Lay Down Your Arms (The Graces song)

Infobox Single
Name = Lay Down Your Arms


Caption =
Artist = The Graces
from Album = Perfect View
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1989
Format = CD single, cassette single, 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 4:14
Label = A&M Records
Writer = Charlotte Caffey, Ralph Schuckett, Ellen Shipley
Producer = Ellen Shipley
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Lay Down Your Arms" (1989)
Next single = "Perfect View" (1989)
Misc =Infobox Single
Name = Lay Down Your Arms


Caption =
Artist = Belinda Carlisle
from Album = Real
A-side =
B-side =
Released = November 15, 1993
Format = CD single, cassette single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop/Country
Length = 4:38
Label = Virgin Records
Writer =
Producer = Ralph Schuckett
Certification =
Last single = "Big Scary Animal" (1993)
This single = "Lay Down Your Arms" (1993)
Next single = "In Too Deep" (1996)
Misc ="Lay Down Your Arms" is a pop rock song written by Charlotte Caffey, Ralph Schuckett and Ellen Shipley, produced by Shipley for The Graces first album "Perfect View" (1989). Caffey was the lead vocalist on the song, and it was released as the band's debut single. It charted disappointingly at #56 in the Billboard charts [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=10770&model.vnuAlbumId=7865 "The Graces - Artist Chart History"] . "Billboard". Retrieved June 23 2007.] .

The song was later covered by American singer Belinda Carlisle as the second song released from her fifth studio album "Real" (1993). Carlisle's version was produced by Ralph Schuckett and was the more successful version charting at number twenty-seven on the UK Singles Chart. The CD single included three additional track, "Tell Me", "Wrap My Arms" and "Here Comes My Baby, the last two were eight track demos.

Track listing

*4 track CD single
# "Lay Down Your Arms"
# "Tell Me"
# "Wrap My Arms Around You" (8 track demo)
# "Here Comes My Baby" (8 track demo)

Charts

References