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"In My Arms"
Song
B-side"Cherry Bomb"
"Do It Again"
"Carried Away"
"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (Greg Kurstin Remix)

"In My Arms" is a dance-pop song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her tenth studio album, X (2007). The song was written by Minogue, Paul Harris, Julian Peake, Richard Stannard, Adam Wiles and produced by Stannard and Calvin Harris. The song was released as the album's first single in Spain in November 2007 and second European single in February 2008. "In My Arms" will be the third UK and Australian single from X, released on May 5th, 2008. [1]


Critical reception

"In My Arms" received mostly positive reviews from pop music critics. Tom Ewing in a review for Pitchfork Media compared the song to French electronic music duo Justice and wrote that Minogue "bounces around the tune with gusto".[2] Prefix Magazine reviewer Bruce Scott described it as "fuzzed-out" and "synth heavy", and wrote that it was "full of the kind of exuberant charm that made a track like "Love at First Sight" a past hit".[3] In a review for All Music Guide, Christopher True was not impressed with "In My Arms" and called the song "cold, calculated dance-pop".[4]

Music video

File:MinogueInMyArmsVideo.jpg
Minogue wearing 80's-inspired futuristic sunglasses in the first scene of the video.

The music video for "In My Arms" was directed by Melina Matsoukas and filmed in Los Angeles, California along with the video for "Wow".[5] The video features several references to the 1980s style and music. There are five main sequences: the first features Minogue dressed in a crimson and white outfit, made by Gareth Pugh, with futuristic sunglasses; the second has Minogue singing into a microphone, on a blue recording room; the third scene is with a troupe of dancers; the fourth features Minogue in a yellow dress dancing in a pink box; and in the final scene she dances in front of a giant fan wearing a Dolce & Gabbana dress. As the video concludes, the five scenes are intercut and gradually fade.

The music video premiered on the internet on January 29 2008.[6] It premiered on television stations in Europe on January 31 2008.[7]

Though the song was not released as a single in the United States as "Wow", the video was released in March 11, 2008 with moderate success, peaking at number thirty-two on the American iTunes video charts.

The video premiered in Australia on the 29th March 2008.

Chart performance

"In My Arms" debuted on the Bulgarian singles chart at number thirty-nine on January 20 2008.[8] Five weeks later it reached a peak position of number twelve.[9] In Belgium, the track debuted on the Flanders singles chart at number number thirty-three on February 3 2008.[10] The following week it rose to number fourteen.[11] The track was also successful on Belgium's Wallonia singles chart where it reached number eleven.[11]

"In My Arms" reached number eight in Germany and became Minogue's first top ten single since "Slow" in 2003 and it reached number ten in France becoming her biggest hit in France since "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" in 2001.[12] Elsewhere, the song reached the top twenty in Sweden, Austria and the Netherlands.[9] On the Euro 200 singles chart, the track reached number eight.[13]

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "In My Arms".

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[9] 16
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[11] 10
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[11] 11
Bulgarian Top 40 Chart[9] 10
Croatia Singles Chart[14] 27
Czech IFPI Singles Chart[15] 27
Danish Singles Chart[9] 36
Dutch Top 40[9] 20
Euro 200 Singles Chart[13] 8
French Singles Chart[9] 10
French Airplay [9] 1
German Singles Chart[12] 8
Greek IFPI Singles Chart[16] 8
Latin American Airplay Chart (International Chart)[17] 5
Lithuanian Airplay Chart[18] 23
Polish National Top 50[19] 4
Russian Top 100 Singles 9
Romanian Airplay Chart[9] 8
Slovak IFPI Singles Chart[20] 13
Spanish Los 40 Singles Chart 14
Swedish Singles Chart[9] 15
Swiss Singles Chart[9] 4
Turkey Top 20 2[21]

Release history

Region Date Label
Europe[22] 15 February 2008 Parlophone
France[23] 25 February 2008
United Kingdom[24] 5 May 2008

Personnel

The following people contributed to "In My Arms":[25]

References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference kylie.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ewing, Tom. "Kylie Minogue X Pitchfork Record Review". Pitchfork Media. November 30 2007. Retrieved February 18 2008.
  3. ^ Scott, Bruce. "Kylie Minogue X Review". Prefix Magazine. February 12 2008. Retrieved February 18 2008.
  4. ^ True, Christopher M. "X > Review". All Music Guide. Retrieved February 18 2008.
  5. ^ Adams, Cameron. "Kylie Minogue keeps mum on tour plans". Herald Sun. January 15 2008. Retrieved January 23 2008.
  6. ^ "Entertainment". Bild-Zeitung. Retrieved January 29 2008.
  7. ^ Harmsworth, Andrei. "Kylie's new alien video leaked". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved January 30 2008. Retrieved January 31 2008.
  8. ^ "Bulgaria Singles Top 40 (Sunday January 20th, 2008)". aCharts.us. Retrieved February 18 2008.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "In My Arms World Chart Positions". aCharts.us. Retrieved March 6 2008. Cite error: The named reference "worldcharts" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Belgium Singles Top 50 (Saturday February 23rd, 2008)". aCharts.us. Retrieved February 26 2008.
  11. ^ a b c d "Belgian Singles Charts: Kylie "In My Arms". UtraTop.de. Retrieved March 6 2008.
  12. ^ a b "Fettes Brot dick in den Single-Charts". Media-Control.de. February 26 2008. Retrieved February 26 2008.
  13. ^ a b "Euro 200 Archives". Euro 200. Retrieved March 6 2008.
  14. ^ Croatia Singles Chart
  15. ^ [1]
  16. ^ Greek Singles Chart by IFPI
  17. ^ Desplaza Juanes a Belanova en popularidad (in Spanish). Notimex. Retrieved April 3 2008.
  18. ^ [2]
  19. ^ Polish National Top 50. APC-Stats.com. [[March 30] 2008. Retrieved March 28 2008.
  20. ^ [3]
  21. ^ [4]
  22. ^ "In My Arms: Kylie Minogue: Musik" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  23. ^ "In My Arms: Kylie Minogue: Musique" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  24. ^ "In My Arms: Kylie Minogue: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  25. ^ X (CD liner notes). Parlophone. November 2007.

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