( I Just ) Died in Your Arms - wikipedia ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms `` ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms '' Single by Cutting Crew from the album Broadcast B - side `` For the Longest Time '' Released 25 July 1986 ( UK ) 1 January 1987 ( US ) Format 7 '' single Recorded February 1986 Genre Rock Length 4 : 39 Label Virgin Songwriter ( s ) Nick Van Eede Producer ( s ) Terry Brown John Jansen Cutting Crew Cutting Crew singles chronology `` ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms '' ( 1986 ) `` I 've Been in Love Before '' ( 1987 ) `` ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms '' ( 1986 ) `` I 've Been in Love Before '' ( 1987 ) Audio sample `` I Just Died in Your Arms '' file help `` ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms '' is a song by the English rock band Cutting Crew. The song was released as the lead single from their debut studio album, Broadcast ( 1986 ). It was first released on 25 July 1986 in the United Kingdom, and then released to the United States on 1 January 1987. The song was written by frontman Nick Van Eede, produced by Terry Brown, John Jansen and the band, and mixed at Utopia Studios in London by Tim Palmer. The power ballad was the band 's biggest hit, peaking at number - one in the United States, Canada and Finland, and reaching the top five in the UK, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland. Contents 1 Background and writing 2 Music video 3 Chart performance 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 References Background and writing The actual words `` I just died in your arms tonight '' originally came to Van Eede while he was having sex with his girlfriend, the French phrase la petite mort, or `` the little death '', being a metaphor for orgasm. After writing down his version of the phrase, he later used it as the opening line to the song as well as using it as the chorus. Music Video There were two music videos produced. The North American version featured artistic fragmented shots using a model, with the band performing to camera. The UK version was filmed both in color as well as in black and white in a film studio. Chart performance First released in Britain, the song peaked at # 4 on the UK charts in August 1986. Upon its release in the United States, the previously unknown band 's debut single shot to number one on 2 May 1987, and stayed there for two weeks. It also reached # 4 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, # 24 on Billboard 's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and ( in a remix version ) # 37 on the Hot Dance / Club Play chart. The song spent three weeks at # 1 in Canada. Weekly charts Chart ( 1986 -- 87 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 8 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 9 Belgium ( VRT Top 30 Flanders ) 19 Canada ( RPM ) Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) Ireland ( IRMA ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 50 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 9 Norway ( VG - lista ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Singles ( The Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Album Rock Tracks US Billboard Adult Contemporary 24 Chart ( 2017 ) Peak position Poland ( Polish Airplay Top 100 ) 42 Year - end charts Chart ( 1986 ) Rank Australia 94 UK 44 Chart ( 1987 ) Rank Canada 7 US Billboard Hot 100 32 References Jump up ^ `` The 21 best power ballads ''. Jump up ^ Bronson, Fred ( 2001 ). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. ISBN 0 - 8230 - 7677 - 6. Retrieved 25 January 2007. Jump up ^ `` Filme online schauen in der Online - Videothek von MyVideo - MyVideo ''. www.myvideo.de. Jump up ^ `` Cutting Crew, `` ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms '' Chart Positions ``. Retrieved January 25, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Cutting Crew -- ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Jump up ^ Belgian peak Archived 9 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Item Display -- RPM -- Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2010. Jump up ^ `` Cutting Crew : ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms '' ( in Finnish ). Musiikkituottajat -- IFPI Finland. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- Cutting Crew Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Cutting Crew -- ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Cutting Crew search results '' ( in Dutch ) Dutch Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- Cutting Crew -- ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms ''. VG - lista. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- Cutting Crew -- ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms ''. Singles Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Cutting Crew -- ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Jump up ^ `` Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia : : Związek Producentów Audio - Video ''. Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 12 June 2017. Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 1993 ). Australian Chart Book 1970 -- 1992 ( doc ) format = requires url = ( help ). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0 - 646 - 11917 - 6. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Singles ''. Music Week. London, England : Spotlight Publications. 24 January 1987. p. 24. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1987 / Top 100 Songs of 1987 ''. www.musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015. Preceded by `` I Knew You Were Waiting ( For Me ) '' by Aretha Franklin and George Michael Billboard Hot 100 number one single 2 May 1987 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` With or Without You '' by U2 Cutting Crew Nick Van Eede Gareth Moulton Joolz Dunkley Jono Harrison Tom Arnold Martyn Barker Nick Kay Mak Norman Gary Barnacle Nik Carter Jack Birchwood Steven Fuller TJ Davis Angela Brooks Kevin MacMichael Colin Farley Martin `` Frosty '' Beedle Tony Moore Studio albums Broadcast Singles `` ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms '' `` I 've Been in Love Before '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=(I_Just)_Died_in_Your_Arms&oldid=804111195 '' Categories : 1986 songs 1986 singles 1987 singles 1995 singles Cutting Crew songs Smokie ( band ) songs Trust Company ( band ) songs Jason Donovan songs Bastille ( band ) songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Number - one singles in Norway RPM Top Singles number - one singles Virgin Records singles Songs about sexuality Debut singles Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Pages using citations with format and no URL Use dmy dates from July 2016 Articles with hAudio microformats Audio sample to be checked Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Finland Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for Sweden Singlechart usages for Swiss Singlechart usages for Poland Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Talk Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা Deutsch Español Français Galego Italiano ქართული Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 6 October 2017, at 20 : 26. 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Question: i just died in your arms tonight meaning of lyrics
Answer: metaphor for orgasm