"Call on Me" is a song by the Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz, released on 13 September 2004. It is based on a replayed sample of the 1982 Steve Winwood song "Valerie", and was inspired by a similar track created by the French duo Together. Its music video features women performing aerobics.

"Call on Me" reached number one on several record charts and won awards at the Echo Music Prize and International Dance Music Awards. In 2025, Billboard named "Call on Me" the 57th-greatest dance song. Prydz refused to perform it for decades, calling it "lazy". In 2025, he played it for the first time in 20 years at a show in Austin, Texas.

Production "Call on Me" is based on a replayed sample of the 1982 Steve Winwood song "Valerie". Prydz was inspired by a similar track created by the French duo Together, comprising Thomas Bangalter (of Daft Punk) and DJ Falcon. After Together declined to release their track, Prydz recreated it. Winwood rerecorded his vocals for "Call on Me". The "Valerie" instrumental was recreated by the company Replay Heaven, which recreates samples to simplify licensing.

Reception "Call on Me" reached number one on the UK singles chart in September 2004. It returned to number one on 17 October, selling 23,519 copies. It was the lowest-selling UK number one since records began, as singles were facing competition from downloads, which were not yet included in the chart.

In 2005, "Call on Me" won Dance Production of the Year at the Echo Music Prize. At the International Dance Music Awards, it was nominated for Best House/Garage Track and Best Pop Dance Track in 2005 and Best Underground Dance Track in 2006. In 2025, Billboard named "Call on Me" the 57th-greatest dance song, describing it as "a bright, bubbly and beloved anthem reminiscent of a sparklier time in dance music".

Music video The "Call on Me" video was directed by Huse Monfaradi, who proposed a "throwaway idea about sexual aerobics". In the video, Juan Pablo Di Pace plays a man participating in an aerobics class of women led by an instructor played by Deanne Berry. Soon after shooting began, power was lost after an excavator cut through a cable, and the video was nearly canceled to claim the insurance.

The video was noted for its eroticism. In 2004, the British prime minister, Tony Blair, said: "The first time it came on, I nearly fell off my rowing machine." In 2005, the video won Best Dance Video at the IDMA. In 2016, Vice wrote that "there's something so genuinely real about the video, something so almost tactile about it, so genuinely filled with priapic longing and lycra-encased lust that watching it now, feels like an act of genuine transgression ... 'Call on Me' definitely is a work of art. It is amazingly lurid, amazingly tacky, amazingly brash and amazingly bold." In 2011, NME named it the fifth-worst music video, citing its "lowest-common-denominator vibe". Monfaradi said no one in the production felt the video was "over the top, or extraordinary or even erotic".

Live performances Prydz refused to play "Call on Me" for years, calling it "super lazy". After he refused to play it at a show in Canada, some members of the audience threw bottles at him. On 15 March 2025, Prydz played it at a show in Austin, Texas, for the first time in two decades.

Track listings

Swedish, UK, and Australian CD single "Call on Me" (radio edit) – 2:57 "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs Retarded Funk mix) – 7:36 "Call on Me" (JJ Stockholm club mix) – 8:01 "Call on Me" (Filterheadz remix) – 7:13 "Call on Me" (Red Kult Dub Pass 2 mix) – 7:50

Swedish and UK DVD single "Call on Me" (daytime version video) "Call on Me" (late night version video) "Call on Me" (radio edit audio) "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs. Retarded Funk mix audio) Photo gallery

French CD single "Call on Me" (radio edit) – 2:49 "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs Retarded Funk mix) – 7:33

French DVD single "Call on Me" (dirty version video) – 2:53 "Call on Me" (clean version video) – 2:53

UK 12-inch single A1. "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs Retarded Funk mix) B1. "Call on Me" (Red Kult Dub Pass 2 mix) B2. "Call on Me" (Filterheadz remix)

US 12-inch single A1. "Call on Me" (Eric Prydz vs Retarded Funk mix) – 7:33 A2. "Call on Me" (Filterheadz remix) – 7:05 B1. "Call on Me" (JJ Stockholm club remix) – 7:51 B2. "Call on Me" (Red Kult Dub Pass 2 mix) – 7:53

Charts

Weekly charts + Chart (2004–2006) Peakposition Australian Club Chart (ARIA) 3 Czech Republic (IFPI) 2 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 1 Greece (IFPI) 2 Ireland Dance (IRMA) 1 Romania (Romanian Top 100) 4

Year-end charts + Chart (2004) Position Australia (ARIA) 46 Australian Club Chart (ARIA) 27 Australian Dance (ARIA) 2 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 18 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 60 CIS Airplay (TopHit) 30 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 9 France (SNEP) 88 Germany (Media Control GfK) 12 Ireland (IRMA) 10 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 36 Netherlands (Single Top 100) 85 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 18 Sweden (Hitlistan) 24 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 34 UK Singles (OCC) 4

+ Chart (2005) Position Australian Dance (ARIA) 19 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 71 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 89 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 13 France (SNEP) 20 Germany (Media Control GfK) 71 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) 86 Romania (Romanian Top 100) 91 Sweden (Hitlistan) 66 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 36 UK Singles (OCC) 199 US Hot Dance Airplay (Billboard) 37

Decade-end charts + Chart (2000–2009) Position Germany (Media Control GfK) 84

Certifications

Release history + Region Date Format(s) Label(s) United Kingdom 13 September 2004 Data Australia 18 October 2004 CD Ministry of Sound United States 26 October 2004 Digital EP Ultra

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