Som jag är

The album was co-produced by Little Gerhard (Karl-Gerhard Lundqvist) and Agnetha's boyfriend at the time, Björn Ulvaeus. Recording took place in January 1970 ("Om tårar vore guld") as well as September and October of the same year. All songs were recorded in Metronome Studios, Stockholm. Like on her second album, two of the songs were composed by Agnetha herself ("Om tårar vore guld" and "Jag skall göra allt"), while she wrote the Swedish lyrics to a couple of cover versions. "Jag skall göra allt" was recorded in German as "Tausend Wunder" (Thousand Wonders).

The best known track is "Om tårar vore guld", a Svensktoppen top 3 hit, which was also released as the first single from the album. The song can be regarded as one of her most successful numbers in Sweden before the ABBA period and it was also a highlight in the set of her folk park tour in the summer of 1970. This was in spite of a claim from a Danish composer that she had used 22 bars from his composition "Tema", even though this had been written in the 1950s and had never been recorded. The case dragged on until 1977, when a settlement was reached and Fältskog paid the Dane SEK 5,000.

The album has since been re-issued both on CD, iTunes and vinyl.^[1]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Title (English translation)	Length
1.	"Som ett eko" (swed. version of "Vagabondo")	Stig Anderson	A. Morina, G. D'Ercola, A. Tomassini, M. Vicari	Like An Echo	3:16
2.	"När jag var fem"	Peter Himmelstrand	Alan Bernstein, Victor Millrose	When I Was Five	3:14
3.	"En sång och en saga" (swed. version of "La première étoile")	Stig Anderson	Paul Mauriat, André Pascal	A Song And A Story	3:40
4.	"Tänk va' skönt" (swed. version of "It's Good To Be Alive")	Agnetha Fältskog	Val Avon	Imagine How Nice	3:24
5.	"Ta det bara med ro" (swed. version of "things go better with love")	Stig Anderson	Naomi Martin	Take It Easy	2:14
6.	"Om tårar vore guld"	Agnetha Fältskog	Agnetha Fältskog	If Tears Were Made Of Gold	3:30
Total length:					19:21

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Title (English translation)	Length
1.	"Hjärtats saga" (Arr.: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Sven-Olof Walldoff)	Wilhelm Åström	Wilhelm Åström	The Story Of The Heart	2:21
2.	"Spela vår sång" (swed. version of "Melody Man")	Agnetha Fältskog	Tony Cole	Play Our Song	2:23
3.	"Så här börjar kärlek" (med Björn Ulvaeus)	Peter Himmelstrand	Peter Himmelstrand	This Is How Love Begins	2:35
4.	"Du ska minnas mig"	Agnetha Fältskog	A. Hamilton, S. Worth	You Will Remember Me	3:14
5.	"Jag ska göra allt"	Agnetha Fältskog	Agnetha Fältskog	I Will Do Anything	3:50
6.	"Sov gott min lilla vän" (swed. version of "Un jour, un enfant")	Agnetha Fältskog	Emil Stern, Edmond Bacri	Sleep Well My Little Friend	2:50
Total length:					17:16

Singles

Single sleeve for "Om tårar vore guld"

Single sleeve for "Ta det bara med ro"

Altogether three singles (one of which being just a promo-single for radio) were released off Agnetha's third album. None of them charted on the official Swedish sales chart Kvällstoppen. The first single, "Om tårar vore guld", features a cover version of "Little Altar Boy" on its b-side, titled "Litet Solskensbarn" (Little Child Of The Sun). The song was recorded together with "Om tårar vore guld" in early 1970, but subsequently left off the album.

