"Private Number" | ||||
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Single by Judy Clay and William Bell | ||||
from the album Private Numbers | ||||
B-side | "Love-Eye-Tis" | |||
Released | 1968 | |||
Format | Gramophone | |||
Recorded | 1968 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 2:39 | |||
Label | Stax | |||
Writer(s) | William Bell, Booker T. Jones | |||
Producer(s) | Booker T. Jones | |||
William Bell singles chronology | ||||
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"Private Number" | ||||||
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Single by 911 featuring Natalie Jordan or Fann Wong | ||||||
from the album There It Is | ||||||
Released | 3 May 1999 | |||||
Format | CD single, cassette single | |||||
Recorded | 1998 | |||||
Genre | Pop | |||||
Length | 3:32 | |||||
Label | Virgin | |||||
Writer(s) | William Bell, Booker T. Jones | |||||
Producer(s) | Nigel Lowis | |||||
911 singles chronology | ||||||
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"Private Number" is a song recorded by American soul singers Judy Clay and William Bell. The song was included on Bell's album Private Numbers (1968).
In 2000, Bell performed a live version of "Private Number" with Scottish rock band Texas. In 1999, the song was covered by English boy band 911 for their third studio album There It Is. In 2011, Jon Stevens covered the song for his album Testify! and in 2016 Beverley Knight recorded a version with Jamie Cullum for her album Soulsville.
English boy band 911 covered "Private Number" for their third studio album, There It Is (1999). There are two different versions of the song, one version featuring Natalie Jordan and one featuring Fann Wong. The song was released as the third and final single from the album on 3 May 1999 and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart.
The music video features 911 performing the song in pouring rain in China. There are two different versions of the video, one featuring Natalie Jordan and one featuring Fann Wong. In Jordan's version, she can be seen singing her parts whilst on a television screen and in a dark room. In Wong's version, she is standing by herself in the rain as well.