Lay Down Your Arms (The Graces song)

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"Lay Down Your Arms"
Single by Belinda Carlisle
from the album Real
Released	November 15, 1993
Genre	Pop/Country
Length	4:38
Label	Virgin Records
Songwriter(s)	Charlotte Caffey, Ralph Schuckett, Ellen Shipley
Producer(s)	Ralph Schuckett
Belinda Carlisle singles chronology
"Big Scary Animal" (1993) "Lay Down Your Arms" (1993) "In Too Deep" (1996)

"Lay Down Your Arms" is a rock song which Charlotte Caffey, Ralph Schuckett, and Ellen Shipley wrote and composed, and which Shipley produced, for The Graces' album Perfect View (1989). Caffey was lead vocalist, and the song was released as the band's debut single. It charted at #56 in the Billboard charts.^[1]

Belinda Carlisle cover[]

The song was covered by US singer Belinda Carlisle, who, like her friend Caffey, was an alumna of The Go-Go's. It was the second song Carlisle released from her fifth studio album, Real, which she released in 1993. Carlisle's version, which Schuckett produced, was the more successful of the two versions, charting at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart. The CD single included three additional tracks: "Tell Me", "Wrap My Arms", and "Here Comes My Baby"; the last two were 8-track demos.

Music video[]

The music video for the Carlisle cover was directed by Neil Abramson.^[2]

Track listing[]

• 4 track CD single

1. "Lay Down Your Arms"
2. "Tell Me"
3. "Wrap My Arms Around You" (8-track demo)
4. "Here Comes My Baby" (8-track demo)

Charts[]

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