With Arms Wide Open

With Arms Wide Open

Infobox Single
Name = With Arms Wide Open


Background = Orange
Artist = Creed
from Album = Human Clay
B-side = "One", "Wash Away Those Years"
Released = September 26, 2000
Format = CD
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Post-grunge, power ballad
Length = 4:35
Label = Wind-up
Writer = Scott Stapp/Mark Tremonti
Producer = Ron Saint Germain, John Kurzweg
Chart position = * #1 (US)
** #1 (US Mainstream Rock)
** #2 (US Modern Rock)
* #14 (UK)
Last single = "Higher"
(1999)
This single = "With Arms Wide Open"
(2000)
Next single = "What If"
(2000)

"With Arms Wide Open" is a song composed by the band Creed, featured on the album "Human Clay". Scott Stapp wrote the lyrics when he found out that he was going to be a father. His son would be named Jagger. "With Arms Wide Open" topped The Billboard magazine Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for four weeks in July 2000; a month later it reached the U.S. Top 40. In September, it was announced that Creed would release a limited edition single of "With Arms Wide Open" with some profits benefiting Scott Stapp's With Arms Wide Open Foundation to "Promote Healthy, Loving Relationships Between Children and their Families". In October the song hit the top ten and it topped Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart for eight weeks. It then hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week, and the video topped VH1's top ten. In February 2001 Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song and the band was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for the song.The song was ranked #4 on VH1's "25 Greatest Power Ballads". [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/66390/episode_countdown.jhtml]

Track listing

# "With Arms Wide Open" (New Version) 3:42
# "Wash Away Those Years" 6:04
# "One" 5:02
# "With Arms Wide Open" (Strings Version) 3:55
# "With Arms Wide Open" (Bonus Video Track) 3:44

Total running time: 22:25

Catalog Number: 670739

Covers

Staind covered this song. Parodies include "They'll Claw You Open," "When Bars Come Open," "With Blinds Wide Open," [http://www.spaff.com/poesy/with_blinds.html] "With Legs Wide Open" and more.

Norwegian comedian Kristian Valen recorded a parody of the song, entitled "My Moms Wide Open". It featured a music video with an elderly woman running around the forest naked.

External links

* [http://musicjesus.com/index.php?song=14771 Music Video]


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