"Come When You Call Me America" (registered as "Come When You Call Me A.M.E.R.I.C.A" and also referred to as "Come When You Call" and "Come When You Call Me") is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey, co-written with and produced by Andrew Kravitz. It was recorded in 2008 and leaked on June 22, 2012. It was registered to BMI in 2014.[1]
Background[]
Two versions of the song leaked at a similar time, and it was once unknown which version preceded the other. One version utilizes trumpets in its production and contains lyrical differences from the other. The actual order of the versions was resolved on November 6, 2020. The version that utilizes trumpets was revealed to be the final version of the song, while the other was revealed to be an earlier version.
The song was revealed to have been remastered in 2018, with this version leaking on October 14, 2020. The file name is "LANA DEL REY AK COME WHEN YOU CALL ME NEW MIX 02 11 30 2018", suggesting that this version was finished on November 30, 2018. The producer confirmed that Del Rey had no part in the remaster of this song, and he revisited it himself just for fun.[citation needed] The fifth mix of the second version of the song, this version's 2018 remaster, an ad-libbed run-through of the song and its subsequent vocal stem, the first mix of the first version of the song and its instrumental, and a second mix of the first version all leaked in .wav format on November 6, 2020. The full session of 134 stems would then leak in .wav format on November 16.
According to the stem files, American trumpeter Curt Ramm is the featured artist on all mixes of the second version. The stem session also showed that the song was heavily ad-libbed, and is edited and spliced together from various a cappella runs done by Del Rey in the studio. There are a significant amount of vocal outtakes from this song featured in the session files.
Cross-references[]
- The "A-M-E-R-I-C-A" chant is also used in the song "Gramma (Blue Ribbon Sparkler Trailer Heaven)". Similar spelling chants are used in "Jealous Girl" and "Summer of Sam".
- Alchemy is also referenced in "Heavy Hitter".
- The phrase "head to head, gun to gun" is similar to "man to man, heart to heart" from "Is This Happiness".
- The phrase "sweet sixteen" its also mentioned in "This Is What Makes Us Girls".
Official versions[]
- Version 1 (Mix 1) — 4:35
- Version 1 (Mix 2) — 4:35
- Version 2 — 4:13
- Version 2 (Mix 5) — 4:34
- Version 2 (Mix 5) (2018 Remaster) — 4:35
16 future fuchhh part2_01.L — 6:34
16 future fuchhh part2_01.R — 6:34
16 future fuchhh part2_02.L — 6:34
16 future fuchhh part2_02.R — 6:34
16 future fuchhh part2-7eqa_03.L — 0:30
16 future fuchhh part2-7eqa_03.R — 0:30
aifbass_01.L — 4:40
aifbass_01.R — 4:40
aiffills2_01.L — 4:40
aiffills2_01.R — 4:40
aifloop_01.L — 4:40
aifloop_01.R — 4:40
Audio 4_01.1_01 — 6:34
BASS AUDIO_01.L — 1:20
BASS AUDIO_01.R — 1:20
BASS AUDIO_02.L — 2:56
BASS AUDIO_02.R — 2:56
chorus_05 — 6:34
COME WHEN YOU CALLlizz grant andy kravitz_02.L — 6:34
COME WHEN YOU CALLlizz grant andy kravitz_02.R — 6:34
COME WHEN YOU CALLlizz grant andy kravitz_03.L — 6:34
COME WHEN YOU CALLlizz grant andy kravitz_03.R — 6:34
f kik_01.L — 4:40
f kik_01.R — 4:40
f kik-GAIN_01.L — 0:03
f kik-GAIN_01.R — 0:03
fills_01.L — 4:40
fills_01.R — 4:40
future fuchhh part2_01.L — 6:34
future fuchhh part2_01.R — 6:34
future fuchhh part2-7eqa_02.L — 0:30
future fuchhh part2-7eqa_02.R — 0:30
ifloop5_01.L — 4:40
ifloop5_01.R — 4:40
iforgan_01.L — 4:40
iforgan_01.R — 4:40
ifrhodes_01.L — 4:40
ifrhodes_01.R — 4:40
keys stem 1_02 — 6:34
KEYS STEM WITH RIDES_01.L — 6:34
KEYS STEM WITH RIDES_01.R — 6:34
