Valerie (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Valerie


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Artist = Steve Winwood
from Album = Talking Back to the Night
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Released = September 1982, 1987 (Re-issue)
Format = Vinyl
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Genre = Pop
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Writer = Steve Winwood, Will Jennings
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Chart position = * #19 (UK Singles Chart
* #9 (US
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Misc = :"For the song by The Zutons, notably covered by Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse, see Valerie (The Zutons song)."Valerie" is a song written by Will Jennings and Steve Winwood and recorded by Winwood for his third solo album "Talking Back to the Night", released in 1982. The song deals with a man reminiscing about a lost love he hopes to find again someday. On its original release, the single reached #70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

In 1987, a remix by Tom Lord-Alge was included on Winwood's compilation album "Chronicles". The remixed version of "Valerie" was released as a single and climbed to #9 in the U.S. and also reached #19 in the UK.

Eric Prydz sampled the song in 2004 for a house music track and presented it to Winwood. Winwood was so impressed with what Prydz had done, he re-recorded the vocals to fit the track better. The 2004 remix was released under the title "Call on Me".