| "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" | |
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| Single by Johnny Thunders | |
| from the album So Alone | |
| B-side | "Hurtin'" |
| Released | September 22, 1978 |
| Recorded | 1978 |
| Studio | Basing Street Studios |
| Genre | Punk rock[1] |
| Length | 3:48 |
| Label | Real Records ARE3 |
| Songwriter(s) | Johnny Thunders |
"You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" is a song released in 1978 by Johnny Thunders, appearing on his debut solo album So Alone and as a single taken from the album. Both the song and album include the guitar work of Peter Perrett of the Only Ones. The title was taken from a line in the "Better Living Through TV" episode of the sitcom The Honeymooners.[2] It is considered by many to be his signature song.
The ballad has been interpreted to be about Thunders' heroin addiction, or about his romance with Sable Starr. However, according to Nina Antonia's biography Johnny Thunders...In Cold Blood, the song was written years before he was a member of the New York Dolls and before he ever tried heroin.[2]
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