KEYS STEM WITH RIDES-GAIN_01.L — 2:48
KEYS STEM WITH RIDES-GAIN_01.R — 2:48
KEYS STEM WITH RIDES-GAIN_02.L — 0:31
KEYS STEM WITH RIDES-GAIN_02.R — 0:31
keys2_01 — 6:34
keys3_01 — 6:34
keys22_01 — 6:34
keys33_01 — 6:34
keysrem 1b_02 — 6:34
KURT RAMM ON LIZZY TRUMPET STEM WITH EFFECTS_01.L — 6:34
KURT RAMM ON LIZZY TRUMPET STEM WITH EFFECTS_01.R — 6:34
KURT RAMM ON LIZZY TRUMPET STEM WITH EFFECTS_02.L — 0:18
KURT RAMM ON LIZZY TRUMPET STEM WITH EFFECTS_02.R — 0:18
KURT RAMM ON LIZZY TRUMPET STEM WITH EFFECTS_03.L — 0:20
KURT RAMM ON LIZZY TRUMPET STEM WITH EFFECTS_03.R — 0:20
KURT RAMM ON LIZZY TRUMPET STEM WITH EFFECTS-GAIN_01.L — 0:03
KURT RAMM ON LIZZY TRUMPET STEM WITH EFFECTS-GAIN_01.R — 0:03
LANA DEL REY AK COME WHEN YOU CALL ME NEW MIX 11 30 2018_01.L — 4:35
LANA DEL REY AK COME WHEN YOU CALL ME NEW MIX 11 30 2018_01.R — 4:35
LANA DEL REY AK COME WHEN YOU CALL ME NEW MIX_02.L — 4:35
LANA DEL REY AK COME WHEN YOU CALL ME NEW MIX_02.R — 4:35
LANA VOCAL STEM DRY.L — 4:44
LANA VOCAL STEM DRY.R — 4:44
lizz2_01 — 6:34
lizza_01 — 6:34
lizzy slap_02 — 6:34
lizzy_01 — 6:34
lizzy4_01 — 6:34
lizzy5_01 — 6:34
lizzy5-7eqa_02 — 6:34
LOOOP_01.L — 4:40
LOOOP_01.R — 4:40
looppsif_01.L — 4:40
looppsif_01.R — 4:40
MIX_05.L — 4:34
MIX_05.R — 4:34
MPC BOUNCE BRENT.L — 4:43
MPC BOUNCE BRENT.R — 4:43
NEW KEY BOARD BOUNCE.L — 4:46
NEW KEY BOARD BOUNCE.R — 4:46
NEW KEY BOUNCE 2.L — 3:13
NEW KEY BOUNCE 2.R — 3:13
PIZZACATO AUDIO FR REVERSE-C3AS_02.L — 4:37
PIZZACATO AUDIO FR REVERSE-C3AS_02.R — 4:37
PIZZACATO AUDIO FR REVERSE.L — 4:37
PIZZACATO AUDIO FR REVERSE.R — 4:37
stylus loop1 1_07.L — 0:11
stylus loop1 1_07.R — 0:11
stylus loop1 1_08.L — 2:35
stylus loop1 1_08.R — 2:35
stylus loop1 1_09.L — 2:03
stylus loop1 1_09.R — 2:03
trump_01 — 6:34
trump2_01 — 6:34
trump3 _02 — 6:34
trump3_02 — 6:34
verse verb_01 — 6:34
verse_01 — 6:34
verse-7eqa_01 — 0:10
VOCAL STEM BOUNCE V2 WITH LESS.L — 7:01
VOCAL STEM BOUNCE V2 WITH LESS.R — 7:01
VOCAL STEM WITH EFFECTS-7eqa_01.L — 0:11
VOCAL STEM WITH EFFECTS-7eqa_01.R — 0:11
VOCAL STEM WITH EFFECTS-D3AS_01.L — 0:13
VOCAL STEM WITH EFFECTS-D3AS_01.R — 0:13
VOCAL STEM WITH EFFECTS.1.L — 6:33
VOCAL STEM WITH EFFECTS.1.R — 6:33
VOCAL STEM WITH EFFECTS.L — 6:33
VOCAL STEM WITH EFFECTS.R — 6:33
vx at_01.L — 4:33
vx at_01.R — 4:33
vx at-7eqa_02.L — 0:10
vx at-7eqa_02.L — 0:10
vx at-7eqa_04.L — 0:05
vx at-7eqa_04.R — 0:05
vx at-7eqa_05.L — 0:07
vx at-7eqa_05.R — 0:07
vx at-7eqa_06.L — 0:11
vx at-7eqa_06.R — 0:11
vx at-7eqa_07.L — 0:00
vx at-7eqa_07.R — 0:00
vx at-7eqa_10.L — 0:00
vx at-7eqa_10.R — 0:00
vx at-7eqa_13.L — 0:01
vx at-7eqa_13.R — 0:01
vx at-7eqa_15.L — 0:06
vx at-7eqa_15.R — 0:06
vx at-TCEX_04.L — 0:01
vx at-TCEX_04.R — 0:01
vx at-XSa2_01.L — 0:00
vx at-XSa2_01.R — 0:00
whistleaif_01.L — 4:40
whistleaif_01.R — 4:40
Lyrics[]
Version 1[]
(Tell me a story, daddy)
(La-dah, ay ay)
Come when you call me
Come when you call me
It's what I wanna know, why
Just thought you sound so nice
(Hey, yeah)
I can do whatever I want
You can do whatever you
It's just like I always wanted
Just like I always knew
Ride and ride, die
Have a night life
Have a night life
Hand to hand, gun to gun
Now we're gonna have some fun
(Hey, yeah)
Come when you call me
Come when you call me
White Lincoln Continental
Billy, pick me up from my motel
Take me down to Citgo, child
Shirley wants to meet ya
(Hey, yeah)
Ride and ride, die
Have a night life
(Have a night life)
(Ooh)
I know what you been looking for
I think I got all that and more
I can show you
(Yeah)
I think I know what you been trying
Saying, "Everybody wants a little, ah"
Come when you call me
Come when you call me
Billy, pick me up from my hotel
What you thinkin'?
