Whenever You Need Somebody

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Critical reception

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Track listing

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2010 expanded remaster

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2022 Remaster

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2022 remaster (digital)

Track listing per Apple Music[12]

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Whenever You Need Somebody.[13]

Musicians

  • Rick Astley – vocals; guitars on "No More Looking for Love" and "You Move Me"
  • Mike Stock – keyboards
  • Matt Aitken – keyboards, guitars
  • Paul Cox – guitar on "Together Forever"
  • A. Linn – drums (e.g.: Linn 9000 on "Never Gonna Give You Up" and LinnDrum on "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man")
  • Ian Curnow – Fairlight programming; keyboards on "The Love Has Gone" and "Slipping Away"
  • Daize Washbourn – keyboards and drums on "No More Looking for Love" and "You Move Me"
  • Gary Barnacle – saxophone on "Slipping Away"
  • Shirley Lewis, Dee Lewis, Mae McKenna, Suzanne Rhatigan – backing vocals

Technical

  • Stock Aitken Waterman – production on "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Whenever You Need Somebody", "Together Forever", "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man", "Don't Say Goodbye", and "When I Fall in Love"
  • Phil Harding – production and mixing on "The Love Has Gone" and "Slipping Away"
  • Ian Curnow – production on "The Love Has Gone" and "Slipping Away"
  • Daize Washbourn – production on "No More Looking for Love" and "You Move Me"
  • Mark McGuire – engineering and mixing on "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" and "When I Fall in Love"
  • Phil Harding, Karen Hewitt, Mike Duffy, Jamie Bromfield – additional engineering
  • Yoyo, Jonathan King, Peter Day, Boky, Gordon Dennis – engineering assistance
  • Pete Hammond – mixing on "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Whenever You Need Somebody", "Together Forever", "Don't Say Goodbye", "No More Looking for Love", and "You Move Me"
  • Paul Cox – photographer on "Never Gonna Give You Up"

Charts

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References

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