Come to Me (Diddy song)
Encyclopedia
"Come to Me" is the first single
released from Diddy
's 2006 album Press Play. It features pop/R&B singer Nicole Scherzinger
, lead vocalist of The Pussycat Dolls, and is her first solo appearance outside of the group.
's song "Hyphy." The phone portrayed prominently at the beginning of the video is a Nokia 8800
(which was not readily available at the time of the video's shooting).
The reggae remix of "Come to Me" was leaked onto radio airwaves by a Syracuse, New York
radio station in late September 2006. The remix features Elephant Man. Another remix of this song features Notorious B.I.G. An official remix has been released featuring Nicole Scherzinger
, Yung Joc
, T.I.
& Young Dro
.
at number ninety-three and peaked at number nine on its eighth week on the chart. It debuted on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 at number ninety-three at its moderate digital downloads from its release. In its second week, "Come to Me" gained high single sales and digital downloads but moderate airplay pushing its position at number twenty-five, with one of the highest jumps in the Hot 100. Having high single sales across the U.S, "Come to Me" peaked at number nine on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales
. "Come to Me" has also gained high digital downloads, making it a peak at number fifteen on the U.S Billboard Hot Digital Songs
.
's Access Granted
on August 8, 2006. It has also peaked at number thirteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
chart. The song did chart on BET's 106 & Park
, where it reached number four, and reached number one on MTV's Sucker Free
. As of September 7, 2006, "Come to Me" was in the top ten in the United States
iTunes Music Store.
Diddy performed "Come To Me" with Cassie on MTV Europe Music Awards 2006
, as well as on the NBC
pregame show for the opening game of the 2006 NFL season
between the Miami Dolphins
and the Pittsburgh Steelers
at Heinz Field
in Pittsburgh
, Pennsylvania
. He has also performed the song several times with Danity Kane
. Plus, he performed it three times with Nicole Scherzinger
. The video begins in a city where a black van pulls up in an unknown alley. Then, the clock shows the time of 4:30 and Diddy is seen with his girlfriend in bed and it turns to face Cassie Ventura staring at the bed. Then, Cassie heard her cellphone ring and an unknown figure (revealed to be Scherzinger) starts telling her about Diddy showing up. As the music begins, Diddy wakes up and Cassie passes the phone to him. Meanwhile, Scherzinger is waiting inside a club where Diddy shows up and does the choreogrophy while making eye contact with her. During the bridge, Diddy and Scherzinger both went upstairs to a dance on battle. After following Diddy in the flash of light, Scherzinger ends up in a maze with Diddy. Then, they see each other and the maze falls apart and the breakdown starts as Diddy and Scherzinger dance in a lighted room. At the end of the video, Scherzinger walks away and also Diddy stops her and both of them stare at each other with Diddy saying,"press play." The video ends with Diddy and Scherzinger staring at each other when a symbol of the press play shows in the middle.
There is no relationship between Diddy's "Come to Me" and Roy Head
's C&W hit by that same title.
To date, the song remains the most successful in the US and worldwide of Press Play.
Cassie Ventura made a cameo appearance in the video.
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
released from Diddy
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
's 2006 album Press Play. It features pop/R&B singer Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
, lead vocalist of The Pussycat Dolls, and is her first solo appearance outside of the group.
History
"Come to Me" features an uncredited sample of Keak da SneakKeak da Sneak
Charles Toby Bowens , commonly known by his stage name Keak da Sneak, is a rapper from Oakland, California . At the age of 16 he was known as Z-Kush but became known as "Keak da Sneak" at 17, best known for his scratchy, gruff rapping voice and coining the term "hyphy" in 1994.-Career:Keak da Sneak...
's song "Hyphy." The phone portrayed prominently at the beginning of the video is a Nokia 8800
Nokia 8800
The Nokia 8800 is a luxury mobile phone produced by Nokia, based on the Nokia Series 40 operating system. The 8800 features a stainless-steel housing with a scratch-resistant screen and has a weight of 134 grams...
(which was not readily available at the time of the video's shooting).
The reggae remix of "Come to Me" was leaked onto radio airwaves by a Syracuse, New York
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
radio station in late September 2006. The remix features Elephant Man. Another remix of this song features Notorious B.I.G. An official remix has been released featuring Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
, Yung Joc
Yung Joc
YaMar Jon Robinson , better known by his stage name Yung Joc, is an American rapper.-Early life:Robinson's father, Vivian Young, ran a hair-care products company and helped him write a jingle for Revlon; Robinson founded his own label to release his music.-New Joc City :After Teaming with producer...
, T.I.
T.I.
Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. , better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records....
& Young Dro
Young Dro
D'Juan Hart , better known as Young Dro is an American Southern rapper from Bankhead, Georgia. He performed as Dro from 2000 until he signed to Grand Hustle Records in 2006, when he became known as Young Dro.- Discography :...
.
