Thursday 5 May 2011

K7 'Come Baby Come'

Chart Peak: 3

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K7's first single 'Come Baby Come' was a Top 3 mega-hit in January 1994... Based in New York, they are frontman K7, Prophet, Los, Tre, Deuce & Non-Stop


They're very keen to emphasise the year in these notes, aren't they? Also interesting that they imply K7 to be the name of both the band and the lead vocalist, like Alice Cooper or Marilyn Manson, whereas most other sources seem to consider this a solo single: the others mentioned are The Swing Kids, who get joint billing on the less successful follow-up singles but not this one. They do seem to the on the track though, and I'd guess it was them on TotP with him as well.

Technicalities of name aside, what's most striking about this record is how current it sounds now. Of course if you follow the YouTube link you'll see a load of comments about how 90s music was much better than the stuff we have nowadays, blah blah blah, but there's not a huge amount of difference between this and the current Number One at time of writing, and K7's single entendre lyrics could have slotted into something like 'Bedrock' by Young Money easily. The only element that doesn't quite seem to fit into 2011 is the references to the older kind of swing, although that's not so obvious here that you couldn't miss it: it's more explicit in his/their next single 'Hi De Ho', which is based on 'Minnie The Moocher'. I'd have hated this record if I'd noticed it at the time and I don't really like it now either.

Available on: 100 R&B Classics: Original Anthems

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