Wrap Your Arms Around Me

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Wrap Your Arms Around Me
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Studio album by
Agnetha Fältskog
Released31 May 1983
RecordedJanuary - March 1983
StudioPolar Studios, Stockholm[1]
GenrePop
Length46:16
LabelPolar (Sweden)
Epic (UK)
RCA Victor (Australia)
Polydor (USA)
ProducerMike Chapman
Agnetha Fältskog chronology
Nu tändas tusen juleljus
(1981) 		Wrap Your Arms Around Me
(1983) 		Eyes of a Woman
(1985)

Wrap Your Arms Around Me is the first English-language solo album[1] by ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, her seventh album overall. The album was released by Polar Music on 31 May 1983 and was produced by Mike Chapman. "The Heat Is On", "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" and "Can't Shake Loose" were released as singles to promote the album. In 2005, the album was re-released in CD format with 5 bonus tracks.

Singles and commercial performance[]

The first track from the album, "The Heat Is On", was issued as a single in Europe, where it is commonly regarded as Fältskog's best-known 1980s solo hit. "The Heat Is On" was a hit in Europe and Scandinavia, reaching number one in Sweden and Norway and peaking at number two in the Netherlands and Belgium. The album's title track was another successful hit, topping the charts in Belgium and Denmark, reaching the Top 5 in Sweden, the Netherlands and South Africa, and the Top 20 in Germany and France. "Can't Shake Loose" was the choice for the lead single in North America; this song became the first of only two solo singles from Fältskog to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, peaking at number 29 in October 1983. The song was written by Russ Ballard, who also wrote "I Know There's Something Going On", the only US hit by Fältskog's former ABBA companion Frida.

The track "Man" was the only song on the album written by Fältskog herself in contrast to her pre-ABBA 1960s recordings in Swedish, which were mostly self-written. The album's strings were provided by the Sveriges Radio Symphony Orchestra.[2]

The album has sold over 1.2 million copies globally.[2]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[3]

The album received favorable reviews from music critics. Joe Viglione from Allmusic website gave the album four out of five stars and wrote that songs like "The Heat Is On" and "Shame" were "much more refined than a lot of the dreck the major labels were issuing at the time" and that the album is "a healthy serving of charming melodies". He mentioned that the composition, "like the album, is a real gem". The review from People magazine was also favorable, the author wrote that the record is like the ABBA albums "smooth, upbeat, relentlessly bright and on the sterile side". He conclude that fans of ABBA won't dislike the record and people who dislike the group won’t like it any better.

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Heat Is On"Florrie Palmer, Tony Ashton3:53
2."Can't Shake Loose"Russ Ballard4:21
3."Shame"David Clark Allen3:36
4."Stay"David Clark Allen3:17
5."Once Burned, Twice Shy"Dan Tyler, Richard Spady Brannan3:42
6."Mr. Persuasion"Susan Duncombe Lynch, Larry Whitman2:41
7."Wrap Your Arms Around Me"Mike Chapman, Holly Knight5:12
8."To Love"Jill Brandt, Randy Goodrum3:52
9."I Wish Tonight Could Last Forever"Russ Ballard4:12
10."Man"Agnetha Fältskog3:32
11."Take Good Care of Your Children"Tomas Ledin3:43
12."Stand by My Side"Guido & Maurizio De Angelis, David Cowles4:15
Total length:46:16
2005 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Never Again"Tomas Ledin3:54
14."It's So Nice to Be Rich" (stereo version)Gunnar Svensson, Hans Alfredson3:41
15."P&B"Gunnar Svensson, Hans Alfredson4:01
16."The Heat Is On" (Super Dance Music Mix)Florrie Palmer, Tony Ashton7:58
17."Ya Nunca Más" (Spanish version of "Never Again")Tomas Ledin; Mary McCluskey, Buddy McCluskey3:55

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 49
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[5] 5
German Albums (Media Control Charts)[6] 13
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[9] 18
US Billboard 200[10] 102

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1983) Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 50

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Faltskog, Agnetha & Ahman, Brita (1997) As I Am: ABBA Before & Beyond, Virgin Publishing, p.91
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Faltskog, Agnetha & Ahman, Brita (1997) As I Am: ABBA Before & Beyond, Virgin Publishing, p.93
  3. ^ "Wrap Your Arms Around Me - Agnetha Fältskog - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 444. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Agnetha Fältskog – Wrap Your Arms Around Me". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Agnetha Fältskog, Wrap Your Arms Around Me". Officialcharts.de Media Control (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Agnetha – Wrap Your Arms Around Me". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Agnetha Fältskog – Wrap Your Arms Around Me". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Agnetha Faltskog | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  10. ^ Lynne Segall. "Top 200 Albums (The Week of October 29, 1983)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

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