Hold Me in Your Arms (Southern Sons song) explained

Hold Me in Your Arms
Cover:Hold_Me_in_Your_Arms_by_Southern_Sons.jpg
Caption:Australian CD single
Type:single
Artist:Southern Sons
Album:Southern Sons
B-Side:Which Way
Released:[1]
Recorded:Metropolis Studios Melbourne, 1990
Genre:Soft rock
Label:RCA Records
Producer:Ross Fraser
Prev Title:Always and Ever
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:The World is Mine
Next Year:1991

"Hold Me in Your Arms" is a song by Australian pop-rock band Southern Sons. It was released in March 1991 as the third single taken from their debut studio album, Southern Sons (1990). The song peaked at number 9 in Australia, becoming the band's second top ten single.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1992, the song was nominated for Song of the Year, losing to "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" by Yothu Yindi.

Track listing

CD single (105207)

Charts

Year-end charts

Dami Im and Jack Jones version

Hold Me in Your Arms
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Dami Im and Jack Jones
Genre:Pop
Label:Sony Music Australia
Chronology:Dami Im
Prev Title:Fighting for Love
Prev Year:2016
Next Title:Crying Underwater
Next Year:2019

In January 2017, Dami Im sang the song with Guy Sebastian at the Australia Day concert. Sony Music Australia boss Denis Handlin commissioned the new version and secured the original voice of the song by Jack Jones to recreate the song with Im.[3] The Dami Im and Jack Jones version was released on 7 April 2017.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Release Summary – Product Available from: 18/03/91 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 60). Imgur.com. 31 March 2021.
  2. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. pdf. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. 137.
  3. Web site: Jack Jones Re-Records Southern Sons Classic With Dami Im . Noise 11. 9 April 2017 . 10 April 2017.
  4. Web site: Hold Me In Your Arms (single). iTunes Australia. 10 April 2017.