"Come on Baby" is the first official single off Saigon's debut 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 14th, 2007. The video made its debut on 106 & Park on November 8, 2007.
The official remix features 2 new verses by Saigon, a verse from Jay-Z, & Swizz Beatz's original hook was released on November 6, 2007. Jay-Z's verse was included as the 2nd verse on the album version of the song, replacing Saigon's original 3rd 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Elliot Willson (July 13, 2007) Saigon Single World Premiere XXL. Accessed October 18, 2007.
- ^ Just Blaze (November 6, 2007) Go Play Somewhere…. Megatron Don. Accessed November 6, 2007
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