Come On Baby (Saigon song)
"Come on Baby" is the first official single from Saigon's début album The Greatest Story Never Told.[1] The song features Swizz Beatz on the hook and was produced by Just Blaze. The album version featuring a verse by Jay-Z from the remix version. The song samples The J. Geils Band's "Southside Shuffle". The song was released as a single on July 14, 2007. The video made its debut on 106 & Park on November 8, 2007.
| "Come on Baby" | ||||
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| Single by Saigon featuring Swizz Beatz | ||||
| from the album The Greatest Story Never Told | ||||
| Released | July 14, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Hardcore hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:44 (Album version) 4:04 (Original & Remix versions) | |||
| Label | Fort Knocks, Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Carenard, Kasseem Dean Shawn Carter, Smith | |||
| Producer(s) | Just Blaze | |||
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Remix
The official remix features two new verses by Saigon, a verse from Jay-Z, and Swizz Beatz's original hook was released on November 6, 2007. Jay-Z's verse was included as the second verse on the album version of the song, replacing Saigon's original third verse.[2]
Asher Roth recorded a song over the same instrumental entitled "Rick Smits", and west coast artists Planet Asia and Fashawn have also recorded over the instrumental.
Samples and film references
- "Come On Baby" sampled J. Geils Band's "Southside Shuffle" (Atlantic, 1973), using the riff at 0:07 in the song.
- "Come On Baby" appears in the 2009 film Fighting, in the Bronx arrival scene at 33:30.
References
- Elliot Willson (July 13, 2007) Saigon Single World Premiere Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine XXL. Accessed October 18, 2007.
- Just Blaze (November 6, 2007) Go Play Somewhere…. Archived 2007-11-09 at the Wayback Machine Megatron Don. Accessed November 6, 2007