(I Just) Died in Your Arms

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"(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
Song
B-side"For the Longest Time"

"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is a song by the English rock band Cutting Crew. The song was released as the lead single from their debut studio album, Broadcast (1986). It was first released on 25 July 1986 in the United Kingdom, and then released to the United States on 1 January 1987. The song was written by frontman Nick Van Eede, produced by Terry Brown, John Jansen and the band, and mixed at Utopia Studios in London by Tim Palmer.

The power ballad[1] was the band's biggest hit, peaking at number-one in the United States, Canada and Finland, and reaching the top five in the UK, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland.

Background and writing

The actual words "I just died in your arms tonight" originally came to Van Eede while he was having sex with his girlfriend,[2] the French phrase la petite mort, or "the little death", being a metaphor for orgasm. After writing down his version of the phrase, he later used it as the opening line to the song as well as using it as the chorus.

Music video

There were two music videos produced. The North American version featured artistic fragmented shots using a model, with the band performing to camera. The UK version was filmed both in color as well as in black and white in a film studio.[3]

Chart performance

First released in Britain, the song peaked at #4 on the UK charts in August 1986. Upon its release in the United States, the previously unknown band's debut single shot to number one on 2 May 1987, and stayed there for two weeks. It also reached #4 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, #24 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and (in a remix version) #37 on the Hot Dance/Club Play chart.[4] The song spent three weeks at #1 in Canada.

Joée cover

In 1995, Canadian freestyle artist Joée released a cover that reached #1 in Canada and the U.S. Hot 100.

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Bronson, Fred (2001). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. ISBN 0-8230-7677-6. Retrieved 25 January 2007.
  3. ^ Music video in MyVideo.de
  4. ^ "Cutting Crew, "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" Chart Positions". Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died in Your Arms" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  6. ^ Belgian peak Archived 9 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  8. ^ "Cutting Crew: (I Just) Died in Your Arms" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
  9. ^ "Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died in Your Arms". Top 40 Singles.
  10. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Cutting Crew" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  11. ^ "Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died in Your Arms". VG-lista.
  12. ^ "Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died in Your Arms". Singles Top 100.
  13. ^ "Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died in Your Arms". Swiss Singles Chart.
  14. ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  15. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
  16. ^ "Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 24 January 1987. p. 24.
  17. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0920&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062
  18. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1987/Top 100 Songs of 1987". www.musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number one single
2 May 1987
(two weeks) 		Succeeded by
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