(I Just) Died in Your Arms

"(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
Single by Cutting Crew
from the album Broadcast
B-side"For the Longest Time"
Released25 July 1986 (1986-07-25)[1]
RecordedFebruary 1986
GenrePop rock
Length4:39
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Nick Van Eede
Producer(s)
Cutting Crew singles chronology
"(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
(1986)
"I've Been in Love Before"
(1986)
Audio sample

"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is the debut single by the English pop rock band Cutting Crew, released in July 1986 as a single from their debut studio album, Broadcast. The song was written by frontman Nick Van Eede, produced by Terry Brown, John Jansen and the band, and mixed at Utopia Studios in London by Tim Palmer.

The power ballad[2] is the band's biggest hit, peaking at No. 1 in the United States, Canada, Norway, and Finland, and reaching the top five in Germany, Ireland, the UK, South Africa, Sweden, and Switzerland.

  1. ^ "Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died in Your Arms (1986, Vinyl)". Discogs.
  2. ^ "Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart and the 20 other best power ballads". The Telegraph. 23 July 2015.