Lay Down Your Arms (The Graces song)

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“Lay Down Your Arms”
Single by The Graces
from the album Perfect View
Released 1989
Format CD single, cassette single, 7"
Genre Pop rock
Length 4:14
Label A&M Records
Writer(s) Charlotte Caffey, Ralph Schuckett, Ellen Shipley
Producer Ellen Shipley
The Graces singles chronology
"Lay Down Your Arms"
(1989)
"Perfect View"
(1989)
“Lay Down Your Arms”
Single by Belinda Carlisle
from the album Real
Released November 15, 1993
Format CD single, cassette single
Genre Pop/Country
Length 4:38
Label Virgin Records
Producer Ralph Schuckett
Belinda Carlisle singles chronology
"Big Scary Animal"
(1993)
"Lay Down Your Arms"
(1993)
"In Too Deep"
(1996)

"Lay Down Your Arms" is a pop rock song written by Charlotte Caffey, Ralph Schuckett and Ellen Shipley, produced by Shipley for The Graces first album Perfect View (1989). Caffey was the lead vocalist on the song, and it was released as the band's debut single. It charted disappointingly at #56 in the Billboard charts[1].

The song was later covered by American singer Belinda Carlisle as the second song released from her fifth studio album Real (1993). Carlisle's version was produced by Ralph Schuckett and was the more successful version charting at number twenty-seven on the UK Singles Chart. The CD single included three additional track, "Tell Me", "Wrap My Arms" and "Here Comes My Baby, the last two were eight track demos.

[edit] Track listing

  • 4 track CD single
  1. "Lay Down Your Arms"
  2. "Tell Me"
  3. "Wrap My Arms Around You" (8 track demo)
  4. "Here Comes My Baby" (8 track demo)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 27

[edit] References