"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 producer Steve Lillywhite before the recording sessions for the album had commenced in Studio de la Grand Armée, Paris as a ballad.[2]
"Come to Me (I Am Woman)" was chosen as the follow-up single to "Shine" in late October 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] Additionally, "Come to Me (I Am Woman)" was the B-side of "Twist in the Dark", released in France.[5] Despite promotional efforts and German newspapers recommending the song as a hit,[6] by the time of release there was a decrease in Frida's popularity, and due to a lack of effective planning and collaboration by Polar Music with other record companies,[2] the single did not chart in the countries released.
English actress Su Pollard released a cover of "Come to Me (I Am Woman)" as her debut single in September 1985.[1][7] Prior to this, Pollard had taken up singing lessons at the age of 19 and made her debut television appearance in 1973 on talent show Opportunity Knocks singing a comic song, before landing a role on sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, which began broadcasting in January 1980.[8][9] 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".[10] The single received some positive reception. The Bristol Evening Post reviewed the song, saying: "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."[11] "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".[11] Additional feedback from the Sunday Sun stated: "I hope it gets to the no.1 spot she simply deserves for spreading sparkle in an otherwise grey-tinted world".[12] The single was promoted on TV shows such as Pebble Mill and it peaked at No. 71 in the UK singles chart.[13] The song charted below the top 100 on two other occasions. "Come to Me (I Am Woman)" was included as the closing track on Pollard's 1986 album, Su.
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