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

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". 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 iTunes Store, 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 David Dawood (Dawood) and Nathan Retro (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 " Rockstar", 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 – David Dawood and Nathan Retro *

Lyrics Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, ...

– Costadinos Contostavlos *

Sound design Sound design is the art and practice of creating auditory elements of media. It involves specifying, acquiring and creating audio using production techniques and equipment or software. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including filmmaking ...

er – Nathan Retro *

Audio Engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduc ...

– David Dawood * Composer – Costadinos Contostavlos *

Mixing engineer A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of a ...

– Nathan Retro *

Mastering engineer Mastering is a form of audio post production which is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the Audio mixing (recorded music), final mix to a data storage device called a master recording, the source ...

– Nathan Retro *

Re-recording mixer A re-recording mixer in North America, also known as a dubbing mixer in Europe, is a post-production audio engineer who mixes recorded dialogue, sound effects and music to create the final version of a soundtrack for a feature film, television pr ...

– Nathan Retro * Label: Takeover Entertainment Limited

References

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