Arms Around the World

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"Arms Around the World"
Louise-Arms Around the World.jpg
Single by Louise
from the album Woman in Me
B-side
  • "Don't Be Shy"
  • "Intimate"
Released22 September 1997 (1997-09-22)
Genre Dance [1]
Length4:08
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Louise Nurding
  • Trevor Steel
  • John Holliday
  • Oliver George Smallman
Producer(s)
  • John Holliday
  • Trevor Steel
Louise singles chronology
"One Kiss from Heaven"
(1996)		"Arms Around the World"
(1997)		"Let's Go Round Again"
(1997)
Music video
"Arms Around the World" on YouTube

"Arms Around the World" is a song by English singer Louise, released on 22 September 1997 as the lead single from her second studio album, Woman in Me (1997). It appeared on several music charts, peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart in September 1997. As reported by the Official Charts Company in January 2020, "Arms Around the World" has sold 159,000 copies in the UK. The video was directed by Toby Tremlett. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Jon O'Brien from AllMusic viewed "Arms Around the World" as a Janet Jackson-inspired track, adding that it sounds like her 1995 song "Runaway". [3] British magazine Music Week rated it three out of five, writing further that "Louise attempts to do a Kylie with a more complex and mature sound, but her efforts are let down by an unsubstantial song lacking any real sparkle." [4] Gerald Martinez from New Sunday Times described the song as a "anthemic" dance song. [1]

Track listings

  1. "Arms Around the World" (radio mix)
  2. "Arms Around the World" (Rated PG club mix)
  3. "Arms Around the World" (T-Empo club mix)
  4. "Arms Around the World" (Farley & Heller Fire Island vocal mix)
  1. "Arms Around the World" (radio mix)
  2. "Don't Be Shy"
  3. "Intimate"
  1. "Arms Around the World" (radio mix)
  2. "Don't Be Shy"
  3. "Arms Around the World" (T-Empo club mix)

Charts

Sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom—159,000 [16]

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom22 September 1997
  • CD
  • cassette
 [17]
Japan29 October 1997CD EMI Japan [18]

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  5. ↑ Arms Around the World (UK CD1 liner notes). Louise. EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records. 1997. CDEMS490, 7243 8 84729 2 0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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