Other Arms

"Other Arms"
Song by Robert Plant from the album The Principle of Moments
Released	1983
Genre	Rock
Length	4:20
Label	Es Paranza
Writer	Robbie Blunt, Robert Plant
The Principle of Moments track listing
"Other Arms" (1) "In the Mood" (2)

"Other Arms" is a rock song performed by English rock singer Robert Plant, the first track from his 1983 album The Principle of Moments. It was Plant's first number-one hit on the Billboard Top Tracks chart.

Details

According to the book What'd I Say: The Atlantic Story, Atlantic Records intended to release "Other Arms" as a single, but Plant refused, not wanting to be pigeonholed as a hard rock artist.^[1] Instead, two slower-tempo songs from The Principle of Moments were released: "Big Log" and "In the Mood". Both became top-ten hits on the Mainstream Rock chart and top-fifty hits on the Billboard Hot 100.^[2] Despite not being released as a single, "Other Arms" became a number-one hit on the Mainstream Rock chart. It reached the number-one spot on August 13, 1983, ending the 9-week chart-topping run of "Every Breath You Take" by The Police.^[3]

The song was written by Plant and guitarist Robbie Blunt.^[4] The lyrics do not include the song's title; instead the chorus features the repeated line "lay down your arms".^[5]

References

1. ^ Ertegun, Ahmet M. (2001). What'd I Say: The Atlantic Story. Welcome Rain Publishers. p. 385. ISBN 1566490480. 
2. ^ "Robert Plant: Billboard Singles". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/robert-plant-p5152/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved December 3, 2010. 
3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (February 1, 2003). Joel Whitburn's rock tracks. Record Research Inc. p. 177. ISBN 978-0898201536. http://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=9780898201536. Retrieved December 3, 2010. 
4. ^ DeGagne, Mike. "Robert Plant: The Principle of Moments". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-principle-of-moments-r15345. Retrieved December 3, 2010. 
5. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (April 1, 2002). All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul (3rd ed.). Backbeat Books. p. 866. ISBN 978-0879306533. http://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=9780879306533. Retrieved December 3, 2010.