France Joli ft Tony Green - Come To Me (Prelude/Dreyfus Records 1979)

"Come to Me" is a #1 disco hit from 1979 performed by France Joli, who had recorded it at the age of fifteen with producer Tony Green who composed the song and briefly sings on it. The track also features the famed Philadelphia session vocalists the Sweethearts of Sigma Sound. Introduced on the album France Joli released in the US on 17 April 1979 on Prelude, "Come to Me" received a major boost on 7 July when Joli performed it as a last minute replacement for Donna Summer at a concert held on Fire Island whose estimated audience numbered 5000. "Come to Me" began a three week reign atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play on 22 September 1979 and the France Joli album rose to #26. On the Billboard Hot 100 "Come to Me" peaked only at #15, a decent showing for a new artist but also a symptom of the increasing disenchantment of Top 40 radio stations with disco music. The single also peaked at #36 R&B and #47 Adult Contemporary.

France Joli is a Canadian singer, best known for the disco classic "Come to Me." Born France Joly in Montreal, Quebec, Joli grew up in Dorion. Her father was a hardware merchant and her mother was a teacher.

When the producer Tony Green originally commissioned to record Joli indicated a desire to develop Joli as a Francophone singer, Green himself took over production duties for Joli. The tracks Joli cut with Green were picked up by Prelude and released on April 17, 1979 as the album France Joli: the track "Come to Me" received a boost when Joli performed it as a last-minute replacement for Donna Summer at a concert held on Fire Island on July 7, 1979 before an estimated audience of 5000.

"Come to Me" began a three-week reign atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play on 22 September 1979 and the France Joli album rose to #26. On the Billboard Hot 100 "Come to Me" peaked at #15 a symptom of the increasing disenchantment of pop radio with disco music.

Joli made her network television debut on 26 October 1979 broadcast of The Midnight Special and she co-hosted the 7 December episode. Her other TV credits included episodes of the talk shows of Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin and Dinah Shore and also a Bob Hope special.

Oooh!!!!! Come to me
When you're all alone and feeling down
Come to me
When there's nobody else around
Come to me I'm still waiting, opened armed for you
Come to me
Cause I will comfort you
When you've no one to turn to
I will be here just for you

Come to me
When your world is empty and cold
Come to me
When you need someone you want to hold
Come to me
In my arms I will keep you safe and warm
Come to me I will shelter you from the storm
I'm not one to pretend
Well why can't you understand

That I love you
And I love you
And I need you
And I want you (repeat)

Come to me
Oh baby I'm a lonely man

I'm a lonely man, if only I could learn to cry
Maybe then the pain inside me would subside

Come to me
And I will comfort you
Show you what love can do

I'm a lonely man living in a world of dreams
I've got everything but the one thing that I really need

Come to me I'll give you all the love you need
Cause I have love just for you

Come to me
When your world is empty and cold
Come to me
When you need someone you want to hold
Come to me
In my arms I will keep you safe and warm
Come to me I will shelter you from the storm
I'm not one to pretend
Well why can't you understand

That I love you
And I love you
And I need you
And I want you (repeat)

Come to me I love you
Love you

Love you
Love you
Need you
Want you
Oh baby I love you
Oh baby I need you (repeat)

Come to me I love you

That I love you
And I love you
And I need you
And I want you (repeat)

Need you baby
I love you
Come to me

I need you
And I need you
And I want you
And I love you
And I love you

[Repeat to fade]

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