Songoftheday 5/8/15 - Her diary sits by the bedside table, the curtains are closed the cat's in the cradle...

"(I Just) Died In Your Arms" - Cutting Crew
from the album Broadcast (1986)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1 (two weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 13

Today's SOTD is by the British rock band Cutting Crew, who came together in the mid-80s under lead singer Nick Van Eede and guitarist Kevin MacMichael, who met in Canada while in different bands. The new group released their debut album Broadcast in 1986, and the first single from the set, "(I Just) Died In Your Arms", written by Van Eede, was inspired by the "afterglow" feeling....

"Died In Your Arms" climbed all the way to #1 on the American pop chart in May of 1987. The track crossed over to both the Mainstream Rock (#4) and Adult Contemporary (#24) radio charts in Billboard magazine, and even nicked the Dance Club Play list at #37. The record also topped the singles chart in Canada, Norway, and Finland, and made the top-10 in Australia, Germany, Ireland, and their native Britain, where it peaked at #4.

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Here's the band performing the song live in 1986...

In 1995, the dance act Intonation featuring Canadian singer Joee' had a minor hit with a cover of the song which went to #86 on the Hot 100 (but was playing on New York radio constantly)...

 Three years later, Swiss techno artist DJ Bobo went to #3 in his home country and top-30 in Germany and Austria with "Where Is Your Love" which interpolates the song...

Singer/songwriter Mika also used the song's melody for his first single, "Relax, Take It Easy", which went to #1 in France and Belgium, #14 on the American Dance chart, and top-10 across Europe in 2006...

..and finally from a recent "Rewind" show in 2013...

Up tomorrow: The Boss helps a rock-loving girl to see the sun.