Back in My Arms Again

Album: More Hits by The Supremes (1965)
Charted: 40 1
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  • (Oooooh!)

    All day long, I hear my telephone ring
    Friends calling giving their advice
    From the boy I love, I should break away
    'Cause heartaches, he'll bring one day

    I lost him once through friends' advice
    But it's not gonna happen twice
    'Cause all advice ever gotten me
    Was really long and sleepless nights
    (Oooooh!)

    But now, he's back in my arms again
    Right by my side
    I got him back in my arms again
    So satisfied
    (Oooooh!)

    It's easy for friends to say let him go
    But I'm the one who needs him so
    It's his love that makes me strong
    Without him, I can't go on

    This time, I'll live my life at ease
    Being happy loving whom I please
    And each time we make romance,
    I'll be thankful for a second chance
    (Oooooh!)

    'Cause he's back in my arms again
    Right by my side
    I got him back in my arms again
    So satisfied
    (Oooooh!)

    How can Mary tell me what to do
    When she lost her love so true?
    And Flo, she don't know
    'Cause the boy she loves is a Romeo

    I listened once to my friends' advice
    But it's not gonna happen twice
    'Cause all advice ever gotten me
    Was really long and sleepless nights
    (Oooooh!)

    I got him back in my arms again
    Right by my side
    I got him back in my arms again
    So satisfied
    (Oooooh!)

    I'm satisfied
    So satisfied, I'm satisfied
    I'm satisfied, so satisfied Writer/s: Brian Holland, Edward Jr. Holland, Lamont Herbert Dozier
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 28th 1965, the New York City disc jockey Murray the K's television special, 'It's What's Happening, Baby!', was aired on the CBS-TV network...
    One of the eighteen acts to appear on the show were the Supremes; at the time the trio's "Back In My Arms Again" was at #15 on Billboard’s Hot Top 100 chart, twenty-two days earlier on June 6th, 1965 it had peak at #1 {for 1 week} and it stayed on the chart for 11 weeks...
    As already stated it was the trio's fifth straight #1 record; their next release, "Nothing But Heartaches", peaked at #11 but then they bounced right back with "I Hear a Symphony", for it peaked at #1 for two weeks.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyPolish born singer Genya Ravan covered this song in 1978 and had a very minor hit with it, peaking only at No. 92 on Billboard...
  • Mark Desjardins from Vancouver, BceBay has current listings for the original Supremes bread wrapper for much less, curently $38.00. As well, there is a fantastic picture of the Supremes eating the bread listed under Vintage Photos - Supremes. Good luck!
  • Kristin from Bessemer, AlThis song was recorded on December 1, 1964, before "Stop! In the Name of Love", but wasn't released by Motown until April 15, 1965.
  • Jim from Dearborn Heights, MiAround this time in 1966 Schafer Bread came out with The Supremes white bread special formula with their faces sketched on the plastic wrap this is now a collector's item i saw one for $200.00 dollars at a record store
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