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{{Short description|2003 single by Atomic Kitten}}
{{Short description|2003 single by Atomic Kitten}}
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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = If You Come to Me
| name = If You Come to Me
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| artist = [[Atomic Kitten]]
| artist = [[Atomic Kitten]]
| album = [[Ladies Night (Atomic Kitten album)|Ladies Night]]
| album = [[Ladies Night (Atomic Kitten album)|Ladies Night]]
| B-side = {{hlist|Album medley|"So Right"|"Feels So Good"}}
| released = {{start date|2003|10|27|df=y}}
| released = {{start date|2003|10|27|df=y}}<ref name="aus"/>
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio = Motor Museum Studios
| studio = [[Biffco]] (Dublin, Ireland)
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = 3:44
| length = 3:44
| label = {{hlist|[[Innocent Records|Innocent]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Innocent Records|Innocent]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]}}
| writer = {{hlist|[[Julian Gallagher]]|[[Martin Harrington]]|Ash Howes|Sharon Murphy|[[Biffco|Richard Biff Stannard]]}}
| writer = {{hlist|[[Julian Gallagher]]|[[Martin Harrington]]|Ash Howes|Sharon Murphy|[[Biffco|Richard "Biff" Stannard]]}}
| producer = {{hlist|Julian Gallagher|Richard Biff Stannard}}
| producer = {{hlist|Julian Gallagher|Richard Biff Stannard}}
| prev_title = [[Love Doesn't Have to Hurt]]
| prev_title = [[Love Doesn't Have to Hurt]]
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| next_title = [[Ladies' Night (song)#Atomic Kitten version|Ladies Night]]
| next_title = [[Ladies' Night (song)#Atomic Kitten version|Ladies Night]]
| next_year = 2003
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|mpIsPjiIXNk|"Atomic Kitten - If You Come To Me"}}}}
}}
}}
"'''If You Come to Me'''" is a song by British girl group [[Atomic Kitten]]. It was written by [[Julian Gallagher]], [[Martin Harrington]], [[Ash Howes]], Sharon Murphy, and [[Biffco|Richard "Biff" Stannard]] for their third studio album, ''[[Ladies Night (Atomic Kitten album)|Ladies Night]]'' (2003). Production was helmed by Gallagher and Stannard, with Harrington and Howes credited as additional producers. Recording of "If You Come to Me" took place at Stannard's recording studio, [[Biffco]], in [[Dublin]], Ireland. A romantic, soulful uptempo ballad,<ref name="independent">{{cite web|first=Charlotte|last=Cripps|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/atomic-kitten-the-cats-that-got-the-cream-78221.html|title=Atomic Kitten: The cats that got the cream|work=[[The Independent]]|date=14 November 2003|accessdate=11 July 2021}}</ref> which the band labeled "classic Atomic Kitten",<ref name="bbc_newsround"/> it talks about a woman's desire to be with her partner.<ref name="bbc_newsround"/>


The song was released as the lead single from ''Ladies Night'' on 27 October 2003 in the United Kingdom where it peaked at number three on the [[UK Singles Chart]], becoming the group's fifth consecutive top-five hit. Elsewhere, "If You Come to Me" entered the top five in Hungary, Scotland and on a composite [[Eurochart Hot 100]], and reached the top ten in Austria, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, Poland, and Switzerland. A [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]]-heavy music video, directed by duo Adam Townley and Simon Atkinson, was filmed at the Asylum Studios in [[North London]] in early October 2003.
"'''If You Come to Me'''" is a song by British girl group [[Atomic Kitten]], released as the lead single from their third studio album, ''[[Ladies Night (Atomic Kitten album)|Ladies Night]]''. It was written by [[Julian Gallagher]], [[Martin Harrington]], Ash Howes, Sharon Murphy, and [[Biffco|Richard Biff Stannard]] and produced by Gallagher and Stannard.


