"No Arms Can Ever Hold You" is a song by English

soft rock Soft rock is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. S ...

musician

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 ...

, released as a single from his 1986 album, ''

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''. The song, produced and written by

Dieter Bohlen Dieter Bohlen (; born Dieter Günter Bohlen, 7 February 1954) is a German songwriter, producer, singer and television personality. He first achieved fame as a member of pop duo Modern Talking in the 1980s, and has since produced numerous German a ...

, one half of

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, peaked at No. 52 in Germany. The song also became very popular in the Philippines. Norman is highly popular in Germany where he scored his most

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s during the 1980s; among them "

", "Sarah", "

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" and the number one, "

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Track listing

German 12" single :A. "No Arms Can Ever Hold You" (Long Version) – 5:27 :B1. "Hunters of the Night" (music by Bohlen, lyrics by Chris Norman) – 4:05 :B2. "No Arms Can Ever Hold You" (Instrumental) – 3:44

Charts

References

1986 songs 1986 singles Chris Norman songs Hansa Records singles Songs written by Dieter Bohlen Song recordings produced by Dieter Bohlen 1980s ballads {{1980s-rock-song-stub