Editing Back in My Arms Again

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Back in My Arms Again
| cover      = The-supremes-back-in-my-arms-again-1965-US-vinyl.jpg
| alt        =
| border     = yes
| caption    = US picture sleeve
| type       = single
| artist     = [[the Supremes]]
| album      = [[More Hits by The Supremes]]
| B-side     = [[Whisper You Love Me Boy]]
| released   = April 15, 1965
| recorded   = February 24, 1965
| studio     = [[Hitsville U.S.A.]], Detroit
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[rhythm and blues]]
| length     = 2:52
| label      = [[Motown]]
| writer     = [[Holland–Dozier–Holland]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Brian Holland]]|[[Lamont Dozier]]}}
| prev_title = [[Stop! In the Name of Love]]
| prev_year  = 1965
| next_title = [[Nothing but Heartaches]]
| next_year  = 1965
| misc       = {{Audio sample
 | type        = single
 | file        = 
 | description = {{ffdc|1=|log=2024 June 14}}
}}
}}

"'''Back in My Arms Again'''" is a 1965 song recorded by [[the Supremes]] for the [[Motown]] label.

Written and produced by Motown's main production team [[Holland–Dozier–Holland]], "Back in My Arms Again" was the fifth consecutive and overall number-one song for the group on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] pop singles chart in the United States from June 6, 1965, through June 12, 1965,<ref>{{cite magazine |year=1965 |title=''Billboard'' Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=77 |issue=24 |page=24 |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |access-date=10 May 2011 }}</ref> also topping the soul chart for a week.

==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/>

==Personnel==
* Lead vocals by [[Diana Ross]]
* Background vocals by [[Florence Ballard]] and [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]]
* All instruments by [[the Funk Brothers]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0xLAAAAYAAJ|title=The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits|author1=Adam White|author2=Fred Bronson|publisher=Billboard Books|year=1993|isbn=9780823082858}}</ref>
**[[Earl Van Dyke]] – piano
**[[Joe Messina]] – guitar
**[[James Jamerson]] – bass
**[[Benny Benjamin]] – drums
**James Gittens – [[vibraphone]]
**[[Mike Terry (saxophonist)|Mike Terry]] – baritone saxophone

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Chart (1965)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|artist=The Supremes|song=Back in My Arms Again|chartid=5667}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Germany|34|artist=The Supremes|song=Stop! In the Name of Love|songid=24511}}
|-
!scope="row" | New Zealand ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCkEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+1965&pg=PA35|title=Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=12|date=21 August 1965}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|artistid=11282|40|artist=Supremes|song=Back in My Arms Again}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=The Supremes}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-supremes/chart-history/bsi/|title=The Supremes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 30, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1

|-
!scope="row" |[[Cashbox (magazine)|US ''Cashbox'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19650605.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|date=June 5, 1965|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row" |[[Cashbox (magazine)|US ''Cashbox'' R&B]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives-r/60s_files/19650605R.html |title=The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|date=June 5, 1965|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1965)
! Rank
|-
!scope="row"| Japan Foreign Hits (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSkEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+supremes+japan&pg=RA1-PA16|title=FOREIGN HITS IN JAPAN 1960-1969|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=J-32|date=December 19, 1970|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1965.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1965/Top 100 Songs of 1965 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|37
|-
!scope="row"| US Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard-1965-International-Record-&-Talent.pdf#page=40 |title=TOP R&B SINGLES OF 1965 (Ratings are based on chart action from Jan. 30 to Oct. 30.)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=40|access-date=January 14, 2022|via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|-
!scope="row"| US ''Cashbox'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1965YESP.html |title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1965 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=2016-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005101409/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1965YESP.html |archive-date=2012-10-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"| US ''Cashbox'' R&B<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives-r/60s_files/1965YESR.html|title=The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1965|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416085644/https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives-r/60s_files/1965YESR.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}} 
{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Supremes|title=Back in My Arms Again|award=|relyear=|certyear=|nocert=yes|id=|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite book|title=American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today |author=Jay Warner |isbn=0634099787 |publisher= [[Hal Leonard Corporation]] |date=2006  |access-date= 23 January 2020 |page=458 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTM_9JTeoMIC&q=supremes+2+million&pg=PA458}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Murrells   |title= Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory  |isbn=9780713438437|publisher= [[B.T. Batsford]] |date= 1984 |access-date= 23 January 2020 |page=215 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ&q=Back%20in%20My%20Arms%20Again}}</ref>}}
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==Later versions==
"Back in My Arms Again" returned to the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in 1978 with a remake by [[Genya Ravan]] on a single (taken from the singer's album ''Urban Desire'') which was Ravan's only Hot 100 entry, peaking at #92.<ref>''Cashbox'' Vol 40 #12 (5 August 1978) "Singles Reviews" p.18</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/genya-ravan|title = Genya Ravan|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

