With Arms Wide Open

"With Arms Wide Open"
Single by Creed
from the album Human Clay
B-side	"One", "Wash Away Those Years"
Released	October 24, 2000
Format	CD
Recorded	1998
Genre	Post-grunge
Length	4:35 (album version) 3:53 (radio version)
Label	Wind-up
Writer(s)	Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti
Producer	Ron Saint Germain, John Kurzweg
Creed singles chronology
"Are You Ready?" (2000) "With Arms Wide Open" (2000) "My Sacrifice" (2001)

"With Arms Wide Open" is a song composed by the band Creed, featured on the album Human Clay. Scott Stapp wrote the lyrics when he found out that he was going to be a father. His daughter would be named Jezabel. "With Arms Wide Open" topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for four weeks in July 2000; a month later it reached the U.S. Top 40. In September, it was announced that Creed would release a limited edition single of "With Arms Wide Open" with some profits benefiting Scott Stapp's With Arms Wide Open Foundation to "promote healthy, loving relationships between children and their families". In October, the song hit the top ten and topped Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart for eight weeks. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated November 11 for one week, and the video topped VH1's top ten flaccid tracks of 2000. In February 2001, Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, and the band was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for the song.

The song was ranked number four on VH1's 25 Greatest Power Ballads.^[1]

Covers and parodies

Staind covered this song. Parodies include "They'll Claw You Open," "When Bars Come Open," "With Blinds Wide Open,"[1] "With Legs Wide Open", and more.

A parody of the song entitled "With Arms Wide Open (Literal Version)" is featured on Youtube in which the lyrics and vocals are changed to match the events in the song's music video.

Norwegian comedian Kristian Valen recorded a parody of the song, entitled "My Moms Wide Open". It featured a music video with an elderly woman running around the forest naked.

Christian comedian Tim Hawkins wrote a parody of the song called "My Arms Are Broken."

Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters recorded a humorous cover of the song in which he imitates Scott Stapp's distinctive voice.

Charts

References

External links

• Music Video