Promise Me (song) favorites. In June 2012, Technoboy and Tuneboy sampled the song on their hardstyle single "Promise Me". Three months later, German techno band Scooter sampled "Promise Me" on their single "4 AM", in a nod to a 1993 breakbeat hardcore track by Orca, which also sampled verses from "Promise Me". French rap artist La Fouine sampled the first verse of the song in his 2013 song "Quand je partirai". The single peaked at #74 in the French charts. Promise Me (song) "Promise Me" is a 1990 hit song by British singer Beverley Craven. A ballad, it has become Craven's signature song
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick by Song" that the song was written in Rolvenden, Kent during a jamming session between him and Dury. Jankel relates that the music was inspired by a piano part near the end of "Wake Up and Make Love with Me" (a song on Dury's solo debut "New Boots and Panties!!" that Jankel had co-written) and that after listening to it, Dury presented the lyrics for "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" to him the same afternoon. This was later corroborated by Dury. Dury mentioned a number of origins for his lyrics, including claiming that he had written them up to