Billy, pick me up from my hotel
What you thinkin'?
Hey, lay, black skin
Don't you fancy it?
I can't get it right
I know just how it's gonna be
I think if you want alchemy
I wanna tell you what I see, ooh
I know what you like and I
Think that I could fill it right
Put a lot of place on guys, ah
Maybe I'ma bring you right here like I want
Back to the street if I really ever follow hope
Back to the street (Back to the street)
(Tell me a story, daddy)
You should see what I'm doing now (Now)
Bet you'd guess if I told you how (How)
You should see what I'm doing now
Bet you'd guess if I told you how
You can say whatever you gonna say about it
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
You can say whatever you gonna say about it
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
You can say whatever you gonna say about it
(High life, high life)
(High life, high life, high life)
(Hey, yeah, ohh)
(Hey, yeah, ohh)
Stay in your room, get in your bed
Maybe then, you get me inside your head
Everybody thinks that they know but I
I know you better
Stay in your room, get in your bed
Maybe then, you get me inside your head
Everybody thinks that they know but I
I know you better
(Tell me a story, daddy)
Version 2[]
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
(La-dah, ay ay)
Come when you call me
Come when you call me
Just thought you'd wanna know why
Just thought you sound so nice
I can do whatever I want
You can do whatever you
It's just like I always wanted
Just like I always knew
Ride and ride, die
Have a night life
Have a night life
Hand to hand, gun to gun
Now we're gonna have some fun
(Hey, yeah)
Come when you call me
Come when you call me
It's what I wanna know, why
Just thought you sound so nice
(Hey, yeah)
Ride and ride, die
Have a night life
(Have a night life)
I know what you been looking for
I think I got all that and more
I think I know what you been trying
Saying, "Everybody wants a little, ah"
Come when you call me
Come when you
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
It's what I wanna know, why
Just thought you sound so nice
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
I can do whatever I want
You can do whatever you
It's just like I always wanted
Just like I always knew
(Tell me a story, daddy)
Come when you call me
Come when you
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
You can say whatever you gonna say about it
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
You can say whatever you gonna say about it
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
You can say whatever you gonna say about it
(High life, high life)
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
(Hey, yeah, ooh)
(Hey, yeah, ooh)
Stay in your room, get in your bed
Maybe then, you get me inside your head
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
(Tell me a story, daddy)
2018 rework[]
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
(La-dah, ay ay)
Come when you call me
Come when you call me
Just thought you'd wanna know why
Just thought you sound so nice
I can do whatever I want
You can do whatever you
It's just like I always wanted
Just like I always knew
Ride and ride, die
Have a night life
Have a night life
Hand to hand, gun to gun
Now we're gonna have some fun
(Hey, yeah)
Come when you call me
Come when you call me
It's what I wanna know, why
Just thought you sound so nice
(Hey, yeah)
Ride and ride, die
Have a night life
(Have a night life)
I know what you been looking for
I think I got all that and more
I think I know what you been trying
Saying, "Everybody wants a little, ah"
Come when you call me
Come when you
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
Back to show you how I mow you
If you want to ride
It's what I wanna know, why
Just thought you sound so nice
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
I can do whatever I want
You can do whatever you
It's just like I always wanted
Just like I always knew
(Tell me a story, daddy)
Come when you call me
Come when you
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
You can say whatever you gonna say about it
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
You can say whatever you gonna say about it
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
You can say whatever you gonna say about it
(High life, high life)
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
(Hey, yeah, ooh)
(Hey, yeah, ooh)
Stay in your room, get in your bed
Maybe then, you get me inside your head
Everybody thinks that they know but I
I know you better
Stay in your room, get in your bed
Maybe then, you get me inside your head
(A-M-E-R-I-C-A)
(Tell me a story, daddy)