"Come with Me" is a song recorded by the American rapper
Puff Daddy
Puff may refer to:
Science and technology
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** Puff, a light gust of wind
** Exhalation
** Inhalation
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, featuring English guitarist
Jimmy Page
James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Page is prolific in creating guitar riffs. His style involves various alternative ...
, from the
soundtrack
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to the 1998 film, ''
Godzilla
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''. The song recreates the 1975
Led Zeppelin
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song "
Kashmir
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".
Jimmy Page
James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Page is prolific in creating guitar riffs. His style involves various alternative ...
and producer
Tom Morello
Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He is best known for his tenure with the rock band Rage Against the Machine and then with Audioslave. Between 2016 and 2019, Morel ...
also supplied live guitar parts (Morello also played bass on the song). The song also features heavy
orchestral elements.
Released as a single on June 9, 1998, "Come with Me" reached number one in Iceland, number two in the United Kingdom, number three in New Zealand, and number four in the United States, and it became a top-five hit in several European countries. A
music video
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, directed by
Howard Greenhalgh
Howard Douglas Greenhalgh (born 19 February 1963) is a British director of music videos and advertising.
Biography
Greenhalgh was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire and studied at the Royal College of Art, setting up the firm Why No ...
featuring both Puff Daddy and Jimmy Page, was made for the song.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
In popular culture
* Combs and Page performed the song on ''
Saturday Night Live
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s 23rd season finale, hosted by
David Duchovny
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which aired on May 9, 1998.
* In France, the song is played when football club
Olympique Marseille
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scores a goal.
* The song played for
New York Yankees
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shortstop
Derek Jeter
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when he would come up to the plate.
* The song is used as an intro to the final stage in the Italian game show, ''
Avanti un altro!''.
* The song has frequently been played during the popular and historical Swedish ski-race
Vasaloppet
( Swedish for 'the Vasa-race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in th ...
.
References
External links
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1998 singles
Bad Boy Records singles
Epic Records singles
Jimmy Page songs
Led Zeppelin
Music videos directed by Howard Greenhalgh
Number-one singles in Iceland
Sean Combs songs
Songs written by Jimmy Page
Songs written by John Bonham
Songs written by Robert Plant
Songs written by Sean Combs
Songs written for films
Songs about revenge