Released 1983 Length 4:20 "Other Arms"
(1) "In the Mood"
(2) | Genre Rock Label Es Paranza | |
Writer(s) Robbie Blunt, Robert Plant | ||
"Other Arms" is a rock song performed by English rock singer Robert Plant, the first track from his 1983 album The Principle of Moments. It was Plant's first number-one hit on the Billboard Top Tracks chart.
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According to the book What'd I Say: The Atlantic Story, Atlantic Records intended to release "Other Arms" as a single, but Plant refused, not wanting to be pigeonholed as a hard rock artist. Instead, two slower-tempo songs from The Principle of Moments were released: "Big Log" and "In the Mood". Both became top-ten hits on the Mainstream Rock chart and top-fifty hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite not being released as a single, "Other Arms" became a number-one hit on the Mainstream Rock chart. It reached the number-one spot on August 13, 1983, ending the 9-week chart-topping run of "Every Breath You Take" by The Police.
The song was written by Plant and guitarist Robbie Blunt. The lyrics do not include the song's title; instead the chorus features the repeated line "lay down your arms".