"These Arms of Mine" is a song by American country singer LeAnn Rimes, released as the final single from her third studio album, Sittin' on Top of the World. The song was released to radio on November 21, 1998.
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Critical response
Chuck Taylor of Billboard wrote a positive review of the song complimenting Rimes' vocal performance, comparing the song to her lead single "Blue", calling the song just as "passionately delivered and altogether satisfy" and a "beautifully written traditional-drenched song". Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, when reviewing the album, that the song hardly felt like a country song despite its use of steel guitars.
Commercial performance
The song also peaked at number 52 on Canada's RPM Country Single chart. In the US, the song peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sittin' on Top of the World.
Wilbur C. Rimes – producer
Dan Wojciechowski – drums
Bob Gentry – bass
Milo Dearing – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, fiddle
Randy Fouts – piano
Gary Leach – background vocals
Rita Baloche – background vocals
Terry Casburn – background vocals
Gail Thompson – songwriter
Jeff Tweel – songwriter