Chart performance
"Come to Me" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
at number ninety-three and peaked at number nine on its eighth week on the chart. It debuted on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 at number ninety-three at its moderate digital downloads from its release. In its second week, "Come to Me" gained high single sales and digital downloads but moderate airplay pushing its position at number twenty-five, with one of the highest jumps in the Hot 100. Having high single sales across the U.S, "Come to Me" peaked at number nine on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales
Hot 100 Singles Sales
The Hot Singles Sales chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures sales of commercial singles and is one of three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Airplay and the Hot Digital Songs, that determine the chart positions of singles on the...
. "Come to Me" has also gained high digital downloads, making it a peak at number fifteen on the U.S Billboard Hot Digital Songs
Hot Digital Songs
The Hot Digital Songs chart ranks the best-selling digital singles in the United States, according to Billboard.Beginning in February 2005, digital sales have been incorporated into many of Billboards music single charts. It was decided to do so mainly because of the dramatic rise in popularity of...
.
Track listing
Track CD Single- "Come To Me" (Radio Version) (featuring Nicole ScherzingerNicole ScherzingerNicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
) - 4:01 - "Come To Me" (Mix Show Clean) (featuring Nicole ScherzingerNicole ScherzingerNicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
) - 4:34 - "Come To Me" (Mix Show Dirty) (featuring Nicole ScherzingerNicole ScherzingerNicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
) - 4:34 - "Come To Me" (Instrumental Version) - 4:33
- "Come To Me" (Call Out Hook) - 0:14
Music video
The video for the song premiered on BETBet
Bet or BET may refer to:* A wager in gambling* Basic Economics Test * Bet , the second letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician and Syriac* Brunauer-Emmett-Teller isotherm. See BET_theory...
's Access Granted
Access Granted
Access Granted is an American television series that features an in depth look at the planning and production of R&B and hip hop music videos. Each week, a different artist and their new music video are featured, with the video premiering at the end of the episode. The series began airing in 2001...
on August 8, 2006. It has also peaked at number thirteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
chart. The song did chart on BET's 106 & Park
106 & Park
106 & Park is a Top Ten Hip-Hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that airs weekdays at 6:00 PM on BET . Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show...
, where it reached number four, and reached number one on MTV's Sucker Free
Sucker Free
Sucker Free, known as Sucker Free Daily on weekdays and then Sucker Free Countdown on Sundays, is MTV2's sole hip-hop video block. Previously, Sucker Free aired weekdays for one hour, then eventually sporadically until the week leading to February 28, 2010. Sucker Free Countdown, its 2 hour top 15...
. As of September 7, 2006, "Come to Me" was in the top ten in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
iTunes Music Store.
Diddy performed "Come To Me" with Cassie on MTV Europe Music Awards 2006
MTV Europe Music Awards 2006
The MTV Europe Music Awards hit Copenhagen at the Bella Center/Rådhuspladsen in 2006. The venue was made to feel like a VIP club with exclusive, intimate performances...
, as well as on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
pregame show for the opening game of the 2006 NFL season
2006 NFL season
The 2006 NFL season was the 87th regular season of the National Football League.Regular season play was held from September 7 to December 31, 2006...
between the Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
and the Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
at Heinz Field
Heinz Field
Heinz Field is a stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It primarily serves as the home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Pittsburgh Panthers American football teams, members of the National Football League and National Collegiate Athletic Association respectively...
in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. He has also performed the song several times with Danity Kane
Danity Kane
Danity Kane was an American female music group signed to Bad Boy Records, first established in 2005. Formed on the third installment of MTV's Making the Band reality television series, the quintet comprised members Aubrey O'Day, Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgett, Shannon Bex, Dawn Richard, and Aundrea...
. Plus, he performed it three times with Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
. The video begins in a city where a black van pulls up in an unknown alley. Then, the clock shows the time of 4:30 and Diddy is seen with his girlfriend in bed and it turns to face Cassie Ventura staring at the bed. Then, Cassie heard her cellphone ring and an unknown figure (revealed to be Scherzinger) starts telling her about Diddy showing up. As the music begins, Diddy wakes up and Cassie passes the phone to him. Meanwhile, Scherzinger is waiting inside a club where Diddy shows up and does the choreogrophy while making eye contact with her. During the bridge, Diddy and Scherzinger both went upstairs to a dance on battle. After following Diddy in the flash of light, Scherzinger ends up in a maze with Diddy. Then, they see each other and the maze falls apart and the breakdown starts as Diddy and Scherzinger dance in a lighted room. At the end of the video, Scherzinger walks away and also Diddy stops her and both of them stare at each other with Diddy saying,"press play." The video ends with Diddy and Scherzinger staring at each other when a symbol of the press play shows in the middle.
There is no relationship between Diddy's "Come to Me" and Roy Head
Roy Head
Roy Head is an American singer, best known for his hit "Treat Her Right."-Career:Head achieved fame as a member of a musical group out from San Marcos, Texas known as The Traits. The group's sponsor landed their first recording contract in 1958 with TNT Music in San Antonio, Texas while they were...
's C&W hit by that same title.
To date, the song remains the most successful in the US and worldwide of Press Play.
Cassie Ventura made a cameo appearance in the video.
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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