"Calling" is a song by Geri Halliwell

Geri Halliwell

Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...

, released as the third and final single from the album Scream if You Wanna Go Faster

Scream if You Wanna Go Faster

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster is the second solo album by British pop singer Geri Halliwell. It was released by EMI Records on May 14, 2001 and yielded the UK number-one single "It's Raining Men". Although not as successful as her debut album Schizophonic, it reached a peak position of number five...

. Just like the previous single, "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster

Scream if You Wanna Go Faster

Scream If You Wanna Go Faster is the second solo album by British pop singer Geri Halliwell. It was released by EMI Records on May 14, 2001 and yielded the UK number-one single "It's Raining Men". Although not as successful as her debut album Schizophonic, it reached a peak position of number five...

", success was limited. In certain region, the song was released in a French version, called Au Nom De L'Amour.

Chart performance

"Calling" went to number seven when released on 26 November 2001 with 28,000 sales in its first week - altogether, the single sold 70,515 copies - the 192nd best seller of 2001. This single did little to help the sales of the album, as it was quite poorly promoted. The poor chart position was rumoured to have upset Geri - "Calling" was her favourite song on the album, and she thought it was a sure-fire number one. Because of this, no further singles from Scream If You Wanna Go Faster were released, and Geri took a break from music while living in Los Angeles

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 for several months.

Music video

The music video was directed by Pierluca DeCario, he also directed the video for the french version of the song.

Charts

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Chart (2001)	Peak position
Russian Singles Chart	1
Czech Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart	7
Portuguese Singles Chart	9
Slovenian Singles Chart	10
Belgium Singles Chart (Wallony)	11
Greek Singles Chart	14
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,...	18
Romanian Singles Chart	19
Swiss Singles Chart	21
French Singles Chart	21
Austrian Singles Chart	28
Brazil Hot 100	30
Italian Singles Chart	26
Irish IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... Singles Chart	38
German Singles Chart	48
Year-End Charts (2001)
UK Top 200 Singles of the Year	192

Tracklisting and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Calling".

UK & Europe CD1

(Released November 26, 2001)

1. "Calling" - 4:25
2. "Getting Better" - 3:07
3. "Destiny" - 4:29
4. "Calling" Enhanced Video - 4:25

UK & Europe CD2

(Released November 26, 2001)

1. "Calling" - 4:25
2. "Calling" [WIP "Coeur De Lion" Edit] - 3:45
3. "Calling" [Metro 7 Inch] - 3:43
4. "Calling" [Mauve's Factor 25 Mix] - 3:55
5. "Calling" [Mareeko Remix Edit] - 3:58

European 2-Track CD Single

(Released November 26, 2001)

1. "Calling" - 4:25
2. "Getting Better" - 3:07

European 3-Track CD Single

(Released November 26, 2001

1. "Calling" (Radio Edit) - 3:55
2. "Calling" (WIP "Coeur De Lion" Edit) - 3:45
3. "Calling" (Album Version) - 4:24

French CD Single

(Released November 13, 2001)

1. "Au Nom De L'Amour" - 4:21
2. "Calling" - 4:25

Official versions

• Album Version
• Radio Edit
• French -Frenglish- version (Au Nom De L'Amour)
• Stephen Lipson's Frenglish Mix
• WIP "Coeur De Lion" Mix
• WIP "Coeur De Lion" Edit - 3:45
• Metro 7 Inch - 3:43
• Metro Mix
• Metro Frenglish Mix
• Mauve Factor 25 Mix Edit - 3:55
• Mauve Factor 25
• Mauve Factor 25 Instrumental
• Mareeko Remix Edit - 3:58
• Mareeko Remix
• Mareeko Instrumental Dub