Lay Back in the Arms of Someone

"Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"
"Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"
Single by Smokie
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side	"Here Lies a Man"
Released	18 February 1977
Recorded	1976
Genre	Soft rock, pop rock
Label	RAK
Songwriter(s)	Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman
Producer(s)	Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
Smokie singles chronology
Music video
	"Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" on YouTube

Last updated July 21, 2025

"Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" is a song co-written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, performed by the English band Smokie.^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	11
Austria	1
Europe	1
Germany	1
Netherlands	1
Switzerland	2
Norway	3
Ireland	5
UK ^[3]	12
Sweden	16
New Zealand	36

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	69

Cover versions

The song was covered by American country music artist Randy Barlow in 1979, whose version peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[6]
In 1979 the song was released as a single from Tanya Tucker's album Tear Me Apart , produced by Mike Chapman, but it failed to chart.^[7]
The track also appeared on Juice Newton's 1979 Take Heart album, as well as 1987's Greatest Hits (And More) .^[8] Newton's version peaked at #80 on the Billboard Country chart.^[9]

References

↑ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 41.
↑ "Obituary: Alan Barton". The Independent. 18 April 1995.
1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 510. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ "Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 13 June 2021– via Imgur.com.
↑ Jason Ankeny (1943-03-29). "Randy Barlow | Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-01-26.
↑ "Tear Me Apart - Tanya Tucker | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-01-26.
↑ Greg Adams. "Juice Newton's Greatest Hits (And More) - Juice Newton | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-01-26.
↑ "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone (Song by Juice Newton) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".

External links

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[1] "Music Week" (PDF). p. 41.

[2] "Obituary: Alan Barton". The Independent. 18 April 1995.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-3] 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 510. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[aus-4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[kent77-5] "Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 13 June 2021– via Imgur.com.

[6] Jason Ankeny (1943-03-29). "Randy Barlow | Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-01-26.

[7] "Tear Me Apart - Tanya Tucker | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-01-26.

[8] Greg Adams. "Juice Newton's Greatest Hits (And More) - Juice Newton | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-01-26.

[9] "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone (Song by Juice Newton) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".

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v t e Smokie
Terry Uttley Martin Bullard Steve Pinnell Mike Craft Mick McConnell Alan Silson Chris Norman Clarence Dawson Ron Kelly Arthur Higgins Pete Spencer Alan Barton
Studio albums	Pass It Around Changing All the Time Midnight Café Bright Lights & Back Alleys The Montreux Album The Other Side of the Road Solid Ground Boulevard of Broken Dreams Wild Horses – The Nashville Album Take a Minute
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Singles	"Pass It Around" "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" "Something's Been Making Me Blue" "Wild Wild Angels" "I'll Meet You at Midnight" "Living Next Door to Alice" "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" "It's Your Life" "Needles and Pins" "For a Few Dollars More" "Oh Carol" "Mexican Girl" "Do to Me" "Babe It's Up to You" "San Francisco Bay" "Take Good Care of My Baby" "Run to Me" "Little Town Flirt" "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Related articles	Smokie discography

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Albums Singles Songs
1970s	"Delta Dawn" "Love's the Answer"/"The Jamestown Ferry" "What's Your Mama's Name" "Blood Red and Goin' Down" "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" "The Man That Turned My Mama On" "I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" "Lizzie and the Rainman" "Spring" "San Antonio Stroll" "Greener Than the Grass (We Laid On)" "Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You" "You've Got Me to Hold On To" "Here's Some Love" "Ridin' Rainbows" "It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night" "You Are So Beautiful" "Dancing the Night Away" "Not Fade Away"/"Texas (When I Die)" "I'm the Singer, You're the Song" "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"
1980s	"Pecos Promenade" "Dream Lover" (with Glen Campbell) "Can I See You Tonight" "Love Knows We Tried" "Should I Do It" "Feel Right" "Baby I'm Yours" "One Love at a Time" "Just Another Love" "I'll Come Back as Another Woman" "It's Only Over for You" "Love Me Like You Used To" "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet) "If It Don't Come Easy" "Strong Enough to Bend" "Highway Robbery" "Call on Me" "Daddy and Home" "My Arms Stay Open All Night"
1990s	"Walking Shoes" "Don't Go Out" (with T. Graham Brown) "It Won't Be Me" "Oh What It Did to Me" "Down to My Last Teardrop" "(Without You) What Do I Do with Me" "Some Kind of Trouble" "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" "It's a Little Too Late" "Tell Me About It" (with Delbert McClinton) "Soon" "We Don't Have to Do This" "Hangin' In" "You Just Watch Me" "Between the Two of Them" "Find Out What's Happenin'" "Little Things"
2000s-2020s	"A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be" "Love's Gonna Live Here" (with Jim Lauderdale) "Bring My Flowers Now" "The House That Built Me" "Ready as I'll Never Be"
Featured singles	"Romeo" (credited as Dolly Parton and Friends) "You Ain't Woman Enough" (with Loretta Lynn)