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Come Go with Me
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<h2 id="the-beach-boys-version">The Beach Boys version</h2> <p>"Come Go with Me" later was covered by <a href="/facts/The_Beach_Boys/6CdaMJwW">the Beach Boys</a>, and it was included on their 1978 album <i><a href="/facts/M.I.U._Album/1yLTdhw4">M.I.U. Album</a></i>. Although not released as a single at the time, the song was included on the Beach Boys compilation album <i><a href="/facts/Ten_Years_of_Harmony/LEIP8wU4">Ten Years of Harmony</a></i> in 1981. After being released as a single to promote the compilation, it rose to No. 18 on the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 chart in January 1982.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> According to <a href="/facts/Al_Jardine/FRWkJDy2">Al Jardine</a>, he requested bandmate <a href="/facts/Brian_Wilson/lHqBFEUI">Brian Wilson</a> to contribute the horn arrangement; Wilson devised it on the spot at <a href="/facts/Sunset_Sound_Recorders/B1AlL4fL">Sunset Sound Recorders</a> while dressed in a bathrobe.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p><i><a href="/facts/Record_World/pjfycyex">Record World</a></i> wrote that the performance "spotlights the group's renowned multi-vocal interaction and harmonies."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h3>Personnel</h3> <p>Credits sourced from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar, Joshilyn Hoisington and David Beard.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p><p>The Beach Boys </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Al_Jardine/FRWkJDy2">Al Jardine</a> - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitars, tack piano, bass guitar, fingersnaps, handclaps, glockenspiel, horn arrangement</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mike_Love/y5Re5z7l">Mike Love</a> - co-lead and backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/facts/Brian_Wilson/lHqBFEUI">Brian Wilson</a> - backing vocals, horn arrangement</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carl_Wilson/ewy0VSWt">Carl Wilson</a> - backing vocals</li></ul> <p>Additional musicians </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ricky_Fataar/EIkuuBbD">Ricky Fataar</a> - drums</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matt_Jardine/LrF1n6Bh">Matt Jardine</a> - fingersnaps, handclaps</li> <li>Michael Sherry - fingersnaps, handclaps</li> <li>Unknown - saxophones</li></ul> <h2 id="chart-history">Chart history</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Chart (1981–82)</th><th>Peakposition</th></tr><tr><td>Canada <i>RPM</i> Top Singles</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Canada <i>RPM</i> Adult Contemporary<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>US <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>US <i>Billboard</i> Adult Contemporary</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>US <i>Cash Box</i> Top 100<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td>20</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="other-versions">Other versions</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Dion_DiMucci/NGQPN5WA">Dion</a> included the song on his 1962 album, <i><a href="/facts/Lovers_Who_Wander_(Dion_album)/7Gm8mmIn">Lovers Who Wander</a></i>. Released as a single (Laurie 3121), it reached No. 48 on the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 in 1963.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/The_Quarrymen/efX5l5zA">The Quarrymen</a>, a precursor to <a href="/facts/The_Beatles/2syHWLcM">the Beatles</a>, played "Come Go with Me" at the fete at <a href="/facts/St_Peter%2527s_Church%2c_Woolton%2c_Liverpool/DTXkBjF5">St Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool</a>, on July 6, 1957. This was the first time <a href="/facts/Paul_McCartney/TfhC0oaF">Paul McCartney</a> heard <a href="/facts/John_Lennon/voXHuusf">John Lennon</a> performing. McCartney noticed how Lennon did not seem to know all the words, so he was ad-libbing instead, with phrases like "come and go with me... down to the penitentiary" which he thought was clever. After the set, McCartney impressed Lennon with his guitar and piano skills, and Lennon invited McCartney to join the band.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> In 2000, several ex-Quarrymen performed a version of the song for the film <a href="/facts/Two_of_Us_(2000_film)/FM1yGpHD"><i>Two of Us</i></a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 14 - Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 4]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries. <a href="/wiki/John_Gilliland" target="_blank">/wiki/John_Gilliland</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>https://www.uncamarvy.com/DelVikings/delvikings.html <a href="https://www.uncamarvy.com/DelVikings/delvikings.html" target="_blank">https://www.uncamarvy.com/DelVikings/delvikings.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 172. <a href="/wiki/Joel_Whitburn" target="_blank">/wiki/Joel_Whitburn</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Set It Up (2018) Music Soundtrack & Complete List of Songs - WhatSong Soundtracks". What-song. <a href="https://www.what-song.com/Movies/Soundtrack/102562/Set-It-Up" target="_blank">https://www.what-song.com/Movies/Soundtrack/102562/Set-It-Up</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com. <a href="0899190251" target="_blank">0899190251</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 90. ISBN 0-214-20512-6. <a href="0-214-20512-6" target="_blank">0-214-20512-6</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2019. <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 51. <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Scoppa, Bud (May 2016), "I Know There's an Answer...", Uncut <a href="/wiki/Uncut_(magazine)" target="_blank">/wiki/Uncut_(magazine)</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 21, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-02. <a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-11-21.pdf" target="_blank">https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-11-21.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Slowinski, Craig (Winter 2023). Beard, David (ed.). "The Beach Boys M.I.U. Album Vol 1". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine. Vol. 37, no. 144. Charlotte, North Carolina. <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1982-02-06. Retrieved 2021-03-08. <a href="https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0454&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0454.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0454" target="_blank">https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0454&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0454.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0454</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 6, 1982 <a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19820206.html" target="_blank">http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19820206.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Dion's charting singles Retrieved 09-23-11 <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dion-p4100/charts-awards/billboard-singles" target="_blank">http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dion-p4100/charts-awards/billboard-singles</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Shenk, Joshua Wolf (2010). "Two of Us". Slate. Retrieved August 21, 2021. <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/creative_pairs/features/2010/two_of_us/inside_the_lennonmccartney_connection_part_1.html" target="_blank">http://www.slate.com/articles/life/creative_pairs/features/2010/two_of_us/inside_the_lennonmccartney_connection_part_1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"The Beatles Anthology" DVD (2003) (Episode 1 – 0:21:56) Lennon talking about meeting McCartney. <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>