- Put Your Arms Around Me
Infobox Single |
Name = Put Your Arms Around Me
Artist = Natural
from Album =Keep It Natural
Released = *USA : Summer 2001;
*Germany :March 11 ,2002
Format =CD single
Writer =Steve Kipner
Producer =
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label =Sony BMG
Chart position = * #12Germany
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Put Your Arms Around Me"
(2001)
Next single = "Let Me Count the Ways "
(2002)"Put Your Arms Around Me" is the debut Pop song performed by American
boyband Natural. It was their 1st single released in Germany and America.US debut
As
Lou Pearlman 's new band Lou spared no expense in promoting Natural's debut single. They teamed up withClaire's to sell the single in theirUS stores as a $1 item with a $12 purchase. Thanks to this "Put Your Arms Around Me" soon made #1 on Billboard's Sales charts (number of volumes shipped) but failed to hit top 40.Natural continued promoting the single via a Mall tour in conjunction with
JC Penney as well as various low tier music chart shows (such as then FOX Family Countdown and Nickelodeon's 'You pick live'). "Put Your Arms Around Me" mainly had radio play in their native Orlando but failed to really make an impact elsewhere. Oddly enough the official single (not in conjunction with Claire's) was released after the promotional blitz ended.This would be one of only two official Natural singles released in the US; the other being the much later and more mature What if. Two other promotional singles were released including 'Left 2 Right' (
Radio Disney ) and Paradise. None of them ever charted.German success
After the initial success with
Claire's Lou decided to release the single inGermany whereboyband s had done very well for him. The single and the band both became a huge success peaking at #12. The buzz from the single helped their debut album "Keep It Natural " peak at #2 soon after.Censorship
"Put Your Arms Around Me" is one of the few songs on "Keep It Natural" to suffer some censorship. The original chorus lyric went "Come lay down beside me" though some video versions feature the lyric as "Always be beside me". Its not clear why the lyric was changed. During an interview on NBC with
Billy Bush he had teased the guys the chorus lyric 'I'll be here till the dawn meets the day' was risque yet that line was never changed.Music charts
Formats and tracklistings
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Put Your Arms Around Me"
;German/European Maxi CD Release
# "Put Your Arms Around Me";Claire's Promotional Single
# "Put Your Arms Around Me";US Official Maxi CD release
# "Put Your Arms Around Me"
# "Snippets" (Love and affection, I count the minutes)External links
* [http://www.myvideo.de/watch/838561 "Put Your Arms Around Me" video]
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