Wrap Your Arms Around Me

Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Studio album by Agnetha Fältskog
Released 31 May 1983
Recorded January - March 1983
Studio Polar Studios, Stockholm[1]
Genre Pop
Length 46:16
Label Polar (Sweden)
Epic (UK)
RCA Victor (Australia)
Polydor (USA)
Producer Mike Chapman
Agnetha Fältskog chronology
Nu tändas tusen juleljus
(1981)Nu tändas tusen juleljus1981		 Wrap Your Arms Around Me
(1983)		 Eyes of a Woman
(1985)Eyes of a Woman1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
PeopleFavorable[3]

Wrap Your Arms Around Me is the first English-language solo album[4] by ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog. Counting her previous solo albums recorded in the Swedish language, it was her seventh album overall. The album was released by Polar Music on 31 May 1983 and was produced by Mike Chapman.

Singles charts and reception

The first track from the album, "The Heat Is On", is commonly regarded as Fältskog's best-known 1980s solo hit, while "Can't Shake Loose" 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 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. 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.[5]

The album has sold over 1.2 million copies globally.[6]

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

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 49
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8] 5
German Albums (Media Control Charts)[9] 13
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 18
US Billboard 200[13] 102

References

  1. ↑ Faltskog, Agnetha & Ahman, Brita (1997) 'As I Am: ABBA Before & Beyond', Virgin Publishing, p.91
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ "Picks and Pans Review: Wrap Your Arms Around Me". People. Time Inc. October 24, 1983. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Faltskog, Agnetha & Ahman, Brita (1997) 'As I Am: ABBA Before & Beyond', Virgin Publishing, p.91
  5. ↑ Faltskog, Agnetha & Ahman, Brita (1997) 'As I Am: ABBA Before & Beyond', Virgin Publishing, p.93
  6. ↑ Faltskog, Agnetha & Ahman, Brita (1997) 'As I Am: ABBA Before & Beyond', Virgin Publishing, p.93
  7. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 444. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. ↑ "Agnetha Fältskog – Wrap Your Arms Around Me" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Agnetha Fältskog, Wrap Your Arms Around Me" (in German). Officialcharts.de. Media Control. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Agnetha – Wrap Your Arms Around Me". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Agnetha Fältskog – Wrap Your Arms Around Me". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Agnetha Faltskog | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  13. ↑ "Top 200 Albums (The Week of October 29, 1983)". Billboard. Lynne Segall. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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