"Come With Me" is a collaborative song by British record artist

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, upcoming MC Margs and music producers

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, known for producing the

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hit song " Good Times". The song was written by all four artists in different global locations, between December 2011 and May 2012. "Come With Me" was originally to be released as the third official single from Dappy's debut solo studio album, '' Bad Intentions'' on 12 August 2012 as a digital download via the

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, however the single was removed from iTunes for unknown reasons. The song received its premiere when Dappy performed the song live at the

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in London on 23 June 2012.

Writing and production

"Come With Me" was written by singer-songwriter and rapper Costadinos Contostavlos (Dappy), and co-produced by record producers

(Dawood) and

(Retro). According to Dawood and Retro, the vocals for the song were recorded in China, Russia and Italy over a six-month period, prior to the single's release on 12 August 2012. They also stated that the track was initially intended as a left-over track for use in the future. They said: "Come With Me" marks Dappy's fourth single away from

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, and follows his collaboration with

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on "

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", which peaked at No. 2 in February 2012.

Music video

The music video to accompany the release of "Come With Me" commenced filming in July 2012. A snippet of the video premièred on 27 July 2012 on T4 Music, however after the single release was cancelled the video was never released.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

;Recording *Recorded in Beijing, China; Moscow, Russia;

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, Italy ;Personnel * Lead vocals – Costadinos Contostavlos * Producers –

and

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– Costadinos Contostavlos *

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er –

* Audio Engineer –

* Composer – Costadinos Contostavlos *

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* Mastering engineer –

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* Label: Takeover Entertainment Limited

References

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