"Open Your Arms" is a 1988 single by Scottish

Scotland

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 alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie were a Scottish 1980s and 1990s rock group formed in Bathgate, near Edinburgh, Scotland...

. It was their second major label single recorded for EMI

EMI

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's Capitol Records

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.

"Open Your Arms" later featured on the band's debut album Good Deeds and Dirty Rags

Good Deeds and Dirty Rags

Good Deeds and Dirty Rags is the first album from the Scottish group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie. It was released in the UK in 1989 and is therefore from the same era as a number of other Scottish bands including Deacon Blue, Hue and Cry and Danny Wilson...

which was released the following year. In 1991, after Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie had signed to Gary Kurfirst

Gary Kurfirst

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's Radioactive Records

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, "Open Your Arms" was remixed and featured on their debut international album release, the self titled Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie.

Track listings

• UK 7" single Capitol Records CL 513
• UK 7" single Capitol Records CLG 513 (Gatefold sleeve)

1. "Open Your Arms" - 3:37
2. "Secrets" - 3:44

• UK 12" single Capitol Records 12CL 513
• UK 12" single Capitol Records 12CLP 513 (Picture disc)

1. "Open Your Arms" - 3:37
2. "Secrets" - 3:44
3. "Amsterdam" - 3:25 (Jaques Brel/Mort Shuman
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• UK 12" single Capitol Records 12CLG 513 (Gatefold sleeve)
• UK CD single Capitol Records CDCL 513

1. "Open Your Arms" - 3:37
2. "Secrets" - 3:44
3. "Amsterdam" - 3:25 (Jaques Brel/Mort Shuman)
4. "Pleasure Search" - 3:32

Comprehensive charts

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	"Open Your Arms"	UK CIN Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	#92

External links

• Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie website
• "Open Your Arms" music video at YouTube
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• "Open Your Arms" discography