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Single by XXXTentacion and Lil Pump featuring Maluma and Swae Lee | ||||
Released | October 25, 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2017 | |||
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Length | 3:18 | |||
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"Arms Around You" on YouTube |
"Arms Around You" is a song by American rappers XXXTentacion and Lil Pump featuring Colombian singer Maluma and fellow American rapper and singer Swae Lee.[4] Released on October 25, 2018, it was written by JonFX later sung by Rio Santana. Additional lyrics for my Maluma by engineer Edge, and producers Skrillex, Mally Mall, and JonFX.[4]
The track was originally written and recorded in 2017 with Rio Santana, who appeared on XXXTentacion's ? album, but after his death, the label took over and added other co-features.[5] Lil Pump contacted XXXTentacion's mother Cleopatra Bernard after his death to ask if he could make a song to "honor his legacy", which resulted in the collaboration.[4]
Rap-Up called the track a "global crossover track" featuring "Latin, alternative, hip-hop and pop influences".[4] Michael Saponara of Billboard wrote that XXXTentacion "implements an intoxicating flow mixed with some Spanish over the Mally Mall, Jon FX, handling the reggaeton-tinged track's chorus duties".[6] C. Vernon Coleman II of XXL also felt the track had a "reggaeton feel", with Pump "stunt[ing] heavy as usual" and Swae Lee delivering a "rosy verse".[7] In addition, Winston Cook-Wilson of Spin called the track "house-inflected".[8]
While Ben Kaye of Consequence of Sound labeled it a "Latin-flavored club jam", he also stated that the timing of its release was "a bit of cringeworthy irony" with XXXTentacion's line in the chorus about protecting someone, Kaye said a recently released recording features him "confessing to multiple violent crimes including assaulting his girlfriend and stabbing eight people", though this interpretation of the recording was disputed.[1] Brendan Klinkenberg of Rolling Stone felt that the song is "bland, Latin-inflected pop that reflects none of the talents of its four collaborators" and also called it "a mish-mash of vague pop-in-2018 signifiers without cohering into any sort of artistic statement".[2]
Skrillex initially teased the track on Twitter and previewed the track on his Instagram, but later deleted the post.[9] NME noted that the post featured the hashtag "#LLJ" which stands for "Long Live Jahseh", XXXTentacion's real first name.[10]
A music video for "Arms Around You" was released on November 16, 2018. It was directed by James Lerese and features an animated XXXTentacion.[11]
Credits adapted from Tidal.[12]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[53] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[54] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
France (SNEP)[55] | Platinum | 200,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI)[56] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI)[57] | Platinum | 50,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[58] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV)[59] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP)[60] | Platinum | 10,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[61] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[62] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[63] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |