Som jag är

Som Jag Är
Studio album by Agnetha Fältskog
Released	1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Pop
Length	36:37
Label	CBS Cupol
Producer	Björn Ulvaeus, Karl Gerhard Lundkvist
Agnetha Fältskog chronology
Agnetha Fältskog Vol. 2 (1969)Agnetha Fältskog Vol. 21969 Som jag är (1970) När en vacker tanke blir en sång (1971)När en vacker tanke blir en sång1971
Singles from Som jag är
"Om tårar vore guld" Released: March 1970 "Ta det bara med ro" Released: 1970

Som jag är (As I Am) is the third solo album by Swedish pop singer and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, released in late 1970.

Album information

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.

Just 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 and iTunes.

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

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Single sleeve for "Om tårar vore guld"

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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.

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

References

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