Editing Back in My Arms Again (section)

==History==
[[Eddie Holland]] of the Holland–Dozier–Holland wrote the basis sketch for "Back in My Arms Again."<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|title=Back in My Arms Again|author=Hogan, Ed|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/back-in-my-arms-again-mt0044845744|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2022-02-08}}</ref>

"Back in My Arms Again" was the last of five Supremes songs in a row to go number one (the others are "[[Where Did Our Love Go]]", "[[Baby Love]]", "[[Come See About Me]]", and "[[Stop! In the Name of Love]]"). The song's [[middle eight]] is almost identical to a later Holland-Dozier-Holland hit, [[The Isley Brothers]] "[[This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)]]".

On the album in which this single appeared, ''[[More Hits by the Supremes]]'', and on the official single, each member is pictured separately on the front cover, with her signature above it.

The Supremes performed the song on ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'', a syndicated daytime program, on May 5, 1965, and again on November 3.<ref>{{Cite episode|title= November 3, 1965| url= http://www.tv.com/the-mike-douglas-show/november-3-1965/episode/862579/summary.html|series= [[The Mike Douglas Show]]| credits= Guest co-host: [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]]|network= [[CBS]] |station= [[WKYC|KYW-TV]]|location = [[Cleveland]]|airdate= 3 November 1965|season= 4| number= 43}}</ref> They performed the song nationally on the [[NBC]] [[variety show|variety program]] ''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo!]]''<ref>{{Cite episode|title= Show #18|url= http://www.tv.com/show-18--host-frankie-avalon/episode/56936/summary.html|series= [[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]|credits= Host: [[Frankie Avalon]]| network= [[NBC]]|station= [[KNBC]]|location= [[Burbank, California]]|airdate= 11 May 1965|season= 1|number= 18}}</ref> on Tuesday, May 11, 1965, peaking on the music charts in the following weeks.

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said that "Back in My Arms Again" has "a strong teen lyric and a powerful vocal performance pitted against a hard rock backing in full support."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Singles Reviews|date=April 24, 1964|accessdate=2022-02-08|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=whisper+you+love+me+boy&pg=PA43}}</ref>  ''[[Cash Box]]'' described it as "a rollicking, pop-r&b romancer about a lucky lass who gets back with her boyfriend after quite a hiatus."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=May 1, 1965 |page=8 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-05-01.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' chose it as one of their "Single Picks of the Week," stating that the Supremes are "unbeatable."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Picks of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=May 1, 1965|page=1|accessdate=2023-07-21|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/65/RW-1965-05-01.pdf}}</ref>  [[Allmusic]] critic Ed Hogan called the rhythm section provided by the [[Funk Brothers]] "tight," the [[saxophone]] played by [[Mike Terry (saxophonist)|Mike Terry]] "rollicking" and the [[vibraphone]] played by [[The Funk Brothers#Detroit musicians|James Gitten]] "dreamy."<ref name=allmusic/>