Come Get It!

Come Get It! is the debut album by Rick James and the Stone City Band.^[1][2] It was released in April 1978 via the Motown sub-label Gordy Records. The singles "You and I" and "Mary Jane" propelled Come Get It! to gold status.^[3]

Come Get It!
Studio album by Rick James
Released	April 20, 1978 (1978-04-20)
Recorded	1977–1978
Studio	Cross-Eyed Bear Studios, Clarence, New York and Record Plant, New York, NY
Genre	Funk, soul
Length	38:56
Label	Gordy
Producer	Rick James, Art Stewart
Rick James chronology
Come Get It! (1978) Bustin' Out of L Seven (1979)
Singles from Come Get It!
"You and I" Released: March 1978 "Mary Jane" Released: September 9, 1978 "Hollywood" Released: December 15, 1978

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Rolling Stone, in a retrospective, praised "You and I", writing that "James unleashed his brash 'punk-funk' movement with this gloriously strutting single, which boasted a colossal synth-bass groove, James' boa-tossing vocal panache and double-entendres directed at his ex-wife."^[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Rick James

Side A

1. "Stone City Band, Hi!" – 3:30
2. "You and I" – 8:04
3. "Sexy Lady" – 3:52
4. "Dream Maker" – 5:16

Side B

5. "Be My Lady" – 4:48
6. "Mary Jane" – 4:57
7. "Hollywood" – 7:27
8. "Stone City Band, Bye!" – 1:10

2014 digital remaster bonus track

9. "You and I" (Extended M+M Mix) – 9:55

2014 Complete Motown Albums bonus tracks

9. "You and I" (Extended M+M Mix) – 9:55
10. "You and I" (Extended M+M Instrumental) – 9:13

Personnel

• Rick James – vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, bass
• Levi Ruffin, Jr. - Keyboards
• Billy Nunn – keyboards
• Bobby Nunn – keyboards
• Freddy Rapillo – guitar
• Andy Rapillo – bass
• Mike Caputy – drums
• Randy and Mike Brecker – horns
• Richard Shaw – bass
• Lorenzo Shaw – drums
• Flick, Berry, Steve Williams – horns
• Levi Ruffin – background vocals
• Jackie Ruffin – background vocals
• Bobby Nunn – background vocals
• Billy Nunn – background vocals
• Sascha Meeks – background vocals
• Richard Shaw – background vocals
• Vanessa Brooks Nunn – background vocals
• Joey Diggs – background vocals
• Anthony Caesar – background vocals
• Roger Brown – background vocals
• Calvin Moore – background vocals
• Bennie McCullough – background vocals
• Chuck Madden, Shelly – engineers

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1978) Peak position US Billboard 200[7] 13 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[8] 3

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position US Billboard 200[9] 83 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] 24

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[11]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1978	"You and I"	13	1	3
1978	"Mary Jane"	41	3	—

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.