Come Go with Me (Pockets song)

"Come Go with Me"
Single by Pockets
from the album Come Go With Us
B-side "Wizzard Wuzzit"
Released October 1977
Format 45 RPM single
Genre Soul
Length 3:33
Label Columbia 3-10632
Songwriter(s) A. McKinney, V. White, R. Wright
Producer(s) Verdine White
Pockets singles chronology
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"Come Go with Me" "Pasado"

"Come Go with Me" was a single by R&B group Pockets released in 1977 upon Columbia Records.[1] The single rose to nos. 17 & 32 upon the Billboard Hot R&B Songs and Dance Club Songs charts.[2][3]

Background

Billboard described the song as having a definite R&B feel, featuring horns and strings with an Earth Wind & Fire influence coming from its co-writer and producer Verdine White.[4]

In Jet Magazine, the song placed no 15 in the Soul Brothers Top 20 Singles list.[5]

Other versions

Remixes and re-edits

A remixed version of the song is featured on the album, Remixed With Love By Joey Negro, Vol. 2 by Joey Negro, which also features remixes of "I Love Music" by The O'Jays, "Love Ballad" by George Benson, and "Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross.[6][7]

The song appears as well upon side 1 of Eli Escobar's Money Lotion #8 - Escobar Edits on Money Studies Records, with Colonel Abrahams "Trapped", and Loleatta Holloway's "Catch Me On The Rebound" on the record's flip side.[8][9]

Covers

The Occasions featuring Tyrone Henry released a cover of the song in 1996 upon the Feetmove record label.[10]

Charts

Year Chart[2][3] Peak
position
1977 US Billboard Hot R&B Songs
17
1977 US Billboard Dance Club Songs
38
1977 US Billboard Hot 100
84

References

  1. ↑ "Pockets: Come Go with Us". Allmusic.com.
  2. 1 2 "Pockets: Come Go with Me (Hot R&B Songs)". Billboard.com.
  3. 1 2 "Pockets: Come Go with Me (Dance Club Play Songs)". Billboard.com.
  4. ↑ Billboard, October 22, 1977 - Page 90 Billboard's Top Single Picks, First Time Around
  5. ↑ Jet Magazine, Feb 2, 1978 - Page 65 Soul Brothers Top 20 Singles
  6. ↑ All Music - Joey Negro, Remixed With Love By Joey Negro, Vol. 2
  7. ↑ Z Records - Page 4 to 5 ZeddCD038
  8. ↑ Discogs - Eli Escobar – Money Lotion #8 - Escobar Edits
  9. ↑ Turntable Lab - Eli Escobar, Escobar Edits 12"
  10. ↑ "Pockets: Come Go With Me (Covers)". Whosampled.com.
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