Come into My Life
Studio album by
Joyce Sims
Released1987
June 21, 1994 (US reissue)
Recorded1985–1987
Genre
Length46:21
LabelSleeping Bag Records
TLX-10
London/PolyGram Records
828 077
Sleeping Bag/Warlock Records (reissue)
WAR-8705
ProducerKurtis Mantronik
Joyce Sims
Joyce Sims chronology
Come into My Life
(1987)		 All About Love
(1989)
Alternative Cover
European release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
New Musical Express8/10[1]

Come into My Life is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Joyce Sims, released in 1987. It was the first Sleeping Bag Records album to be released on compact disc in the United States, and it was licensed to London/PolyGram Records throughout Europe.

The album's title track became Sims' biggest hit single, reaching number 10 on the US Billboard R&B Chart[2] and number 7 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] The album contains the full version of the title track, the hard version of "Lifetime Love", and "(You Are My) All and All". However, for unknown reasons, the soft version of "Lifetime Love", despite getting as much radio airplay as the hard version, was not included—but the UK remix of "All and All" was.

Sims wrote all of the songs on the album except for "Love Makes a Woman", a cover of a Barbara Acklin song.

Single releases

Track listing

All tracks written by Joyce Sims, unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come into My Life" 7:49
2."Love Makes a Woman"
4:09
3."It Wasn't Easy" 4:02
4."(You Are My) All and All" 6:11
5."Lifetime Love" (Hard Version) 6:22
6."A Change in You" 5:26
7."Walk Away" 5:10
8."The All and All UK Remix" 7:12

In media

  • The title track was featured in the HBO mini-series Show Me a Hero
  • The title track influenced the Indian song "Dheere Dheere" by Nadeem–Shravan
  • The title track is heard playing on the radio in the 1995 film Species, in a scene where the alien Sil escapes pursuit in a stolen BMW

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[4] 5
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[5] 22

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Gray, Louise (January 2, 1988). "Joyce Sims: Come Into My Life". New Musical Express. p. 25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Joyce Sims". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Joyce Sims". Official Charts. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "JOYCE SIMS – full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Joyce Sims Come Into My Life Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  6. ↑ "British album certifications – Joyce Sims – Come into My Life". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
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