Loving Arms

"Loving Arms"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Good Times
A-side "Loving Arms"
B-side "You Asked Me To"
Released 1981
Recorded December 13, 1973
Songwriter(s) Tom Jans
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Guitar Man"
(1981)		 "Loving Arms"
(1981)		 "There Goes My Everything" / "You'll Never Walk Alone"
(1981)

"Guitar Man"
(1981)		 "Lovin' Arms"
(1981)		 "There Goes My Everything" / "You'll Never Walk Alone"
(1981)

"Loving Arms" is a song written by Tom Jans and first recorded by Dobie Gray and Elvis Presley in 1973.

It was later covered by Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge as a duet in 1974.

History

The song "Loving Arms" was written by Tom Jans.[1]

In 1973 it was released as a single by Dobie Gray. His version peaked at number 61 in the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of October 6.[2][3]

In the spring of 1974 the song was a minor Billboard Hot 100 hit for Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge,[4][5] who included it on their 1973 duet album Full Moon and issued as a single from it.

By Presley it was first released on his 1974 album Good Times. In 1975 it was included as a B-side on some editions of his "My Boy" single.

In 1981 it appeared on Presley's posthumous album Guitar Man and was released as the second single from it, with "You Asked Me To" on the side B.[6] In the UK the song spent 6 weeks on the singles chart, peaking at number 47 for the week of April 14.[7] In the United States the single charted as a double-A-side ("Lovin' Arms / You Asked Me To") on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at number 8 on the week on June 20.

In total, the song has been covered over 50 times.[1] Other notable covers include ones by Etta James[1] and The Dixie Chicks.[3]

Musical style and lyrics

As Steven Blanton notes in his book The Songwriter's Toolkit: From Pen to Push Play, "[t]he song is written using the method of holding the title until the last line effectively."[1]

Charts

Dobie Gray version

Chart (1973) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 61

Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge version

Chart (1974) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 86

Elvis Presley version

Chart (1981) Peak
position
UK (Official Charts Company)[7] 47
US Billboard Hot Country Singles[8] 8*
* as "Lovin' Arms / You Asked Me To".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Steven Blanton (2010). The Songwriter's Toolkit: From Pen to Push Play. Tate Publishing. pp. 45–. ISBN 978-1-61663-349-3.
  2. 1 2 "Dobie Gray - Chart history". Billboard.
  3. 1 2 Ace Collins (8 September 2015). All About the Dixie Chicks. St. Martin's Press. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-1-250-09758-3.
  4. ↑ Colin Larkin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Kollington - Morphine. MUZE. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  5. 1 2 "Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart (1974-04-13)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  6. ↑ "Elvis Presley - Lovin' Arms / You Asked Me To (Vinyl) at Discogs". Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  7. 1 2 "Elvis Presley - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  8. ↑ "Elvis Presley - Chart history (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
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