My Arms Keep Missing You

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"My Arms Keep Missing You"
Single by Rick Astley
A-side"When I Fall in Love"
Released30 November 1987 (1987-11-30)
GenrePop
Length3:14
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Rick Astley singles chronology
"Whenever You Need Somebody"
(1987) 		"When I Fall in Love" / "My Arms Keep Missing You"
(1987) 		"Together Forever"
(1988)
Audio sample
Official audio
"My Arms Keep Missing You" on YouTube

"My Arms Keep Missing You" is a song by Rick Astley released in 1987 as the second half of a double A-side single. The first A-side is the pop standard "When I Fall in Love". "My Arms Keep Missing You" was released as an independent single in Germany and reached number 6. The song's first appearance on an album was the 2002 compilation Greatest Hits, and it later appeared on the 2010 expanded version of Hold Me in Your Arms as a bonus track. The song also appeared on the remastered edition of Whenever You Need Somebody, which was released on 20 May 2022.[1] In addition, a digital EP was released on 13 April 2022, including the single and its remixes.[2] The song was also included on a limited edition 12" double A-side red vinyl issue of the "Love This Christmas" single, along with "When I Fall in Love".[3]

Critical reception[edit]

In a review published in Smash Hits, Lola Borg considered "My Arms Keep Missing You" as "truly splendid", adding that Astley "gears himself into shuffly dance mode and sounds exactly like himself".[4]

Track listing[edit]

  • 12" vinyl promo RCA RICK 1000 DJ[5]
  1. "My Arms Keep Missing You"
  2. "My Arms Keep Missing You" (dub)
  • 12" vinyl RCA PT 41684 R[6]
  1. "My Arms Keep Missing You" (Bruno's mix) – 6:11
  2. "My Arms Keep Missing You" – 6:45
  3. "When I Fall in Love" – 2:59 (Heyman/Young)
  • Digital EP
  1. "My Arms Keep Missing You" – 3:14
  2. "My Arms Keep Missing You" (The "Where's Harry?" remix) – 3:15
  3. "My Arms Keep Missing You" (Bruno's remix) – 6:17
  4. "My Arms Keep Missing You" (No L mix) – 6:46

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for "My Arms Keep Missing You"
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Denmark (IFPI)[7] 11
Italy (Musica e dischi)[8] 20
Spain (AFYVE)[9] 7[a]
UK Dance (Music Week)[10] 10
West Germany (Official German Charts)[11]
"When I Fall in Love" / "My Arms Keep Missing You" 		6

Cover versions[edit]

In 1995, British-Dutch boyband Caught in the Act covered "My Arms Keep Missing You" and released it as the second single from their debut album, Caught in the Act of Love, which peaked at number 26 in Germany and 42 in Switzerland.[12] In 2006, Danzel Vs. DJ F.R.A.N.K. released their own version of the song as a 12" maxi single, which charted for ten weeks on the Ultratop Belgian (Flanders) Chart and peaked at number 15.[13]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The exact peak position in Spain is unknown. The single reached at least number 7, as Music & Media provided the single's ranking only for that week, but it did not reach the top three, given every week by the magazine.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whenever You Need Somebody (2022 Remaster) Double CD Album, retrieved 23 March 2022
  2. ^ My Arms Keep Missing You - EP, retrieved 12 April 2022
  3. ^ "Rick has another Christmas surprise to get everyone into festive the mood - 'Love This Christmas' is being released as a limited edition red 12" vinyl on 25th November, only 4,000 copies worldwide! It is backed with Rick's beautiful rendition of Nat King Cole's 'When I Fall In Love', his 1987 Christmas single and its original b-side 'My Arms Keep Missing You'". Facebook. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. ^ Borg, Lola (2–15 December 1987). "Singles reviewed by Lola Borg" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 9, no. 23. p. 63. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via World Radio History.
  5. ^ "Rick Astley - My Arms Keep Missing You (Vinyl) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Rick Astley - My Arms Keep Missing You (Bruno's Mix) / When I Fall In Love (Vinyl) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  7. ^ Danish Singles Chart 22 January 1988
  8. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Rick Astley".
  9. ^ Muus, Diana (21 January 1988). "Weekly Update on the European Charts - Highlights" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 36. p. 19. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 14 August 2023 – via World Radio History.
  10. ^ "Top Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 9 January 1988. p. 25. Retrieved 22 August 2023 – via World Radio History.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Rick Astley – When I Fall In Love / My Arms Keep Missing You" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Caught in the Act - "My Arms Keep Missing You"" (in German). Schweizer Hitparade. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Danzel Vs. DJ F.R.A.N.K. - "My Arms Keep Missing You"" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 28 July 2023.


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