Wrap Your Arms Around Me (song)

"Wrap Your Arms Around Me"
Spanish picture sleeve (zoomed-in and mirrored for other international releases)
Single by Agnetha Fältskog
from the album Wrap Your Arms Around Me
B-side"Take Good Care of Your Children"
Released22 July 1983[1]
Recorded1983
GenreEuropop
Length5:13 (album version)
3:52 (single edit)
LabelPolar Music
Songwriters
ProducerMike Chapman
Agnetha Fältskog singles chronology
"The Heat Is On"
(1983) 		"Wrap Your Arms Around Me"
(1983) 		"Can't Shake Loose"
(1983)

"Wrap Your Arms Around Me" is a song by Swedish singer and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, recorded for her seventh studio album and English-language debut of the same name. It was written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight, and produced by the former. It was released on 22 July 1983, via Polar Music, as the second single from Wrap Your Arms Around Me. It proved a chart success, reaching number one in Belgium, and the top five in the Netherlands and South Africa.

Release

The single featured an edit of the album version which was also included on the 12" single released exclusively in the UK.

The single's B-side was a Tomas Ledin composition, "Take Good Care Of Your Children".

In 2009, the song was remixed as a nine-minute edit by Belgian dance music producer Villa.

Critical reception

Gavin Martin for New Musical Express rated the single negatively, criticizing producer Mike Chapman's attempt "to recreate the ice breaker crispiness of Blondie's "Heart of Glass"" and Fältskog's "leaden delivery".[2] Robin Smith for Record Mirror panned "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" as being too close to ABBA's "turgid old ballads."[3]

Chart reception

"Wrap Your Arms Around Me" was Fältskog's second solo single after "The Heat Is On", and reached No. 1 in Belgium.[4] The song was also a Top 5 hit in the Netherlands[5] and South Africa.[6] It was the most successful single from the album in Ireland, improving on the No. 28 position of "The Heat Is On" by reaching No. 15. By contrast, the song failed to reach the UK Singles Chart Top 40 (peaking at No. 44).[7]

Cover versions

Bonnie St. Claire performed the Dutch version, "Sla je arm om me heen"[8] in 1983.

Sylvie Vartan performed the French version, "Des heures de désir"[9] in 1984. She also recorded an English language cover version on the album "Made In USA" (released in Japan as "Double Exposure") in 1985.[10]

Britta Phillips covered the song on her debut album, Luck Or Magic (2016).

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Music Week Magazine 07-23-1983" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Music Week. 23 July 1983. p. 20. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  2. ^ Martin, Gavin (30 July 1983). "Singles – Blonde On Bland". New Musical Express. London, United Kingdom: IPC Magazines. p. 17. ISSN 0028-6362.
  3. ^ Smith, Robin (23 July 1983). "Singles – Flat Watneys". Record Mirror. London, United Kingdom: Spotlight Publications. p. 16.
  4. ^ "Agnetha Fältskog - Wrap Your Arms Around Me". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ "South Africa". home.zipworld.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ "United Kingdom". home.zipworld.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Bonnie St. Claire - Sla je arm om me heen". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Sylvie Vartan - Made In USA". Discogs.com. 1985. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Agnetha Fältskog – Wrap Your Arms Around Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  12. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Agnetha Fältskog – Wrap Your Arms Around Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Wrap Your Arms Around Me". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Agnetha Faltskog" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Agnetha Fältskog – Wrap Your Arms Around Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  17. ^ "SA Charts 1965 – March 1989". Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Agnetha Faltskog Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts (West Germany)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  20. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1983 – Singles" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  21. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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