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Throw Your Arms Around Me
The 1984 Single Released In: [Australia / NZ] Release Date: 1984. Australian Chart Position: [Did Not Enter]. Front Cover:
Back cover: Availability: Extremely rare. Value: A$6-A$35. This is the rarest of the three different "Throw Your Arms Around Me" singles. Generally unknown, a live version. B-side is "The Unbeliever" (live).
The 1986 Single Released In: [Australia / NZ] [USA]. Release Date: 1986. Australian Chart Position: 49. The version usually played on modern rock radio. Front
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Promotional video screen shots: Single Availability: (US version) Extremely rare, (Aus version) Moderately rare. Value: A$6-A$26. B-sides on the Australian single are "Who's On Left?" and "When The Truth Comes Out". B-sides on the US single are dance remixes of "Say Goodbye" and "Is There Anybody In There?".
The 1990 Single Released In: [Australia / NZ]. Release Date: 1990. Australian Chart Position: 34. The version usually played on 'pop' radio. Front
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Promotional video screen shots: Availability: Moderately rare. Value: A$6-A$22. B-sides are "Something To Believe In" and "When The Truth Comes Calling".
"Throw Your Arms Around Me" is the song that Hunters and Collectors are best remembered for - for better or worse. It still gets played at least somewhere in the country at most times of the day. Whenever a "best Australian songs" list comes up, the chances are Throw Your Arms will be in there somewhere. Big names have covered the song - artists such as Pearl Jam and Crowded House, who have sold more records than Hunters and Collectors could have dreamed of. The first version of Throw Your Arms to surface was a very raw very on the live album "The Way To Go Out". It often seems hard to imagine that this extremely raw song went on to become as popular as it is. This version is never played on radio and generally not that well known about. If you are new to Hunters and Collectors, this is NOT the version to start with. Most people who are not fans do not think much of this version at all. Throw Your
Arms was popularised with the 1986 "Human Frailty" version, a more
refined but still decidedly raw guitar driven pop song. This version did not
chart that well (peaked at number 49) but would have contributed a lot towards
sales of "Human Frailty" and is still played on radio today. Modern
rock stations prefer this version to the extremely refined 1990 version. The song itself is meant to be a great love ballad. Personally, I have never really interpreted it strongly in that way. I will leave the reader to take their own interpretation. ~ Stuart
Comments from the "Natural Selection" liner notes (by Mark Seymour): Love songs are hard enough to pull off tastefully. The strength of Arms is in its honesty, and a very simple hooky chorus. Other than that there isn't much else to say. It's personal. Hunters played it with great force and conviction. Though many have covered it, the best version is this live one from 'Under One Roof'.
I will come for you at night time I will squeeze the life out of you We may never meet again I dreamed of you at night time So if you disappear out of view We may never meet again |
