Arms Around the World explained

Arms Around the World
Cover:	Louise-Arms_Around_the_World.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Louise
Album:	Woman in Me
B-Side:	"Don't Be Shy" "Intimate"
Length:	4:08
Label:	EMI 1st Avenue
Producer:	John Holliday Trevor Steel
Prev Title:	One Kiss from Heaven
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Let's Go Round Again
Next Year:	1997

"Arms Around the World" is a song by English singer Louise, released on 22 September 1997 as the lead single from her second studio album, Woman in Me (1997). It appeared on several music charts, peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart in September 1997. As reported by the Official Charts Company in January 2020, "Arms Around the World" has sold 159,000 copies in the UK. The video was directed by Toby Tremlett.^[1]

Critical reception

Jon O'Brien from AllMusic viewed "Arms Around the World" as a Janet Jackson-inspired track, adding that it sounds like her 1995 song "Runaway".^[2] British magazine Music Week rated it three out of five, writing further that "Louise attempts to do a Kylie with a more complex and mature sound, but her efforts are let down by an unsubstantial song lacking any real sparkle."^[3] Gerald Martinez from New Sunday Times described the song as "anthemic".^[4]

Track listings

• UK CD1 and Japanese CD single^{[5] [6]}

1. "Arms Around the World" (radio mix)
2. "Arms Around the World" (Rated PG club mix)
3. "Arms Around the World" (T-Empo club mix)
4. "Arms Around the World" (Farley & Heller Fire Island vocal mix)

• UK CD2^[7]

1. "Arms Around the World" (radio mix)
2. "Don't Be Shy"
3. "Intimate"

• UK cassette single^[8]

1. "Arms Around the World" (radio mix)
2. "Don't Be Shy"
3. "Arms Around the World" (T-Empo club mix)

Charts

Year-end charts

Sales

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Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
United Kingdom	22 September 1997			^[12]
Japan	29 October 1997	CD	EMI Japan	^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: In Walked Louise. inwalkedlouise.co.uk. 27 January 2020.
2. Web site: Jon. O'Brien. Louise — Changing Faces: Best of Louise. AllMusic. 21 October 2021.
3. Reviews: Singles. Music Week. 13 September 1997. 14. 13 September 2022.
4. Gerald. Martinez. Late Bloomer Delivers. New Sunday Times. 15 March 1998. 13. 21 October 2021.
5. Arms Around the World. Louise. 1997. UK CD1 liner notes. EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records. CDEMS490, 7243 8 84729 2 0.
6. Arms Around the World. Louise. 1997. Japanese CD single liner notes. EMI Music Japan. TOCP-40066.
7. Arms Around the World. Louise. 1997. UK CD2 liner notes. EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records. CDEM490, 7243 8 84728 2 1.
8. Arms Around the World. Louise. 1997. UK cassette single sleeve. EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records. TCEM490, 7243 8 84728 4 5.
9. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 14. 41. 12. 11 October 1997. 22 June 2018.
10. Top 100 Singles 1997. Music Week. 27. 17 January 1998.
11. Web site: Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1997. pl. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150604144848/http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201997.html. 4 June 2015. 6 July 2019.
12. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 47. 20 September 1997. 5 July 2021.
13. Web site: アームズ・アラウンド・ザ・ワールド ルイーズ. Arms Around the World Louise. Oricon. ja. 21 January 2024.