Lay Back in the Arms of Someone
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{{Infobox song
| name = Lay Back in the Arms of Someone
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Smokie
| album = Greatest Hits
| B-side = Here Lies a Man
| released = 18 February 1977{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1977/Music-Week-1977-02-19.pdf|title=Music Week|page=41}}
| recorded = 1976
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Soft rock,{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alan-barton-1616108.html|title=Obituary: Alan Barton|date=18 April 1995|website=The Independent}} pop rock
| length =
| label = RAK
| writer = Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman
| producer =
| prev_title = Living Next Door to Alice
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = It's Your Life
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|opJyRioBHp8|"Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"}}}}
}}
"Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" is a song co-written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, performed by the English band Smokie.
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| align="left"|Chart (1977)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=279}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 |
| align="left"|Austria
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| align="left"|Europe
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| align="left"|Germany
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| align="left"|Netherlands
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| align="left"|Switzerland
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |
| align="left"|Norway
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |
| align="left"|Ireland
| style="text-align:center;"|5 |
| align="left"|UK{{cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 510}} | style="text-align:center;"|12 |
| align="left"|Sweden
| style="text-align:center;"|16 |
| align="left"|New Zealand
| style="text-align:center;"|36 |
= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!Chart (1977) !Position |
| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/dHS3QPH.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|accessdate=13 June 2021}}
|align="center"|69 |
|---|
Cover versions
- The song was covered by American country music artist Randy Barlow in 1979, whose version peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.{{cite web|author=Jason Ankeny |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/randy-barlow-mn0001612889/awards |title=Randy Barlow | Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=1943-03-29 |accessdate=2016-01-26}}
- In 1979 the song was released as a single from Tanya Tucker's album Tear Me Apart, produced by Mike Chapman, but it failed to chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tear-me-apart-mw0000856843 |title=Tear Me Apart - Tanya Tucker | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-01-26}}
- The track also appeared on Juice Newton's 1979 Take Heart album, as well as 1987's Greatest Hits (And More).{{cite web|author=Greg Adams |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/juice-newtons-greatest-hits-and-more-mw0000198013 |title=Juice Newton's Greatest Hits (And More) - Juice Newton | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-01-26}} Newton's version peaked at #80 on the Billboard Country chart.{{cite web | url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Lay+Back+in+the+Arms+of+Someone+by+Juice+Newton&id=113018 | title=Lay Back in the Arms of Someone (Song by Juice Newton) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts }}
- Rick Nelson recorded the song, which appears on the 1981 "Four You" EP and 1986 "Memphis Sessions" LP.
- Savoy Brown covered this song on album "Rock n Roll Warriors" 1981.
- In 1999, Argema released a Czech version.
- Chris Norman included his solo cover of the song on his 2000 studio album "Full Circle".{{cite web|url=http://www.spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Chris+Norman&titel=Full+Circle&cat=a|title=spanishcharts.com - Chris Norman - Full Circle|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}
References
{{Reflist}}
http://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-n-roll-warriors-mw0000063070
External links
{{Smokie}}
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-n-roll-warriors-mw0000063070
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{{Tanya Tucker singles}}
Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
Category:Songs written by Nicky Chinn
Category:Songs written by Mike Chapman
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