In My Arms (Kylie Minogue song)

Infobox Single
Name = In My Arms


Artist = Kylie Minogue
from Album = X
B-side = "Cherry Bomb"
"Do It Again"
"Carried Away"
"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (Greg Kurstin Remix)
Released = February 17, 2008
(see release history)
Format = CD single, Digital download, 12" picture disc, 7" Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Dance-pop, electropop
Length = 3:32 (Album Version)
3:42 (Featuring Aleks Syntek)
Label = Parlophone
Writer = Kylie Minogue, Paul Harris, Julian Peake, Richard Stannard, Adam Wiles
Producer = Richard Stannard, Calvin Harris
Certification =
Last single = "Wow"
(2008)
This single = "In My Arms"
(2008)
Next single = "All I See"
(2008)"In My Arms" is a dance-pop song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her tenth studio album, "X" (2007). The song was written by Minogue, Paul Harris, Julian Peake, Richard Stannard, Adam Wiles and produced by Stannard and Calvin Harris. The song was released as the album's second single in Europe in February 2008, and third in UK and Australia on May 5th, 2008. [cite web|url=http://kylie.com/home|title=Kylie Minogue Official Site|accessdate=2008-04-24]

Critical reception

"In My Arms" received mostly positive reviews from pop music critics. Tom Ewing in a review for Pitchfork Media compared the song to French electronic music duo Justice and wrote that Minogue "bounces around the tune with gusto". [Ewing, Tom. [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47346-x "Kylie Minogue "X" Pitchfork Record Review"] . Pitchfork Media. November 30 2007. Retrieved February 18 2008.] "Prefix Magazine" reviewer Bruce Scott described it as "fuzzed-out" and "synth heavy", and wrote that it was "full of the kind of exuberant charm that made a track like "Love at First Sight" a past hit". [Scott, Bruce. [http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/kylie-minogue/x/16941/ "Kylie Minogue "X" Review"] . "Prefix Magazine". February 12 2008. Retrieved February 18 2008.] In a review for Allmusic, Christopher True was not impressed with "In My Arms" and called the song "cold, calculated dance-pop". [True, Christopher M. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kvfyxzrhldke~T1 "X > Review"] . Allmusic. Retrieved February 18 2008.]

Music video

The music video for "In My Arms" was directed by Melina and filmed in Los Angeles, California along with the video for "Wow". [Adams, Cameron. [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23052665-2862,00.html "Kylie Minogue keeps mum on tour plans"] . "Herald Sun". January 15 2008. Retrieved January 23 2008.] The video features several references to the 1980s style and music. There are five main sequences: the first features Minogue dressed in a crimson and white-chequered outfit, made by Gareth Pugh, with futuristic sunglasses; the second has Minogue singing into a microphone, on a blue recording room; the third scene is with a troupe of dancers; the fourth features Minogue in a yellow dress dancing in a pink box; and in the final scene she dances in front of a giant fan wearing a Dolce & Gabbana dress. As the video concludes, the five scenes are intercut and gradually fade.

The music video premiered on the internet on January 29 2008. [ [http://www.bild.t-online.de/BILD/entertainment/home/entertainment.html "Entertainment"] . "Bild-Zeitung". Retrieved January 29, 2008.] It premiered on television stations in Europe on January 31, 2008. [Harmsworth, Andrei. [http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=87964&in_page_id=7 "Kylie's new alien video leaked"] . Metro.co.uk. Retrieved January 30 2008. Retrieved January 31 2008.]

panglish version

As an attempt to break the Latin American music market, EMI Music asked Mexican singer/songwriter Aleks Syntek to record some vocals in Spanish for the song in early 2008. The song was first published through Syntek's official YouTube Channel on 24th April 2008, [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_U8EfODsfQ YouTube: "In Your Arms" featuring Aleks Syntek] ] and was later confirmed by EMI and the Mexican press that the song was indeed real and was set to be released to Mexican radio stations in the last week of April. [ [http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/diario/noticia/famosos/espectaculos/syntek_busca_la_internacionalizacion/157758 Syntek busca la internacionalización (in Spanish)] ]

It was later confirmed that the song would make an inclusion on Syntek's compilation album, "Best of 1988-2008", set to be released in June 2008 in Mexico and as a bonus track in the Spanish edition of his studio album, "Lección de Vuelo", set to be released in the summer of 2008. A special Mexican edition of "X" was also planned for release in May, but it was then delayed to 26th August 2008. [ [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/502218.html Une Aleks Syntek su talento al de Kylie Minogue (in Spanish)] ] The song re-entered the charts after charting with Kylie's version and so far has gone on to become a top ten peaking at number seven. [ [http://www.americatop100.com/mexico/index.htm Kylie's "In My Arms" at number seven in México] ] The song became a massive radio hit topping the international chart for five conesecutive weeks. [ [http://www.emimusic.com.mx/portal/hgxpp001.aspx?2,1,135,O,S,0,PAG;CONC;2;71;D;1794918;1;PAG;, "In My Arms" number one on national radio airplay] ] The song reached number four on the digital sales chart. [ [http://www.beon.com/ Mexican Digital Sales Chart - BeOn Store Top 10 Singles - Week 37 - 27th September, 2008] ]

