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"In My Arms" - Bon Jovi
from the album Keep The Faith (1992)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #27 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 7

Today's song of the day comes from the hard rock band from New Jersey, Bon Jovi, whose fifth album had already scored two hits with the title cut "Keep The Faith" and the top ten ballad "Bed Of Roses". The third release from the record would be the uptempo track "In These Arms", which hailed to their earlier years with the tight harmonies and sing-along chorus. Written by the band's guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboard player David Bryan, and singer and leader Jon Bon Jovi, it would be a concert favorite, so much so that the music video is just live footage...

"In These Arms" became the third American top-40 pop hit from Keep The Faith in June of 1993. The song also climbed to #32 on Billboard magazine's Mainstream Rock radio chart. Internationally, the single reached the top ten in Canada (#6), the Netherlands (#7), the UK (#9), Ireland (#10), and Australia (#10). It also made the top-40 in Germany (#14), Austria (#20), Belgium (#22), and Switzerland (#23).

The fourth single from Keep The Faith, the Stones-ish "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead", got to #29 on the American mainstream rock radio chart, but only slipped on the pop list for a month, peaking at #97. But it was a much biggest hit worldwide, reaching the top-20 in Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, Austria, and Finland. That was followed by the most sonically adventurous uptempo track on the album "I Believe", which missed the American charts, but again was a big hit overseas, coming one notch from the top ten in Britain (#11). Finally, the country-rock ballad "Dry County" didn't dent the charts Stateside, but internationally was big, hitting the top ten in Finland (#6), the UK (#9), and Switzerland (#10), as well as #18 in Ireland and #19 in the Netherlands.

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Here's the band appearing live on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 1993 to promote the single...