Into Your Arms (The Maine song)

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"Into Your Arms"
Into Your Arms The Maine.jpg
Single by The Maine
from the album Can't Stop Won't Stop
B-side "Everything I Ask For"
ReleasedJune 15, 2009
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length3:59
Label Fearless
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Matt Squire
The Maine singles chronology
"The Way We Talk"
(2007)		"Into Your Arms"
(2009)		"Inside of You"
(2010)
Music video
"Into Your Arms" on YouTube

"Into Your Arms" is a song by American rock band The Maine. It was released on June 15, 2009, as the lead single from their debut studio album Can't Stop Won't Stop . [2] A music video was released on July 24, 2009, in promotion of the single. [3]

Contents

Background and release

Speaking about the song in retrospect, lead singer John O'Callaghan stated:

"'Into Your Arms' represents many things for me now on more than just a song-specific level. It represents the innocence of our band at the time and the wide-eyed optimism we all shared about our musical future. It represents why we started playing together in the first place... music is fun." [4]

The band re-released an acoustic version of the song on their 2018 compilation album, Less Noise: A Collection of Songs by a Band Called The Maine. [5] On April 25, 2019, the group released a vinyl edition of the song with "Everything I Ask For" serving as the B-side for the single. [6]

Composition

"Into Your Arms" was written by Kennedy Brock, Pat Kirch, Jared Monaco, Garrett Nickelsen and John O'Callaghan while production was handled by Matt Squire. [7] The track runs at 180 BPM and is in the key of G major. [8] O'Callaghan recorded a demo of the song on GarageBand and was written in O'Callaghan's parents house, as revealed by drummer Pat Kirch on the 10th anniversary of Can't Stop, Won't Stop. [9]

Critical reception

Blake Solomon of AbsolutePunk.net compared the track to Semisonic's, "Closing Time". [10] James Shotwell of Under the Gun Review stated that the song is, "a heavy ballad with some gorgeous, yet simple piano work. John’s vocals are clean and wonderful, as is the simple acoustic work during the verses." [11]

Music video

The band filmed the video for "Into Your Arms" on May 19, 2009, at the Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California. [12] [13] The music video premiered on July 24, 2009 via their MySpace page and was directed by Aaron Platt. [14] The video features actress Melissa Stetten as O'Callaghan's love interest. [15] The video has been compared to David Cook's music video for his song "Come Back to Me", for sharing similar visuals such as being set in an airport and how the video runs backwards. [16]

On June 18, 2009, the band launched a music video contest letting fans create their own video-version of the song with the three videos with the most views winning a variety of prizes. [17] "Into Your Arms" won Best Video at the 2010 Arizona Ska Punk Awards. [18]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for "Into Your Arms"
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef(s)
2010Ska Punk AwardsBest VideoWon [18]

Track listing

CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Into Your Arms"3:59
7" vinyl/digital download [19]
No.TitleLength
1."Into Your Arms"3:59
2."Everything I Ask For"2:37

Personnel

Credits for "Into Your Arms" per Can't Stop, Won't Stop booklet. [7]

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Into Your Arms"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesJune 15, 2009 Contemporary hit radio Fearless [2]
January 11, 2010 CD Warner [20]
VariousApril 25, 2019 Vinyl Fearless [6]

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  2. 1 2 DeAndrea, Joe (April 28, 2009). "Radio Date for New Maine Single". AbsolutePunk.net . SpinMedia. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
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  4. ↑ "The Maine Interview With John O'Callaghan". Rock Your Lyrics. May 30, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ Alex Darus (June 1, 2018). "The Maine release new song, announce acoustic album — listen". Alternative Press . Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Into Your Arms/Everything I Ask For 7" (White Vinyl)". Amazon . Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  7. 1 2 Can't Stop Won't Stop (booklet). The Maine. Fearless Records. 2008. FRL 30112-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  9. ↑ "The Maine - Can't Stop, Wont Stop (Track by track-10 years later)". YouTube . Retrieved March 14, 2022.
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  18. 1 2 "The Arizona Ska Punk Awards" . Retrieved January 31, 2022.
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