Arms Christina Perri Lyrics

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'Arms'byfrom the albumReleasedMarch 15, 2011FormatRecorded2009-2010-Length4: 21 (album version)4:00 (radio edit)Christina Perrisingles chronology'(2010)' Arms'(2011)'(2011)' Arms' is a song by American singer-songwriter. The song was written by Perri herself, and serves as the second single from her debut album (2011). The song debuted on the at number 94.

The song's accompanying music video debuted on April 28, 2011 on. 'Arms' then made a comeback in 2017 reaching #36 on the iTunes chart passing Auli'i Cravalho's 'How Far I'll Go' from the movie (2017). Contents.Background 'Arms' was written by Perri with musical arrangements from J. The song was released onto March 15, 2011 and was additionally released in a form, the same day as the single release. Composition Like previous single ', 'Arms' is built around a piano melody. Although the song 'packs a little less venom' than Perri's lead single, it still lyrically contains the 'crazy' lovesick emotions typically referred to Perri's style of music.

The song begins as a slow love song and transgresses into an up-tempo track as kick-drums enter the song midway through. Lyrically, Perri begins the song in a happy tune, singing 'I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart / You came around and you knocked me off the ground from the start.'

More into the song, Perri begins to question the relationship, ultimately finding comfort as she ends the song repeating the hook. 'Arms' progresses from a folky ballad to a nicely paced melodic love song, incorporating timpani drums.Perri described the song in depth, stating 'Arms' is about the fight between your heart and your mind. Your heart wants to be loved but your head is always telling you reasons not to be with him or her, or how you are not worth the love. It's about the struggle and finally giving in when you're wrapped in their arms.

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Then you get it. Then you feel loved and love wins.' Critical reception 'Arms' garnered generally positive reviews by critics, most of which favored the change in pace for Perri, who took a happier pace with the song. On the day of the songs premier, compared the song to that of. While reviewing the album, Kyle Anderson of listed 'Arms' as a mandatory download from the album, calling it 'chimming'. Amorosi of enjoyed Perri's hushed voice and changing backup spare arrangement on 'Arms'. Stating that the song is filled with 'dusty gallop of guitar and jangling piano', Chad Grischow of stated that the song pushes Perri innocent and melodic vocals which makes for one of the better love songs off Lovestrong.

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Music video Perri revealed on her blog that an 'epic music video' is coming soon. The music video for the single was shot over a two-day period that Perri described as 'a two-day shoot that kicked my ass so hard.' Perri had co-written the video treatment herself. Speaking of the concept of the video, Perri stated that she took a physical pummeling as she played a super-hero during the shoot, where she jokingly added 'I don’t know why I think I’m an action hero.' For the flying scenes, she was involved in weeks of training. The song music video premiered on on April 28, 2011. The video then appeared all weekend on VH1's 'Top 20 Countdown', April 30, May 1 and May 3.

The video was added to Perri's official account the day following the videos official release. Synopsis and reception The video begins with Perri lying down in a bed with her boyfriend (played by actor and model, John Andersson) as she sings the words of the song looking directly into the camera. As the camera zooms out, it shows that the bed is located in a mountain meadow. As Perri closes her eyes to sleep, the video then begins to take on a dream-sequence theme. In her dream, Perri is being carried away in her bed sheets over a body of water where she is dropped.

Scenes of Perri bothered as she sleeps are interlaced into the video as it continues. As Perri continues to dream, she emerges from the water into a stormy night and is pulled onto a boat by two unknown men who begin to play instruments to the song's beat.

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As Perri performs on the boat, a cluster of black balloons wrap a black ribbon around Perri's arm, and carry her away into the sky over London and then over an open field. Aprs download. As Perri approaches the open field, she frees herself from the balloons' ribbon and falls safely onto a. Perri then drives the Mini back to the location of her bed and runs into the arms of her boyfriend who is played by actor and model, John Andersson as part of the music video's ending.stated that conceptually, the video is a 'winner', adding that the most enjoyable parts of the video are the vocal close-ups, which allow Perri to sing her song. VH1 dismissed the rain sequence of the video as Perri is rescued onto the boat, saying it 'doesn't seem particularly necessary' but complimented the addition of the band.The video has so far, as of April, 2017, been viewed 49.2 million times on Perri's official account.

Lyric video Perri revealed a lyric music video for the single as well, released on March 15, 2011. The video was directed by Elliot Sellers, who additionally made lyric videos for others songs release by Perri. The video took over 3,000 photos to make. The entire video is shot behind an old fashioned, were the songs lyrics are projected upon a blank tent-side.Charts. Retrieved 2011-04-30. ^ Jayvee.

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