Valerie

Signature

key confidence medium · relative F# minor · tempo confidence medium · half-time 58.1 · low end 19% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · how accurate

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Why it is here

• Winwood's "Valerie" flopped on first release in 1982 (No. 51 UK, No. 70 US) but the 1987 Tom Lord-Alge remix issued via the compilation Chronicles reached No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 19 in the UK, which is the version that carries the song's catalogue standing today. source
• The track's ongoing dance-floor life comes from Eric Prydz's 2004 house record "Call on Me," which is built on a sample of "Valerie" with re-recorded Winwood vocals and spent five weeks at No. 1 on the UK singles chart. source
• Prydz revived that link on 15 March 2025, performing "Call on Me" for the first time in 20 years at his "20 Years of Prydz" show in Austin, Texas. source

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