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"Come to Me (I Am Woman)" is a 1984 song by ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad, known professionally as Frida. The song was a single in selected countries from her second English-language solo album Shine.

"Come to Me (I Am Woman)" was written by Eddie Howell and David Dundas[1] and selected by Frida and Steve Lillywhite before the recording sessions for the album had commenced in Studio de la Grand Armée, Paris as a ballad.[2]

Release

"Come to Me (I Am Woman)" was chosen as the follow-up single to "Shine" in November 1984 in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and South Africa, with "Slowly" as the B-side, a song written by ABBA members, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. The German pressing had a shorter mix of 4:24. The song was performed live on several occasions, on the Swedish show Razzel[3] as well as Na Sowas-Extra in Germany.[4] Despite the promotional efforts and the German newspapers recommending the song as a hit,[5] by the time of the release of this single, there was a decrease in Frida's popularity and due to a lack of effective planning and collaboration by Polar with other record companies,[2] the single did not chart in the countries released. The song did however chart in the Polish Airplay charts in early 1985, peaking in 26th place.[6]

Su Pollard cover

English actress Su Pollard released her debut single "Come to Me (I Am Woman)" in September 1985.[1][7] Prior to her debut single, Pollard had taken up singing lessons at the age of 19, made her debut television appearance in 1973 on Opportunity Knocks, singing a comic song and landed a comedic role on Hi-Di-Hi.[8] In order to pursue her music career further, Pollard in her own words "deliberately chose a serious song because anything else would be laughed off".[9] The single received some positive reception. The Evening Post reviewed the song; "It's good and it's commercial. If there is a criticism it's that her voice could have handled something with more substance to it."[10] "She may not be the next Annie Lennox, or Dusty Springfield but even professional critics will be hard-pressed to laugh off the song as the indulgence of a comedy actress".[10] Additional feedback also includes "I hope it gets to the no.1 spot she simply deserves for spreading sparkle in an otherwise grey-tinted world".[11] The single was promoted on TV shows such as Pebble Mill and peaked in the UK Chart at No.71.[12] The song charted below the top 100 on two other occasions. This song was featured as the closing track of Pollard's 1986 album, Su. In 1987, Pollard reissued the single,[13] which did not chart in the top 100.

Charts

Year Chart Peak position
1985 UK Chart 71
1986 UK Chart 166
1987 UK Chart 139

References

  1. ^ a b Elliott, Mark (2023-09-11). "'Shine': Frida's Last Solo Album Of The 80s Still Sparkles". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  2. ^ a b van Drongelen, Remko (2022). Frida Beyond ABBA.
  3. ^ "Razzel (FRIDA)". ABBA on TV. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  4. ^ "Na, sowas! Extra (FRIDA, BENNY & BJÖRN)". ABBA on TV. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ^ "Come To Me (I Am Woman)". raffem.com/FridaAfterABBA2.htm#1984 Sourced from unknown German newspapers.
  6. ^ "Archiwum LP3, utwór Come to Me (I Am Woman), Frida". Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  7. ^ "Su Pollard - Come To Me (I Am Woman) / You Don't Really Want Me - Rainbow Records [RBR prefix] - UK - RBR 1". 45cat. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  8. ^ "Evening Post 03 Oct 1985, page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  9. ^ "Black Country Evening Mail 25 Sep 1985, page 17". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  10. ^ a b "Evening Post 24 Sep 1985, page 11". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  11. ^ "Sunday Sun 29 Sep 1985, page 12". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  12. ^ "Su Pollard". Official Charts.
  13. ^ "Su Pollard - Come To Me (I Am Woman) / You Don't Really Want Me - Rainbow Records [RBR prefix] - UK - RBR 11". 45cat. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
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