Come Go with Me (Pockets song) explained

Come Go with Me
Cover:Come Go with Me.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Pockets
Album:Come Go With Us
B-Side:"Wizzard Wuzzit"
Released:October 1977
Genre:Soul
Label:Columbia
Producer:Verdine White
Next Title:"Pasado"
Next Year:1978

"Come Go with Me" is a song by R&B group Pockets, released as a single in 1977 by Columbia Records.[1] It reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and No. 32 on the Dance/Club Play chart.[2] [3]

Critical reception

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] AllMusic described the song as having "a progressive rhythm track" with "energized vocals" that's "filled with zest".[5]

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles
US Billboard Dance/Club Play

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 on the Feetmove record label.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Pockets: Come Go with Me. October 1977. Columbia Records.
  2. Web site: Pockets: Come Go with Me (Hot R&B Songs). https://web.archive.org/web/20180623010345/https://www.billboard.com/music/pockets/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs/song/373914. dead. June 23, 2018. Billboard.com.
  3. Web site: Pockets: Come Go with Me (Dance Club Play Songs). https://web.archive.org/web/20180623161706/https://www.billboard.com/music/pockets/chart-history/dance-club-play-songs/song/373914. dead. June 23, 2018. Billboard.com.
  4. Single Picks. 90. October 22, 1977. Billboard Magazine.
  5. Web site: Pockets: Come Go with Us. Allmusic.com.
  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. Web site: Pockets: Come Go With Me (Covers). Whosampled.com.