==Background==
Atomic Kitten's twelfth single overall, "If You Come to Me" was released on 27 October 2003. It peaked at number three on the [[UK Singles Chart]], becoming the group's fifth consecutive, yet final, top-five hit. Elsewhere in Europe, the song reached number five in Hungary, number six in Austria, number eight in Ireland, and number 10 in Germany and Switzerland. It was the group's last charting single in New Zealand, where it rose to number nine, and their penultimate hit in Australia, where it peaked at number 30.
"If You Come to Me" was written by British songwriters and record producers [[Julian Gallagher]] and [[Biffco|Richard "Biff" Stannard]] along with [[Martin Harrington]], [[Ash Howes]], and Sharon Murphy.<ref name="liner notes"/> Specially written with Atomic Kitten in their minds, it was suggested for recording after Gallagher and Stannard had spoken to the band's record company managing director.<ref name="bbc_newsround">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_3223000/3223341.stm|title= Full interview: Atomic Kitten|work=[[BBC Newsround]]|date=30 October 2003|accessdate=11 July 2021}}</ref> Band member [[Liz McClarnon]] elaborated in a 2003 interview with ''[[BBC Newsround]]'': "[They] said 'We think we've got a really good Kitten song here'. We then heard it and we thought 'Oh my God definitely!' When we recorded it we loved it [...] We wanted people to know that we weren't going to change our sound like a lot of people do. We wanted to keep with what everybody liked about Atomic Kitten."<ref name="bbc_newsround"/> Recording took place at Stannard's recording studio, [[Biffco]], in [[Dublin]], Ireland, with Gallagher and Stannard also overseeing production.<ref name="liner notes"/>

==Chart performance==
Atomic Kitten's twelfth single overall, "If You Come to Me" was released as the lead single from ''Ladies Night'' on 27 October 2003 in the United Kingdom.<ref name="ukrelease"/> It debuted and peaked at number three on the [[UK Singles Chart]], becoming the group's fifth consecutive, yet final, top-five hit.<ref name="UKsinglesbyname"/> The [[Official Charts Company]] placed the song 94th on its 2003 year-end singles chart.<ref name="ukyearend"/> In 2021, the organisation ranked "If You Come to Me" as Atomic Kitten's eight biggest-selling single in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|first=Rob|last=Copsey|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/atomic-kittens-official-top-10-biggest-songs-revealed__33537/|title=Atomic Kitten's Official Top 10 biggest songs revealed |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=7 July 2021|accessdate=11 July 2021}}</ref> Elsewhere in Europe, the song reached the top five in Hungary, Scotland and on a composite [[Eurochart Hot 100]],<ref name="worldradiohistory"/> while reaching the top ten in Austria, Ireland, Germany, Poland and Switzerland.<ref name="Switzerland"/> It was the group's last charting single in New Zealand,<ref name="New Zealand"/> where it rose to number nine, and their penultimate hit in Australia, where it peaked at number 30.<ref name="aus"/>


==Music video==
==Music video==
The video opens with the girl group near a curtain behind a plain white background. Natasha, Jenny and Liz are dancing behind a plain white background with coloured line patterns coming through, and behind a black background. In the second verse, the girl group's bodies change colour with butterflies in the sky on them, and it is also shown in the final chorus. During the bridge section of the song, the three girls are dancing in the rain behind a plain black background.
A [[music video]] for "If You Come to Me" was directed by Adam Townley and Simon Atkinson under their moniker Si & AD and filmed over two days at the Asylum Studios in [[Perivale]], [[London Borough of Ealing]] in early October 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11960064/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_5|title=Atomic Kitten: If You Come to Me|publisher=[[IMDb]]|accessdate=11 July 2021}}</ref> Largely shot in front of a [[greenscreen]], it has no narrative but instead features on beauty shots and dance routines, intertwined by several costume and make up changes.<ref name="behindthescenes">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nic4kplSNE|title=Atomic Kitten : Behind The Scenes of If You Come To Me|via=[[YouTube]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/9Nic4kplSNE|archive-date=14 December 2021|access-date=11 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The video opens with Atomic Kitten near a curtain behind a plain white background. Group members [[Natasha Hamilton]], [[Jenny Frost]], and [[Liz McClarnon]] dance behind a plain white background with coloured line patterns coming through, and behind a black background. In the second verse, the band's bodies change colour with butterflies in the sky on them, and it is also shown in the final chorus. During the bridge section of the song, the three girls dance in the rain behind a plain black background.<ref name="behindthescenes"/>