Chart performance

In Belgium, the track debuted on the Flanders singles chart at number number thirty-three on February 3, 2008. [ [http://acharts.us/belgium_singles_top_50/2008/08 "Belgium Singles Top 50 (Saturday February 23rd, 2008)"] . aCharts.us. Retrieved February 26 2008.] The following week it rose to number fourteen. The track was also successful on Belgium's Wallonia singles chart where it reached number eleven.

In Romania, "In My Arms" became a considerable hit, and gained massive airplay. As a result, the track reached number one. [http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html "Romanian Top 100"] Please see "Issue 16" of the year 2008] It was also a huge success in Poland, where it reached number four and stayed in the top five for two weeks. "In My Arms" reached number eight in Greece and in Germany where it became Minogue's first top ten single since "Slow" in 2003 and it reached number ten in France on the physical chart and number two on the downloads chart, becoming her biggest hit in France since "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" in 2001. Elsewhere, the song reached the top twenty in Sweden, Austria and the Netherlands. On the Euro 200 singles chart, the track reached number eight. The single has entered the UK singles chart at 69 on downloads alone, the next week it reached 46. On 11 May, the single debuted in the top 40 at number #10. That same week, it topped the UK physical singles chart. In Australia, "In My Arms" became Minogue's lowest charting single in a decade (since 1998's "Cowboy Style"), peaking at #35 and spending only two weeks in the Top 50. In the United States though the song has not been released officially, it is starting to receive moderate airplay, charting in the American radio airplay chart in the first day of the plays at American radio. [ [http://w2.mediabase.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/Charts.asp?format=h1r&showtopn=500&cutoff=1 "In My Arms" receiving airplay in the United States] ] In México, the song has so far become Minogue's best charting single since "Come Into My World" reached number one back in 2002, reaching number seven on the México Top 100 Singles Chart in August 2008.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "In My Arms".col-begincol-2

CD single #1
(5099952116605; February 15 2008)
# "In My Arms" - 3:32
# "Cherry Bomb" (Minogue, Karen Poole, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Jonas Quant) - 4:17

CD single #2
(5099952116506; February 15, 2008)
# "In My Arms" - 3:32
# "Do It Again" (Minogue, Greg Kurstin, Poole) - 3:21
# "Carried Away" (Minogue, Kurstin, Poole) - 3:14

12" Picture disc
(5099951495817; February 15, 2008)
# "In My Arms" - 3:32
# "In My Arms" (Spitzer remix) - 5:05
# "In My Arms" (Sebastian Leger mix) - 7:05

UK CD single #1
(CDR6756; May 5 2008)
# "In My Arms" - 3:32
# "Can't Get You out of My Head" (Greg Kurstin remix)

UK CD single #2
(CDRS6756; May 5, 2008)
# "In My Arms" - 3:32
# "In My Arms" (Death Metal Disco Scene remix) - 5:42
# "In My Arms" (Sebastien Leger mix) - 7:05
# "In My Arms" music video

UK 7" coloured vinyl
(R6756; May 5, 2008)
# "In My Arms" - 3:32
# "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (Greg Kurstin Remix)

Australian CD
(5144281962; April 26 2008)
# "In My Arms" - 3:32
# "In My Arms" (Death Metal Disco Scene remix) - 5:42
# "In My Arms" (Sebastien Leger mix) - 7:05
# "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (Greg Kurstin remix)

UK Digital bundle #1
(May 5, 2008)
# "In My Arms" - 3:32
# "In My Arms" (Chris Lake Vocal mix) - 6:35
# "In My Arms" (Sebastien Leger remix) - 7:05
# "In My Arms" (Steve Pitron & Max Sanna mix) (Short) - 6:43
# "In My Arms" (Spitzer remix) (Radio Edit) - 3:29
# "In My Arms" (Death Metal Disco Scene remix) - 5:41

UK Digital bundle #2
(May 5, 2008)
# "In My Arms" - 3:32
# "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (Greg Kurstin remix)

Charts

Release history

Personnel

The following people contributed to "In My Arms": ["X" (CD liner notes). Parlophone. November 2007.]
* Kylie Minogue – lead vocals
* Richard Stannard, Calvin Harris - production
* Geoff Pesche - mastering

References

External links

* [http://www.kylie.com Official website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwskd9947zc In My Arms Music Video]