For the remainder of his contract with the company, his name would be represented by the unpronounceable "Love Symbol", and he would be referred to in the media as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince".

Warner Bros. rejected this version, and asked for the title track along with some other new material, such as the recent hit "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World".

Warner Bros. accepted both albums, but refused to release them both at the same time, fearing the market would have too much Prince material in stock.

The second track, "Space," delves into a consuming obsession, likening the intensity of love to the vastness and mystery of the cosmos.

(The album version of the song is actually the B-side of the "Space" single, as the A-side was called the "Universal Love Radio Remix" and had completely different lyrics.

In the heartfelt "Papa," "a dramatic recollection from an abused child,"[6] Prince expresses anger, love, loss, and forgiveness.

The next song, "Solo," with its "eerie liturgical ambience, sampled thunder, and moody harp,"[5] embraces self-discovery, independence, and the power of solitude.

The mid-tempo "Letitgo" encourages listeners to let go of negative emotions and embrace freedom and self-acceptance; it was described as characteristic of Prince's "seductive rolling funk numbers".

[12] The album's final song, the explicit "Orgasm", "comes off as a you-are-there live remote recording of a sexual encounter"[6] — all in just over a minute and a half.

Upon release, Come received little support from Prince, who derided the album as "old material", despite the fact that many of the tracks had been recorded during the same sessions that produced The Gold Experience.

Since Prince placed the more up-tempo and commercial material from these sessions on The Gold Experience, the overall tone of Come is somewhat dark and experimental in nature.

Despite Prince's apparent marketing neglect, Come performed moderately well, reaching number 15 in the United States, going gold and receiving heavy R&B airplay with the single "Letitgo".