Come cover art

  Studio Album · No. 14

Come Songwriting Credits by Prince

1994 Warner Bros. Records 10 tracks 48 min

Produced by Prince  ·  Engineered by David Friedlander, Tom Tucker, Tom Garneau

Warner Bros. Records R&BFunkHip Hop
100%
Authorship
Complete Artist

Holds writing credit on 10 of 10 tracks

Authorship Breakdown 10 / 10 documented

Who wrote the songs?

Scored across the 10 tracks with documented writers, by whether Prince carries a lyricist or composer credit.

100%
10 trackswritten by Prince 0 tracksoutside writers
Prince's roles on this album

Share of the 10 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.

Lyricist100%
Composer100%
Producer100%
Performer100%

By the Numbers

10
Tracks
2
Lyricists
1
Producers
500,000
US Copies Sold
1994
Released
Data Insight

Come was released under the Prince name during the period he had already adopted the love symbol, and it gathered material recorded across the early 1990s. Prince wrote and produced every track, the lone outside credit being playwright David Henry Hwang, who provided lyrics for 'Solo.' The album leans on slow grooves and extended arrangements, with the eleven-minute title suite built almost entirely around Prince's own multitracked performance.

Released August 16, 1994, on Warner Bros. Records, Come was Prince's fifteenth studio album, arriving amid an escalating public dispute between Prince and the label, with minimal promotional support from either party. Prince solely produced the album across three recording periods in 1991, January-May 1993, and March 1994, at Paisley Park Studios, The Record Plant in Los Angeles, and Larrabee Sound Studios in North Hollywood; he wrote all songs except 'Solo,' which featured lyrics by playwright David Henry Hwang. The ten tracks (many bearing single-word titles such as 'Space,' 'Pheromone,' and 'Orgasm') blended R&B, funk, hip-hop, and urban contemporary in a dark and experimental tone. Come underperformed in the US, stalling at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 and becoming his first album since Controversy without a US top-10 single, though it topped the UK Albums Chart and reached the top 10 across Europe. It was Prince's final Warner Bros. album released under his birth name; subsequent releases were credited to his unpronounceable Love Symbol.

Track Listing & Credits 10 tracks

Written by the artist Written by outside writers

Songwriter & Credit Spotlight 3 contributors

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Frequently Asked Questions Come

Did Prince write all of the Come album?
Prince wrote and produced every song on Come. The only shared credit goes to playwright David Henry Hwang, who wrote the lyrics for the track 'Solo.'
What was the single from Prince's Come album?
'Letitgo' was the single and reached number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite the album being described as older material, 'Letitgo' was newly written for the record.
Why was Come released under the name Prince?
Come appeared in 1994 carrying the Prince name even though he had already adopted the love symbol as his identity. The cover treats it as a marker of the end of the 'Prince' persona during his Warner Bros. dispute.
What is the title track 'Come' like?
'Come' is an extended track running roughly eleven minutes, built on a slow funk groove with horn arrangements. Prince performs most of the instrumentation himself across its shifting sections.
How did the Come album perform in sales?
Come was certified Gold in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Spain. US sales reached around 500,000 copies.
Who co-wrote 'Solo' on Prince's Come album?
Playwright David Henry Hwang co-wrote 'Solo' by providing the lyrics, with Prince supplying the music. It is the only track on Come with a writing credit outside Prince.

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