Whenever You Need Somebody

1987 debut studio album by Rick Astley
MusicAlbum album Q918304

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
album
Language of work or name
English[10]
Publication date
November 16, 1987[13]
Part of
Rick Astley's albums in chronological order[9]
Distributed by
Tidal, Deezer[16][17]
Form of creative work
studio album[21]
Has characteristic
debut album[19]
Number of parts of this work
10.0[20]
Place of publication
United Kingdom[8]
Record label
RCA, RCA Records[6][7]
Title
Whenever You Need Somebody[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Whenever You Need Somebody ja ホエネヴァー・ユー・ニード・サムバディ zh 每當你孤獨時
🔖 Identifiers · 17
Album of the Year album ID
28871
AllMusic album ID
mw0000194422
Amazon Standard Identification Number
B001BK9QB2
Apple Music album ID
1559885420, 1612648318
British Phonographic Industry ID
8203-2796-2
Deezer album ID
214959662
Discogs master ID
96568
Freebase ID
/m/02r6zy6
MusicBrainz release group ID
082c6aff-a7cc-36e0-a960-35a578ecd937
Offizielle Deutsche Charts album ID
644
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Qobuz album ID
kynvzz9lom7jb
Spotify album ID
6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4
Stats.fm album ID
1
Tidal album ID
177186838, 230917824

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Summary

Whenever You Need Somebody is an album[1].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[22]

  • First release date: 1987-10-01[23]

  • Genre(s): blue-eyed soul, dance-pop, electronic, pop, pop rock, soft rock, synth-pop[24]

  • Community tags: adult contemporary, bittersweet, blue-eyed soul, club/dance, dance-pop, electronic, energetic, euro-dance, longing, love, male vocalist, melodic, passionate, playful, pop, pop rock, rhythmic, romantic, sentimental, soft rock, synth-pop, uplifting, warm[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 082c6aff-a7cc-36e0-a960-35a578ecd937[26]

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  19. [20] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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