"Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" is a song co-written by

Nicky Chinn Nicholas Barry Chinn (born 16 May 1945) is an English-American songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several international number- ...

and

Mike Chapman Michael Donald Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian-American record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suzi ...

, performed by the English band Smokie.

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Cover versions

*The song was covered by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Randy Barlow Randy Barlow (March 29, 1943 – July 30, 2020) was an American country music recording artist. Between 1976 and 1983, he released four albums, including three for Republic Records. In the same time span, he charted twenty singles on the '' Billb ...

in 1979, whose version peaked at number 13 on the ''

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chart. *In 1979 the song was released as a single from

Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature int ...

's album ''

Tear Me Apart ''Tear Me Apart'' is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Tanya Tucker released on October 29. 1979. Produced by British rocker Mike Chapman, who along with longtime songwriting partner Nicky Chinn, wrote two of its songs, it ...

'', produced by Nicky Chin and Mike Chapman, but it failed to chart. *The track also appeared on

Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categorieswinning once in 1983as well ...

's 1979 '' Take Heart'' album, as well as 1987's '' Greatest Hits (And More)''. Newton's version peaked at #80 on the Billboard Country chart. *

Rick Nelson Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...

recorded the song, which appears on the 1981 "Four You" EP and 1986 "Memphis Sessions" LP. * Savoy Brown covered this song on album "Rock n Roll Warriors" 1981. *

Chris Norman Christopher Ward Norman (born 25 October 1950) is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the original lead singer of the English rock band Smokie (band), Smokie, (1964–1986), who found success in Europe in the 1970s. "Stumblin' In", a 1978 ...

included his solo cover of the song on his 2000 studio album " Full Circle".

References

http://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-n-roll-warriors-mw0000063070

External links

* http://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-n-roll-warriors-mw0000063070 1977 singles 1979 singles Smokie (band) songs Randy Barlow songs European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles Songs written by Nicky Chinn Songs written by Mike Chapman 1976 songs RAK Records singles {{1970s-pop-song-stub