales success and topped several record charts. The song 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. DJ Falcon stated in an interview that, as part of the duo Together, he and Thomas Bangalter had sampled "Valerie" to make a track years before Prydz did. Together's track was used in DJ sets with no intention to release it as a single despite demand from various outlets. Prydz presented his own use of the "Valerie" sample to Winwood, who was so impressed with what Prydz had done that he re-recorded the vocals to fit "Call on Me " better.
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 thong leotard – much to the enjoyment of the sole man in the group, played by Juan Pablo Di Pace. The video was filmed at the Laban Dance Centre in Deptford, London and spoofs a scene in the 1985 film Perfect starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis.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." Vice Media via their Thump website would go on to call the video the "Sexiest Music Video of All Time " There are two versions—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.
