Hold Me in Your Arms (Southern Sons song)

"Hold Me in Your Arms"
Australian CD single
Single by Southern Sons
from the album Southern Sons
B-side"Which Way"
Released18 March 1991 (1991-03-18)[1]
RecordedMetropolis Studios Melbourne, 1990
GenreSoft rock
Length4:04
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)Phil Buckle
Producer(s)Ross Fraser
Southern Sons singles chronology
"Always and Ever"
(1990) 		"Hold Me in Your Arms"
(1991) 		"The World is Mine"
(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)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hold Me in Your Arms"Phil Buckle4:04
2."Which Way"Phil Buckle3:58

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Position
Australia (ARIA) Chart[3] 76

Dami Im and Jack Jones version

"Hold Me in Your Arms"
Single by Dami Im and Jack Jones
Released7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
GenrePop
Length3:49
LabelSony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)Phil Buckle
Dami Im singles chronology
"Fighting for Love"
(2016) 		"Hold Me in Your Arms"
(2017) 		"Crying Underwater"
(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.[4] The Dami Im and Jack Jones version was released on 7 April 2017.[5]

References

  1. ^ "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 18/03/91 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 60)". Imgur.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Southern Sons – Hold Me in Your Arms". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 137.
  4. ^ "Jack Jones Re-Records Southern Sons Classic With Dami Im". Noise 11. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Hold Me In Your Arms (single)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 10 April 2017.