==Track listings==
==Track listings==
{{tracklist
'''UK CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title="If You Come to Me" – UK CD single|year=2003|type=CD sleeve|publisher=[[Innocent Records]]|id=SINCD50}}</ref>
| headline = UK CD1 and European CD single<ref name="ukcd1">{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Come to Me|others=Atomic Kitten|year=2003|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Innocent Records, Virgin Records|id=SINCD50, 7243 5 47584 2 3}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Come to Me|others=Atomic Kitten|year=2003|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Innocent Records, Virgin Records|id=SINCD50, 724354762420}}</ref>
# "If You Come to Me" – 3:44
| extra_column = Producer(s)
# Album medley – 6:57


| title1 = If You Come to Me
'''UK and Australian maxi-CD'''<ref name="aus"/>
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Julian Gallagher]]|[[Martin Harrington]]|[[Ash Howes]]|Sharon Murphy|[[Biffco|Richard "Biff" Stannard]]}}
# "If You Come to Me" – 3:44
| extra1 = {{hlist|Stannard|Gallagher|Howes{{ref|a|[a]}}|Harrington{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
# "So Right" – 3:32
# "Feels So Good" – 3:33
| length1 = 3:44

| title2 = Album Medley
| writer2 = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|Various}}|{{hlist|Greg Wilson|Tracey Carmen|Martin Foster|[[Jeff Lynne]]|[[Jenny Frost]]|Dominic Thrupp|Mark Ralph|Paul Olawoyin|Paul Wright|Theeyazan Ahmed|[[Billy Steinberg]]|[[Rick Nowels]]|Jennie Lofgren|Johnny Pedersen|Karsten Dahlgaard|[[Maria Christensen]]|[[Vincent DeGiorgio]]|[[Natasha Hamilton]]|[[Gary Barlow]]|[[Eliot Kennedy]]|Tim Woodcock}}}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Howes|Harrington|[[Rick Nowels]]|The True North Music Company}}
| length2 = 6:57
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = UK CD2 and Australian CD single<ref name="aus"/><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Come to Me|others=Atomic Kitten|year=2003|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Innocent Records, Virgin Records|id=724354762222}}</ref>
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = If You Come to Me
| writer1 = {{hlist|Gallagher|Harrington|Howes|Murphy|Stannard}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Stannard|Gallagher|Howes{{ref|a|[a]}}|Harrington{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length1 = 3:44

| title2 = So Right
| writer2 = {{hlist|Hamilton|Ciaron Bell|Dave James}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Bell|James}}
| length2 = 3:32

| title3 = Feels So Good
| writer3 = {{hlist|[[Kylie Minogue]]|[[Steve Anderson (musician)|Steve Anderson]]}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Anderson}}
| length3 = 3:33
}}
'''Notes'''
*<sup>{{note|a|[a]}}</sup> denotes additional producer
*"Album Medley" is [[Medley (music)|composed]] of "[[Be with You (Atomic Kitten song)|Be with You]]", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Loving You", "Believer" and "I Won't Be There."

==Credits and personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''[[Ladies Night (Atomic Kitten album)|Ladies Night]]''.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Ladies Night|title-link=Ladies Night (Atomic Kitten album)|others=[[Atomic Kitten]]|year=2003|type=UK CD album liner notes|publisher=[[Innocent Records]], [[Virgin Records]]|id=0724359562223}}</ref>

'''Studio'''
* Recorded at [[Biffco]] Studios (Dublin, Ireland)

'''Personnel'''
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* Atomic Kitten – vocals
* [[Julian Gallagher]] – writing, production
* [[Martin Harrington]] – writing, additional production
* Ash Howes – writing, additional production
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* Sharon Murphy – writing
* [[Biffco|Richard "Biff" Stannard]] – writing, production
* Alvin Sweeney – recording, engineering
* Keith Uddin – additional production and mix engineering
{{col-end}}


