Eric Prydz’ music career received a massive boost after he released the #1 UK hit ‘Call On Me” based on a sample from a Steve Winwood track. Thanks to YouTuber HowardHandsTV, he has told the story of how originally Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk fame and DJ Falcon 2 years earlier were playing in their club sets the famous sample over beats mainly as a dj tool.
The famous the Ministry of Sound club and label approached the French djs and producers about releasing the track but they declined.
A year later, a similar track to what Falcon and Bangalter had been playing out was released by Prydz and went straight to #1 in the UK (and at least 8 other countries) in part with help to the famous (infamous?) video of attractive women working out at an aerobics class.
We highly recommend you watch the well-done video below delving into the history of the various versions of ‘Call on Me’ that were floating around. In a bit of a surprising touch, the story ends up involving as noted before half of Daft Punk, David Guetta, Steve Winwood himself among various people contributing to the story.
