Go! (Common song)

Infobox Single
Name = Go!


Artist = Common featuring John Mayer and Kanye West
from Album = Be
B-side =
Released = June 14, 2005
Format = 12-inch single, CD, Vinyl
Recorded = Sony Studios, New York, NY & Encore Studio, Burbank, CA
Genre = Chicago hip hop
Length = 3:44
Label = G.O.O.D. Music/Geffen Records
Writer = Lonnie Lynn
Kanye West
John Mayer
Linda Lewis
Producer = Kanye West
Chronology = Common singles
Last single = "The Corner"
(2005)
This single = "Go!"
(2005)
Next single = "Testify"
(2005)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = John Mayer singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Daughters"
(2004)
This single = "Go!"
(2005)
Next single = "Waiting on the World to Change"
(2006)Extra chronology 2
Artist = Kanye West singles
Type = singles
Last single = "The Corner"
(2005)
This single = "Go!"
(2005)
Next single = "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"
(2005)

"Go!" is the third single from rapper Common's sixth album "Be". It is produced by Kanye West, who also performs backing vocals for the track alongside John Mayer. The track's percussion is handled by Num Amuntehu, while its scratches are provided by A-Trak. Its beat contains a sample from "Old Smokey" by Linda Lewis. Its lyrics deal with sexual fantasies.

Two remixes of "Go!" featuring Joy Denalane were released as singles: one was remixed by Kanye West and the other by Jazzanova.

Conception

Common, Kanye West and John Mayer were inspired to create a song after seeing the 2004 movie "Ray".cite web | last = Crosley | first = Hillary | url = http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1499843/20050408/common.jhtml | title = Common Out To Show 'Conscious Cats Like Sex Too' In Kanye-Directed Clip at VH1.com | format = | work = | publisher = | accessdate = June 1 | accessyear = 2007] They all headed to a studio where Kanye worked on a beat and Mayer told Common to write about fantasies.cite web | last = Crosley | first = Hillary | url = http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1499843/20050408/common.jhtml | title = Common Out To Show 'Conscious Cats Like Sex Too' In Kanye-Directed Clip at VH1.com | format = | work = | publisher = | accessdate = June 1 | accessyear = 2007] Despite Common's initial hesitance of being influenced by a non hip hop artist,cite web | last = Crosley | first = Hillary | url = http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1499843/20050408/common.jhtml | title = Common Out To Show 'Conscious Cats Like Sex Too' In Kanye-Directed Clip at VH1.com | format = | work = | publisher = | accessdate = June 1 | accessyear = 2007] he wrote the song and it was later recorded in two studios: Sony Studios in New York City and Encore Studios in Burbank, California.

Acclaim

It was the most commercially successful song on "Be" as it reached #79 on The Billboard Hot 100 and also reached the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and Hot Rap Tracks charts. Critics attribute this success to its mellow beat, smooth vocals and subject matter. Spence D. of IGN.com writes: cquote|"Go!" is the requisite mid-tempo love jammy with pun [c] hes of "Go" lightly echoed throughout while Kanye tosses in the hype man "and on the count of three, go, go, go, uhhh!" To his credit Common rides the rhythm with a natural ease and earns points for making a slow rap jam that isn't one of those out-dated cross pollination numbers featuring the flavor of the day female crooner.cite web | last = | first = Spence D. | url = http://music.ign.com/articles/634/634905p1.html | title = Be Review at IGN.com | format = | work = | publisher = | accessdate = May 26 | accessyear = 2007]

Music video

A music video directed by Kanye West, MK12 and Convert was produced. It features Common relaxing in a modern house that contains rugs, couches and a large window allowing much light into the house. Common's surroundings are constantly morphing, but maintain a brown and beige color scheme. As a preface to various scenes in which Common fulfills fantasies with women, phrases such as "body of a dancer" and "free love" appear.

Track listing

"Go"/"Chi-City"

A-side

# "Go (LP Version)" (3:44)
# "Go (Instrumental)" (3:44)
# "Go (Radio Edit)" (3:44)
# "Go (Accapella)" (3:44)

B-side

# "Chi-City (LP Version)" (3:27)
# "Chi-City (Instrumental)" (3:27)
# "Chi-City (Radio Edit)" (3:27)
# "Chi-City (Accapella)" (3:27)

"Go! (Jazzanova Remix)"

A-side

# "Go! (Jazzanova Remix Main)" (4:08)
# "Go! (Jazzanova Remix Clean)" (4:07)

B-side

# "Go! (Original Remix)" (3:43)
# "Go! (Jazzanova Remix Instrumental)" (4:07)

"Go! (Remix)"/"The Corner (Remix)"

A-side

# "Go! (Remix)" (3:47)
# "Go! (Original Version)" (3:45)

B-side

# "Go! (Instrumental)" (3:44)
# "The Corner (Remix)" (4:10)

Chart positions

Audio sample

References

ee also

*List of Common songs