I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris

"I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" is a song written by <a href="/facts/Morrissey/kJs5qd8o">Morrissey</a> along with <a href="/facts/Boz_Boorer/hlSPTypf">Boz Boorer</a>, the two being responsible for lyrics and music respectively. The song was the first single to be released from Morrissey's 2009 album <a href="/facts/Years_of_Refusal/XKK2NkfT">Years of Refusal</a>. It was recorded in <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a> and produced by <a href="/facts/Jerry_Finn/1FmYCkI5">Jerry Finn</a>, the man behind 2004's <a href="/facts/You_Are_the_Quarry/xsJrhUPY">You Are the Quarry</a>. The single was released on 9 February 2009 and has reached No. 21 on the <a href="/facts/UK_Singles_Chart/s2yyGUlD">UK Singles Chart</a>, and is his last single to reach the UK Top 40. In Scotland the song topped the <a href="/facts/Scottish_Singles_and_Albums_Charts/cTBm6vqg">Scottish Singles Chart</a>, becoming Morrissey's second of three number one singles on that chart, although this was because the Scottish chart at that point only counted physical sales at a time when download sales had become dominant.
The song premiered on <a href="/facts/BBC_Radio_2/UgDIGMh0">BBC Radio 2</a> on 22 December 2008 but made its live debut 17 July 2007 at the Morocco Shrine Auditorium in <a href="/facts/Jacksonville%2c_Florida/u6syYft2">Jacksonville, Florida</a> on the second leg of Morrissey's 2007/2008 'Greatest Hits Tour'. Morrissey often joked that the song was originally written to be his entry to the <a href="/facts/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2007/P4fJ65yJ">2007 Eurovision song contest</a>.

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I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris