"Come Along" is a song by

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recording artist

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. It was written by

Joakim Berg Herbert Joakim "Jocke" Berg (born 16 March 1970 in Eskilstuna, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of Swedish Rock/Pop band Kent. Berg rarely gives interviews, saying in one: less is more. Berg ...

and

Peter Svensson Anders Peter Svensson is a Swedish record producer, songwriter, and musician. He is the main songwriter and guitarist of the band the Cardigans. He started playing guitar at the age of eight, and in his teens he went on to play with local ban ...

for her album of the same name (2001), while production was helmed by Tore Johansson. The song was selected as the album's

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and reached the first place in GLF and, according to '' Billboard'', became the most played song on Sveriges Radio. The song was awarded a Swedish Grammis Award in the category ''Song of the Year'' and a Rockbjörnen Award for ''Swedish Song of the Year''. The song was included in the soundtrack for the 2004 film ''

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. The official

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was made available on

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channel of Diesel Music, owner of label Superstudio Blå on 8 December 2011.

Reception

Dave Thompson from

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wrote, that the song "sets the scene, a sultry post- blues number infused with just enough of Titiyo's trademark dance sensibility to mask (but never bury) the distinctly PJ Harvey-esque feel of the song itself". Mila Kravchuk from Ukrainian music website @music noted: "We fell in love with this sluggish blues melody, stretching like a molasses, with equal, rhythmic stresses. ..It's as if this tune was brought from the old gramophone record by

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References

External links

Titiyo.com
— official site {{authority control Titiyo songs 2001 songs 2001 singles Songs written by Joakim Berg Songs written by Peter Svensson Number-one singles in Poland