Come On Baby (Saigon song)
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"Come on Baby" is the first official single from Saigon's début album '' The Greatest Story Never Told''. The song features
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on the hook and was produced by
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. The album version featuring a verse by Jay-Z from the remix version. The song samples
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's "Southside Shuffle". The song was released as a single on July 14, 2007. The video made its debut on
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on November 8, 2007.


Remix

The official remix features two new verses by Saigon, a verse from Jay-Z, and
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's original hook was released on November 6, 2007. Jay-Z's verse was included as the second verse on the album version of the song, replacing Saigon's original third verse.Just Blaze (November 6, 2007
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recorded a song over the same instrumental entitled "Rick Smits", and west coast artists
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and
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have also recorded over the instrumental.


Samples and film references

* "Come On Baby" sampled J. Geils Band's "Southside Shuffle" (Atlantic, 1973), using the riff at 0:07 in the song. * "Come On Baby" appears in the 2009 film ''
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'', in the Bronx arrival scene at 33:30.


References

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