Come with Us/The Test

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"Come with Us" / "The Test"
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Single by the Chemical Brothers
from the album Come with Us
B-side "H.I.A"
Released22 April 2002 (2002-04-22)
Studio Miloco (South London, England)
Length
  • 3:40 ("Come with Us")
  • 4:33 ("The Test")
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons, Tony Rallo, Copperman, Peter Krissen, David Fairstein ("Come with Us")
  • Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons, Richard Ashcroft, Czesław Niemen ("The Test")
Producer(s) The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers singles chronology
"Star Guitar"
(2002)		"Come with Us" / "The Test"
(2002)		"The Golden Path"
(2003)

"Come with Us" / "The Test" is a double A-side single from the Chemical Brothers' fourth studio album, Come with Us (2002). The vocals in "The Test" are performed by Richard Ashcroft. When released, the single reached number 11 in Spain, number 14 in the United Kingdom, and number 36 in Ireland. In Italy and the United States, only "Come with Us" was released, peaking at number 41 on the Italian Singles Chart and number eight on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.

Contents

The spoken-word intro from "Come with Us" is sampled from "The Evidence" by Evidence while "The Test" contains a sample from "Pielgrzym" by Polish singer Czesław Niemen, first released in 1972. In Japan, the two songs were swapped in the single title, making the single's title "The Test" / "Come with Us".

Track listings

UK and Australian CD single [1]

  1. "Come with Us" (edit)
  2. "The Test" (edit)
  3. "Come with Us" (Fatboy Slim remix)

UK 12-inch single [2]

A1. "Come with Us"
A2. "Come with Us" (Fatboy Slim remix)
B1. "H.I.A"

UK DVD single [3]

  1. "The Test" (video)
  2. "Come with Us" (audio—edit)
  3. "H.I.A" (audio)
  4. "Hey Boy Hey Girl" (excerpts / live video)

European CD single [4]

  1. "Come with Us" (edit)
  2. "The Test" (edit)

US 12-inch single [5]

A1. "Come with Us"
A2. "H.I.A"
B1. "Come with Us" (Fatboy Slim remix)
B2. "Come with Us" (H Foundation remix)

Japanese CD single [6]

  1. "The Test" (edit)
  2. "Come with Us" (edit)
  3. "Come with Us" (Fatboy Slim remix)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Come with Us album booklet. [7]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [8] 80
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [9] 51
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 36
Ireland Dance (IRMA) [11] 2
Italy (FIMI) [12]
"Come with Us" only		41
Scotland (OCC) [13] 19
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [14] 11
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 14
UK Dance (OCC) [16] 1
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [17]
"Come with Us" only		8
US Dance Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [18]
"Come with Us" only		25

Release history

RegionRelease dateFormatLabel(s)CatalogueRef.
United Kingdom22 April 2002 CD
CHEMSD15 [19]
12-inch vinyl CHEMST15
DVD CHEMSDVD15
Japan26 April 2002CDVJCP-12155 [20]
Australia29 April 2002CHEMSD15 [21]

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