| Wrap Your Arms Around Me | |
| Cover: | Wraparms.jpg |
| Caption: | Spanish picture sleeve (zoomed-in and mirrored for other international releases) |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Agnetha Fältskog |
| Album: | Wrap Your Arms Around Me |
| B-Side: | Take Good Care of Your Children |
| Released: | July 1983[1] |
| Recorded: | 1983 |
| Genre: | Europop, pop |
| Length: | 5:13 3:52 (Edit) |
| Label: | Polar Music |
| Producer: | Mike Chapman |
| Prev Title: | The Heat Is On |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Can't Shake Loose |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
"Wrap Your Arms Around Me" is the second single from former ABBA star Agnetha Fältskog's solo album of the same name.
The single featured an edit of the album version which was also included on the 12" single released exclusively in the UK.
The single's B-side was a Tomas Ledin composition, "Take Good Care Of Your Children".
In 2009, the song was remixed as a nine-minute edit by Belgian dance music producer Villa.
"Wrap Your Arms Around Me" was Fältskog's second solo single after "The Heat Is On", and reached No. 1 in Belgium.[2] The song was also a Top 5 hit in the Netherlands[3] and South Africa.[4] It was the most successful single from the album in Ireland, improving on the No. 28 position of "The Heat Is On" by reaching No. 15. By contrast, the song failed to reach the UK Singles Chart Top 40 (peaking at No. 44).[5]
Bonnie St. Claire performed the Dutch version, "Sla je arm om me heen"[6] in 1983.
Sylvie Vartan performed the French version, "Des heures de désir"[7] in 1984. She also recorded an English language cover version on the album "Made In USA" (released in Japan as "Double Exposure") in 1985.[8]
Britta Phillips covered the song on her debut album, Luck Or Magic (2016).
| Position | ||
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[9] | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] | 97 | |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] | 83 |