Open Arms

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"Open Arms" is a power ballad by the American rock band Journey, widely recognized as one of their signature songs and a classic of 1980s soft rock.

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Label Occurrences
Open Arms canonical 13
These Open Arms 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf power ballad
single
song
album Escape
artist Journey
associatedWithTour Escape
surface form: Escape Tour
bassist Ross Valory
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 2
composer Jonathan Cain
Steve Perry
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1980s
describedAs classic of 1980s soft rock
one of Journey's signature songs
drummer Steve Smith
genre rock ballad
soft rock
guitarist Neal Schon
hasCoverVersionBy Boyz II Men
Celine Dion
Mariah Carey
Tina Turner
hasLiveVersionOn Journey live albums
hasMusicalFeature emotional vocal performance
prominent piano accompaniment
hasMusicVideo yes
includedIn many 1980s rock ballad compilations
influenced later rock power ballads
isSignatureSongOf Journey
keyboardist Jonathan Cain
language English
leadVocalist Steve Perry
length approximately 3 minutes 18 seconds
lyricist Steve Perry
notableEra MTV era
originalAlbumReleaseDate 1981
partOf Escape
performer Journey
producer Kevin Elson
Mike Stone
recordLabel Columbia Records
Sony Music Entertainment
surface form: Sony Music
releaseDate 1982
tempo slow
theme romantic reconciliation
usedAs concert encore staple for Journey

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Journey notableWork Open Arms
Daydream hasPart Open Arms
Have a Nice Day hasTrack Open Arms
this entity surface form: These Open Arms
SOS hasTrack Open Arms
Don't Stop Believin' followedBy Open Arms
Neal Schon notableSong Open Arms
Steve Perry notableWork Open Arms
Jonathan Cain notableWork Open Arms
Jonathan Cain coWriterOf Open Arms
Escape hasTrack Open Arms
Escape notableSingle Open Arms