Whenever You Need Somebody

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This article is about the Rick Astley album. For the title song, see Whenever You Need Somebody (song).
Whenever You Need Somebody
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Studio album by Rick Astley
Released 16 November 1987
Recorded 1987
Genre Pop, dance-pop[1] adult contemporary[1]
Length 39:52
Label RCA
Producer Stock Aitken Waterman, Phil Harding, Ian Curnow
Rick Astley chronology
Whenever You Need Somebody
(1987)		 Hold Me in Your Arms
(1988)Hold Me in Your Arms1988
Singles from Whenever You Need Somebody
  1. "Never Gonna Give You Up"
    Released: 28 July 1987
  2. "When I Fall in Love"/"My Arms Keep Missing You"
    Released: 20 October 1987
  3. "Together Forever"
    Released: 12 January 1988
  4. "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man"
    Released: 5 April 1988
  5. "Whenever You Need Somebody"
    Released: 28 June 1988
  6. "Don't Say Goodbye"
    Released: 20 September 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau D+[2]

Whenever You Need Somebody is Rick Astley's debut album released in the fall of 1987 on RCA Records. It is his best-selling album and, according to his own official website, sold 15.2 million copies worldwide.[3] The album is listed as the #136 best-selling album in Spain,[4] and was the #7 best-selling album in the UK in 1987.[5]

A remastered version, containing all remixes, was released in 2010.[6]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up"   Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman 3:32
2. "Whenever You Need Somebody"   Stock, Aitken, Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman 3:52
3. "Together Forever"   Stock, Aitken, Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman 3:24
4. "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man"   Stock, Aitken, Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman 3:39
5. "The Love Has Gone"   Rick Astley, Dick Spatsley Phil Harding, Ian Curnow 4:20
6. "Don't Say Goodbye"   Stock, Aitken, Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman 4:02
7. "Slipping Away"   Astley Harding, Curnow 3:52
8. "No More Looking for Love"   Astley Daize Washbourn 3:15
9. "You Move Me (where the Roland D-50 patches "Staccato Heaven" and "Stereo Polysynth" were heard in the beginning)"   Astley Washbourn 3:40
10. "When I Fall in Love"   Edward Heyman, Victor Young Stock Aitken Waterman 2:59

2010 expanded remaster

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1987–1988) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart 1
Austrian Albums Chart[7] 3
French Albums Chart[8] 5
Italian Albums Chart[9] 2
Norwegian Albums Chart[7] 4
Spanish Albums Chart[10] 1
Swedish Albums Chart[7] 2
Swiss Albums Chart[7] 2
UK Albums Chart[11] 1
US Billboard 200[12] 10

Year-end charts

End of year chart (1987) Position
UK Albums Chart 7
End-of-year chart (1988) Position
Australian Album Chart[13] 4
Austrian Albums Chart[14] 10
German Albums Chart 7
Italian Albums Chart 10
Swiss Albums Chart[15] 30
US Billboard 200[16] 15

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[17] Platinum 100,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[18] Gold 25,000[18]
France (SNEP)[19] 2× Gold 200 000
Germany (BVMI)[20] Platinum 500,000
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[21] Platinum 20,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[22] 3× Platinum 300,000
Sweden (GLF)[23] Gold 50,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[24] Platinum 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] 4× Platinum 1,200,000
United States (RIAA)[26] 2× Platinum 2,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by UK number-one album
28 November 1987 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
Now That's What I Call Music 10
by Various Artists
Preceded by
Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)
by Various Artists
 Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
11 April 1988 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
Hit Pix '88 by Various Artists

References

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  11. ↑ Whenever You Need Somebody, UK Albums Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 30 November 2008)
  12. ↑ Whenever You Need Somebody, Billboard 200 Billboard.com (Retrieved 23 July 2010)
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