Whenever I Say Your Name

"Whenever I Say Your Name"
Single by Sting and Mary J. Blige
from the album Sacred Love and Love & Life
Released	8 December 2003
Length	5:25
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Sting
Producer(s)	Sting Kipper
Sting singles chronology
"Send Your Love" (2003) "Whenever I Say Your Name" (2004) "Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)" (2004)

CD single ^[6]

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Whenever I Say Your Name" (radio version)	Sting Kipper	4:03
2.	"Whenever I Say Your Name" (Will.I.Am remix featuring The Black Eyed Peas)	Sting Kipper will.i.am [a]	4:03
3.	"Whenever I Say Your Name" (Salaam's Groove mix)	Sting Kipper Salaam Remi [a]	4:48
4.	"Whenever I Say Your Name" (Billy Mann mix)	Sting Kipper Billy Mann [a] The Supaflyas [a]	3:53

Notes

• ^{^[a]} denotes remix producer

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sacred Love . ^[1]

• Mary J. Blige – vocals
• Kipper – producer
• Simon Osborn – engineer
• Sting – producer, vocals, writer

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Whenever I Say Your Name"

Chart (2003–2004)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [7]	6
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8]	60
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [9]	50
UK Singles (OCC) [10]	60

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Whenever I Say Your Name"

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	8 December 2003	CD	A&M Polydor	[11]

References

1. Sacred Love (Media notes). Sting. A&M Records. 2003.
2. Light, Alan (24 August 2003). "Lost and found". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 4 March 2024.
3. Sinclair, Tom (3 October 2003). "Sacred Love". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 4 March 2024.
4. Baechle, Alexander (15 March 2021). "ALBUM REVIEW: Sting brings out the best in his guests on 'Duets'". riffmagazine.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
5. Marienberg, Evyatar (6 January 2021). Sting and Religion: The Catholic-Shaped Imagination of a Rock Icon. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN   978-1-7252-7226-2 . Retrieved 4 March 2024– via Google Books.
6. "Whenever I Say Your Name – CD Single". Discogs . Retrieved 4 March 2024.
7. "Sting & Mary J Blige – Whenever I Say Your Name" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
8. "Sting & Mary J Blige – Whenever I Say Your Name" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
9. "Sting & Mary J Blige – Whenever I Say Your Name". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
10. "Sting & Mary J Blige: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
11. "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . London. November 29, 2003. p. 31. Retrieved June 2, 2024– via World Radio History.