The song almost made the Hot 100 in 1983 via a remake on Motown's Gordy label by female vocal group [[High Inergy]], whose 1977 debut album ''[[Turnin' On]]'' had yielded a Top 20 hit in ("[[You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)|You Can't Turn Me Off]]") and elicited numerous comparisons with the Supremes.<ref>''Atlanta Voice'' 10 September 1977 "History Repeats Itself This Time with High Inergy" p.7</ref><ref>''Los Angeles Times'' 11 December 1977 "Pop News" by Dennis Hunt pp.107-108</ref><ref>''Philadelphia Daily News'' 28 February 1978 "In the Middle of Turning You On" by Mikal Gilmore p.34</ref><ref>''Detroit Free Press'' 21 January 1978 "Critic's Choice? Don't Aske Me" by Shirley Eder p.13-A</ref><ref>''Orlando Sentinel'' 19 May 1978 "Supreme Future for High Inergy?" by Dean Johnson p.1-B</ref> High Inergy remained a [[one hit wonder]] despite the release of seven more albums and 27 more singles. In 1983, the group released what would be their last album, ''[[Groove Patrol]]'', from which a near note-for-note remake of "Back in My Arms Again" was released as a  single<ref>''Cashbox'' vol 65 #9 (30 July 1983) "Singles Reviews" p.8</ref> (the group's last) and reached #105 on the ''Billboard'' [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]] chart  (without ranking on the magazine's [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Back+in+My+Arms+Again+by+High+Inergy&id=100279|title = Back in My Arms Again (Song by High Inergy) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts}}</ref>

"Back in My Arms Again" has also been remade by the [[Michael Stanley Band]] (on ''Greatest Hints'', 1979),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelstanley.com/THE_70S.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228101532/http://www.michaelstanley.com/THE_70S.html |archive-date=2009-02-28 |title=THE 70S}}</ref>[[Nicolette Larson]] (as "Back in My Arms" on ''[[In the Nick of Time (album)|In the Nick of Time]]'' in 1980), by [[Michael Bolton]] (on his [[Michael Bolton (album)|eponymous 1983 album]]), by [[The Forester Sisters]] (on ''[[Perfume, Ribbons & Pearls]]'' in 1986), and by [[Colin James]] (on the ''[[American Boyfriends]]'' soundtrack album in 1989).<ref>{{cite web|author=William Ruhlmann |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/michael-bolton-1983-mw0000652607 |title=Michael Bolton [1983&#93; - Michael Bolton &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2016-09-28}}</ref>

The song was recorded by the all-female American rock group [[Fanny (band)|Fanny]] in early 1973 but their version, produced by [[Todd Rundgren]], remained unreleased until 2002, when it appeared on [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Handmade]]'s limited-edition  Fanny anthology ''First Time In A Long Time: The Reprise Recordings''.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.discogs.com/release/4483625-Fanny-First-Time-In-A-Long-Time-The-Reprise-Recordings | title=Fanny - First Time In A Long Time: The Reprise Recordings | publisher=Discogs.| access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> The outtake was later included on the 2016 reissue of 1973's ''[[Mothers Pride]]''. The song was also covered by [[The Jam]] live at the [[100 Club]] on 11 September 1977, a version released on the six-CD set ''[[Fire and Skill – The Jam Live]]'' in 2015.

==See also==
* [[List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1965 (U.S.)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|OmSbQYNaaho|The Supremes - Back in My Arms Again}}

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