==Charts==
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
===Weekly charts===
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{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2003)
!scope="col"|Chart (2003–2004)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
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{{single chart|Flanders|26|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
{{single chart|Flanders|26|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
|-
{{single chart|CIS|107|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|songid=418|rowheader=true|access-date=6 October 2021}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Denmark|14|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
{{single chart|Denmark|14|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2003/BB-2003-11-15.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurochart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=115|issue=46|page=65|date=15 November 2003|access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref name="worldradiohistory">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2003/BB-2003-11-15.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurochart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=115|issue=46|page=65|date=15 November 2003|access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref>
|3
|3
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{{single chart|Germany2|10|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|songid=5847|rowheader=true|access-date=12 May 2018}}
{{single chart|Germany|10|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|songid=5847|rowheader=true|access-date=12 May 2018}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Hungary|5|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|year=2004|week=9|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
{{single chart|Hungary|5|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|year=2004|week=9|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
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{{single chart|Dutch100|14|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=17 November 2016}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|14|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=17 November 2016}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|9|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|9|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011|refname="New Zealand"}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Norway|14|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
{{single chart|Norway|14|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
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!scope="row"|Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10101.html|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 2, saptamina 12.01 – 18.01, 2004|publisher=[[Romanian Top 100]]|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050220101759/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10101.html|archive-date=20 February 2005|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10101.html|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 2, saptamina 12.01 – 18.01, 2004|publisher=[[Romanian Top 100]]|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050220101759/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10101.html|archive-date=20 February 2005|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Russia Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20031114-20031120|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Nov 20, 2003|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Scotland|2|date=20031108|rowheader=true|access-date=12 May 2018}}
{{single chart|Scotland|2|date=20031108|rowheader=true|access-date=12 May 2018}}
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{{single chart|Sweden|17|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
{{single chart|Sweden|17|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|10|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|10|artist=Atomic Kitten|song=If You Come to Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2011|refname="Switzerland"}}
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Turkey ([[Turkish Singles Chart]])<ref>[http://www.muziklisteleri.net/ttnet-muzik-2/ttnet-muzik-yabanci-pop-top-20-7-mayis-2013.html TTNET Singles Chart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212105438/http://www.muziklisteleri.net/ttnet-muzik-2/ttnet-muzik-yabanci-pop-top-20-7-mayis-2013.html|date=12 December 2013}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Turkey ([[Turkish Singles Chart|Turkey Top 100]])<ref>[http://www.muziklisteleri.net/ttnet-muzik-2/ttnet-muzik-yabanci-pop-top-20-7-mayis-2013.html TTNET Singles Chart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212105438/http://www.muziklisteleri.net/ttnet-muzik-2/ttnet-muzik-yabanci-pop-top-20-7-mayis-2013.html|date=12 December 2013}}</ref>
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{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|3|artist=Atomic Kitten|artistid=8582|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2019}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|3|artist=Atomic Kitten|artistid=8582|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2019|refname="UKsinglesbyname"}}
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!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2003|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2003|language=de|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2003|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2003|language=de|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|CIS (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/global/annual/2003|title=CIS Year-End Radio Hits (2003)|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Russia Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2003|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2003|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=23 April 2024|archive-date=22 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422160833/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2003|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2003|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003|language=de|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2003|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003|language=de|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|UK Singles (Official Charts Company)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2003|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref name="ukyearend">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2003|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>
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!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col"|Position
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!scope="row"|Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2004|title=Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2004|publisher=Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége|language=hu|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2004|title=Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2004|publisher=[[Mahasz]]|language=hu|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2005|title=Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2005|publisher=Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége|language=hu|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2005|title=Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2005|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
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==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|27 October 2003
|rowspan="2"|CD
|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|[[Innocent Records|Innocent]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]}}
|align="center"|<ref name="ukrelease">{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=33|date=25 October 2003}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Australia
|3 November 2003
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue715.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 3rd November 2003|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|page=26|date=3 November 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20031106130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20031107-0000/Issue715.pdf|archive-date=6 November 2003|access-date=16 May 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
* {{MetroLyrics song|atomic-kitten|if-you-come-to-me}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->


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Latest revision as of 19:02, 23 October 2024

"If You Come to Me"
Single by Atomic Kitten
from the album Ladies Night
Released27 October 2003 (2003-10-27)
StudioBiffco (Dublin, Ireland)
Length3:44
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Julian Gallagher
  • Richard Biff Stannard
Atomic Kitten singles chronology
"Love Doesn't Have to Hurt"
(2003) 		"If You Come to Me"
(2003) 		"Ladies Night"
(2003)
Music video
"Atomic Kitten - If You Come To Me" on YouTube