Release date	A-Side	B-Side	Label number	Swedish charts peak
March 1970	Om tårar vore guld	Litet solskensbarn	CS 264	-
1970	Ta det bara med ro	Som ett eko	CS 272	-
1971	En sång och en saga	Jag ska göra allt	CS 275 (radio promo only)	-

Svensktoppen

Two tracks from "Som jag är" appeared on the important Swedish radio chart Svensktoppen, "Om tårar vore guld" being the most successful, reaching the top 3 and eventually staying on the chart for 15 weeks in the spring of 1970.^[2]

Chart entry	Title	Peak position	Time in (weeks)
12 April 1970	Om tårar vore guld	3	15
28 March 1971	En sång och en saga	4	5

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[3]	54

References

booklet, Agnetha Fältskog: Agnetha Fältskog De Första Åren
http://www.agnetha.net/AGNETHA.html

↑ "Record Store Day 2017 Exclusive Releases. Filed under Fältskog, Agneta (sic)". Record Store Day Germany. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
↑ Svensktoppen archiv. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2023&artikel=454888. Retrieved on 20 May 2011.
↑ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 April 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".

Agnetha Fältskog
Swedish albums	Agnetha Fältskog Agnetha Fältskog vol. 2 Som jag är När en vacker tanke blir en sång Elva kvinnor i ett hus Nu tändas tusen juleljus (with Linda Ulvaeus) Kom följ med i vår karusell (with Christian Ulvaeus)
English albums	Wrap Your Arms Around Me Eyes of a Woman I Stand Alone My Colouring Book A
Compilation albums	Agnetha Fältskogs bästa Tio år med Agnetha Teamtoppen 1 Sjung denna sång Agnetha Collection Agnetha in Germany Geh' Mit Gott My Love, My Life Agnetha Fältskogs svensktoppar That's Me My Very Best
Swedish singles	"Följ med mig"/"Jag var så kär" "Slutet gott, allting gott"/"Utan dej mitt liv går vidare" "En sommar med dej"/"Försonade" "Den jag väntat på"/"Allting har förändrat sig" "Sjung denna sång"/"Någontin händer med mig" "Snövit och de sju dvärgarna"/"Min farbror Jonathan" "Fram för svenska sommaren"/"En gång fanns bara vi två" "Tag min hand låt oss bli vänner"/"Hjärtats kronprins" "Zigenarvän"/"Som en vind kom tu till mig" "Skål kära vän"/"Det handlar om kärlek" "Om tårar vore guld"/"Litet solskensbarn" "Som ett eko"/"Tad det bara med ro" "En sång och en saga"/"Jag skall göra allt" "Kungens vaktparad"/"Jag vill att du skall bli lycklig" "Många gånger än"/"Han lämnar mig för att komma till dig" "Nya ord"/"Dröm är dröm och saga saga" "Vart ska min kärlek föra"/"Nu ska du bli silla" "Tio mil kvar till Korpilombolo"/"Så glad som dina ögon" "Vi har hunnit fram till refrängen"/"En sång om sorg och glädje" "Golliwog" "Dom har glömt"/"Gulleplutt" "SOS" / "Visa i åttonde månaden" "När du tar mig i din famn"/"Jag var så kär" "Karusellvisan"/"Litan och trött" "På söndag"/"Mitt namn är blom"
English singles	"Here for Your Love" "Never Again" "The Heat Is On" "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" "Can't Shake Loose" "It's So Nice To Be Rich" "I Won't Let You Go" "One Way Love" "Just One Heart" "The Angels Cry" "The Way You Are" "The Last Time" "I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)" "Let It Shine" "The Queen of Hearts" "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" "When You Walk in the Room" "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" "The One Who Loves You Now" "When You Really Loved Someone" "Dance Your Pain Away" "I Should've Followed You Home"
Filmography	ABBA: The Movie Nöjesmaskinen Casanova of Sweden
Books	As I Am: ABBA Before & Beyond
Record labels	Cupol CBS Polar Music WEA Universal
Related articles	Discography ABBA (article discography template) Björn Ulvaeus Linda Ulvaeus Christian Ulvaeus Anni-Frid Lyngstad Benny Andersson Stig Anderson

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