Come To Me (I Am Woman)

"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 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.

Release
"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 as well as Na Sowas-Extra in Germany. Despite the promotional efforts and the German newspapers recommending the song as a hit, 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, 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.

Su Pollard cover
English actress Su Pollard released her debut single "Come to Me (I Am Woman)" in September 1985. 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. 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". 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." "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". 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". The single was promoted on TV shows such as Pebble Mill and peaked in the UK Chart at No.71. 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, which did not chart in the top 100.