Whenever You Need Somebody is Rick Astley's first album released in 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 in the #136 of the best-selling albums in Spain,[4] and was #7 in the best-selling albums in the UK in 1987.[5] A remastered version, containing all remixes, was released in 2010