These Arms of Mine (LeAnn Rimes song)
{{Infobox song
| name = These Arms of Mine
| cover = LRTheseArmsofMine.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = LeAnn Rimes
| album = Sittin' on Top of the World
| released = November 21, 1998
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 4:30
| label = Curb
| writer =
- Gail Thompson
- Jeff Tweel
| producer = Wilbur C. Rimes
| prev_title = Feels Like Home
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Written in the Stars
| next_year = 1999
}}
"These Arms of Mine" is a song by American country singer LeAnn Rimes, released as the final single from her third studio album, Sittin' on Top of the World. The song was released to radio on November 21, 1998.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAoEAAAAMBAJ&q=LeAnn+Rimes+These+Arms+of+Mine+single&pg=PA33|title=Billboard - Google Books|date=November 28, 1998|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=May 3, 2020|pages=33}}
Critical response
Chuck Taylor of Billboard wrote a positive review of the song complimenting Rimes' vocal performance, comparing the song to her lead single "Blue", calling the song just as "passionately delivered and altogether satisfy" and a "beautifully written traditional-drenched song".{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=LeAnn+Rimes+These+Arms+of+Mine+single+review+billboard&pg=PA27|title=Singles Reviews and Previews - LeAnn Rimes "These Arms of Mine"|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|date=November 21, 1998|magazine=Billboard|pages=27|access-date=November 4, 2023}} Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, when reviewing the album, that the song hardly felt like a country song despite its use of steel guitars.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sittin-on-top-of-the-world-mw0000036305#review|title=LeAnn Rimes – Sittin' on Top of the World Review|last=Thomas Erlewine|first=Stephen|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=November 4, 2023}}
Commercial performance
The song also peaked at number 52 on Canada's RPM Country Single chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=LeAnn+Rimes&ChartEn=Country+Singles&|title=RPM Country 100|work=RPM|accessdate=November 4, 2023}} In the US, the song peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leann-rimes/chart-history/csi/|title=LeAnn Rimes – Chart History: Country Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 4, 2023}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sittin' on Top of the World.{{cite AV media notes |title=Sittin' on Top of the World |others=LeAnn Rimes |year=1998 |type=liner notes |author=Curb Records |publisher=Curb Records |id=D2-77901}}
- Wilbur C. Rimes – producer
- Dan Wojciechowski – drums
- Bob Gentry – bass
- Milo Dearing – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, fiddle
- Randy Fouts – piano
- Gary Leach – background vocals
- Rita Baloche – background vocals
- Terry Casburn – background vocals
- Gail Thompson – songwriter
- Jeff Tweel – songwriter
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for "These Arms of Mine" !scope="col"|Chart (1998) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"|Canada Country Tracks (RPM)
| align="center" | 52 |
|---|
| scope="row"|US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)
| align="center"| 41 |