Whenever You Need Somebody (Rick Sets It Off Mix) - Rick Astley


Whenever You Need Somebody (Rick Sets It Off Mix) (1987) (7'52) - Rick Astley.
Written & Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.
Engineered by Mark McGuire & Mike Duffy.
Mixed by Mixmaster Pete Hammond & The Funky Sisters.
(P) 1987 Pete Waterman Ltd.

Whenever You Need Somebody is a song written by Stock Aitken Waterman and first produced by the trio for O'Chi Brown. The song was released as a single in 1985, two years prior to the release of Rick Astley's version. Both versions of Whenever You Need Somebody were produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.

The Rick Sets If Off Mix is based on Set It Off, a track by Strafe first released in 1984. Check out the Original 12" Mix of Set It Off here.

Whenever You Need Somebody (Rick Sets It Off Mix) appears on Side 1 of the U.K. 12" vinyl pressing of Whenever You Need Somebody released in 1987 on RCA Records. Cat. No. PT 41568R.

Track listing for the U.K. 12" vinyl pressing of Whenever You Need Somebody, Cat. No. PT 41568R.

Side 1

1. Whenever You Need Somebody (Rick Sets It Off Mix) /

Written & Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.
Engineered by Mark McGuire & Mike Duffy.
Mixed by Mixmaster Pete Hammond & The Funky Sisters.
(P) 1987 Pete Waterman Ltd.

Side 2

1. Whenever You Need Somebody (XK150 Mix) /

Written & Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.
Engineered by Mark McGuire & Mike Duffy.
Mixed by Mixmaster Pete Hammond.
(P) 1987 Pete Waterman Ltd.

2. Just Good Friends /

Written by Rick Astley.
Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.
Engineered by Mark McGuire & Mike Duffy.
Mixed by Mark McGuire.
(P) 1987 Pete Waterman Ltd.

The album version of Whenever You Need Somebody appears on the album of the same name first released in 1987.

Track listing for the U.S. vinyl pressing of Whenever You Need Somebody released in 1987 on RCA Records. Cat. No. 6822-1-R-A:

Side A

1. Never Gonna Give You Up / 3'35
2. Whenever You Need Somebody / 3'52
3. Together Forever / 3'24
4. It Would Take A Strong Strong Man / 3'39
5. The Love Has Gone / 4'20
Side B

1. Don't Say Goodbye / 4'02
2. Slipping Away / 3'52
3. No More Me / 3'40
4. You Move Me / 3'40
5. When I Fall In Love / 2'59

(P) 1987 Pete Waterman Ltd.

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Written by Rick Astley.
Produced by Rick Astley, Phil Harding and Ian Curnow.
Remixed by Mixmaster Phil Harding.
Engineered by Phil Harding.
(P) 1988 Pete Waterman Ltd.

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Whenever You Need Somebody (Rick Sets It Off Mix) - Rick Astley
Record label for Side 1 of UK 12" vinyl pressing
of "Whenever You Need Somebody". RCA Records.
Cat. No. PT 41568R. Image courtesy of Discogs.com

Video courtesy of YouTube channel 80sMusicReMixes

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