"Come Baby Come" is a song by American rapper K7 (of freestyle group TKA) from his debut album, Swing Batta Swing. It peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1993 and number three on the UK Singles Chart in January 1994. It was produced by Joey Gardner for Tommy Boy Records, and featured a jazzy scat vocal by Camille. It was certified gold by the RIAA on November 17, 1993. The music video features the band riding around in a 1955 Plymouth Belvedere convertible. It appears on the Little Fires Everywhere episode, "The Spider Web". The song is sampled in the song "BaDinga!" by TWRK which was a popular dance hit in 2015. BuzzFeed ranked it number 61 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s" in 2017.[1]
In his review of the Swing Batta Swing album, Adam Greenberg from AllMusic noted that it "involve a good deal of those call and response patterns, but at a higher speed than most of the tracks, very danceworthy for a club".[2]Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Do not even try to sit out this thick'n'chewy hip-hop throwdown ... it is next to impossible." He noted that the "infectious groove" is enhanced by "an anthemic, air-punching chorus that you will be chanting for days."[3] He also added, "With his insanely infectious first solo single, former TKA member K7 is well on the way to a smokin' new career. The track is a rapid series of brain-embedding and bodyinvading hooks and refrains, laid over a butt-shagging hip-hop beat. Unbelievably catchy stuff."[4]
A reviewer from Music & Media stated, "The "vice versa rap" method-one guy talks and the rest counters collectively–is used in an ultra catchy way."[5] John Kilgo from The Network Forty wrote that "reggae-inspired toasting dropped over a rhythmic hip-hop beat gospelish female vocals, paired with cadenced male chantings, defy simple categorization. Props to their self-interpretation of Paula Abdul's "Straight Up" done acapella".[6] James Hunter from Vibe described the song as a "serious goof", noting that it "unwinds like dancehall, jerks and cuts like hip hop, and shouts its seductions with the gutbucket abandon of Joe Tex's "I Gotcha". The phone rings just as K7 gets home to his sweetie ("Hello? Hello?)", hilariously interrupting the mood. But this record is really about his adventures after he slams the bedroom door."[7]
Music video[]
A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by American music video director Hype Williams.[8] It was later published on Tommy Boy Records' official YouTube channel in November 2017. The video has amassed more than 11,6 million views as of October 2021.[9]
