Release date: 1962
"These Arms Of Mine" was the first chart hit for Otis Redding, coming in at #85 on the Hot 100 and #20 R&B. Redding wrote the song, which finds him full of desire as his arms yearn to hold the girl he dreams of. It became Redding's first successful single and sold around 800,000 copies
The song was included on several soundtracks, such as The Boat That Rocked, Perfect Stranger, in the Lost episode "S.O.S.", Glory Road, EDtv, Road House, The Sapphires and most prominently in Dirty Dancing. It is also prominently featured in the TV series 12 Monkeys, including playing in the opening and closing sequence of the series and having an episode named after it.
Album: Pain in My Heart
LYRICS
These arms of mine
They are lonely
Lonely and feeling blue
These arms of mine
They are yearning
Yearning from wanting you
And if you
Would let them
Hold you Oh how grateful I will be
These arms of mine
They are burning
Burning from wanting you
These arms of mine
They are wanting
Wanting to hold you
And if you
Would let them hold you
Ohh how grateful I will be
Come on, come on baby
Just be my little woman (yeah)
Just be my lover I need somebody,
(Somebody) To treat me right
(Ohh) I need your warm loving arms to hold me tight
And I need your tender lips too
Hold me, hold me
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