"If You Come to Me" is a song by British girl group Atomic Kitten. It was written by Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, Ash Howes, Sharon Murphy, and Richard "Biff" Stannard for their third studio album, Ladies Night (2003). Production was helmed by Gallagher and Stannard, with Harrington and Howes credited as additional producers. Recording of "If You Come to Me" took place at Stannard's recording studio, Biffco, in Dublin, Ireland. A romantic, soulful uptempo ballad,[1] which the band labeled "classic Atomic Kitten",[2] it talks about a woman's desire to be with her partner.[2]

The song was released as the lead single from Ladies Night on 27 October 2003 in the United Kingdom where it peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's fifth consecutive top-five hit. Elsewhere, "If You Come to Me" entered the top five in Hungary, Scotland and on a composite Eurochart Hot 100, and reached the top ten in Austria, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, Poland, and Switzerland. A CGI-heavy music video, directed by duo Adam Townley and Simon Atkinson, was filmed at the Asylum Studios in North London in early October 2003.

Background

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"If You Come to Me" was written by British songwriters and record producers Julian Gallagher and Richard "Biff" Stannard along with Martin Harrington, Ash Howes, and Sharon Murphy.[3] Specially written with Atomic Kitten in their minds, it was suggested for recording after Gallagher and Stannard had spoken to the band's record company managing director.[2] Band member Liz McClarnon elaborated in a 2003 interview with BBC Newsround: "[They] said 'We think we've got a really good Kitten song here'. We then heard it and we thought 'Oh my God definitely!' When we recorded it we loved it [...] We wanted people to know that we weren't going to change our sound like a lot of people do. We wanted to keep with what everybody liked about Atomic Kitten."[2] Recording took place at Stannard's recording studio, Biffco, in Dublin, Ireland, with Gallagher and Stannard also overseeing production.[3]

Chart performance

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Atomic Kitten's twelfth single overall, "If You Come to Me" was released as the lead single from Ladies Night on 27 October 2003 in the United Kingdom.[4] It debuted and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's fifth consecutive, yet final, top-five hit.[5] The Official Charts Company placed the song 94th on its 2003 year-end singles chart.[6] In 2021, the organisation ranked "If You Come to Me" as Atomic Kitten's eight biggest-selling single in the United Kingdom.[7] Elsewhere in Europe, the song reached the top five in Hungary, Scotland and on a composite Eurochart Hot 100,[8] while reaching the top ten in Austria, Ireland, Germany, Poland and Switzerland.[9] It was the group's last charting single in New Zealand,[10] where it rose to number nine, and their penultimate hit in Australia, where it peaked at number 30.[11]

Music video

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A music video for "If You Come to Me" was directed by Adam Townley and Simon Atkinson under their moniker Si & AD and filmed over two days at the Asylum Studios in Perivale, London Borough of Ealing in early October 2003.[12] Largely shot in front of a greenscreen, it has no narrative but instead features on beauty shots and dance routines, intertwined by several costume and make up changes.[13] The video opens with Atomic Kitten near a curtain behind a plain white background. Group members Natasha Hamilton, Jenny Frost, and Liz McClarnon dance behind a plain white background with coloured line patterns coming through, and behind a black background. In the second verse, the band's bodies change colour with butterflies in the sky on them, and it is also shown in the final chorus. During the bridge section of the song, the three girls dance in the rain behind a plain black background.[13]

Track listings

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UK CD1 and European CD single[14][15]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."If You Come to Me"
  • Stannard
  • Gallagher
  • Howes[a]
  • Harrington[a]
3:44
2."Album Medley"
Various
6:57
UK CD2 and Australian CD single[11][16]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."If You Come to Me"
  • Gallagher
  • Harrington
  • Howes
  • Murphy
  • Stannard
  • Stannard
  • Gallagher
  • Howes[a]
  • Harrington[a]
3:44
2."So Right"
  • Hamilton
  • Ciaron Bell
  • Dave James
  • Bell
  • James
3:32
3."Feels So Good"
  • Anderson
3:33

Notes

  • ^[a] denotes additional producer
  • "Album Medley" is composed of "Be with You", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Loving You", "Believer" and "I Won't Be There."

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Ladies Night.[3]

Studio

  • Recorded at Biffco Studios (Dublin, Ireland)

Personnel

Charts

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Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 27 October 2003 CD
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Australia 3 November 2003 [39]

References

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