I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris

"I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" is a song written by Morrissey along with Boz Boorer, the two being responsible for lyrics and music respectively. The song was the first single to be released from Morrissey's 2009 album Years of Refusal. It was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Jerry Finn, the man behind 2004's You Are the Quarry. The single was released on 9 February 2009 and has reached No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart, and is his last single to reach the UK Top 40. In Scotland the song topped the Scottish Singles Chart, 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.

"I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"
Single by Morrissey
from the album Years of Refusal
B-side
  • "Because of My Poor Education"
  • "Shame is the Name"
  • "Death of a Disco Dancer"
Released9 February 2009
Recorded2007
GenreAlternative rock, indie pop
Length2:30
LabelDecca Records
Songwriter(s)Morrissey, Boz Boorer
Producer(s)Jerry Finn
Morrissey singles chronology
"All You Need Is Me"
(2008)		 "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"
(2009)		 "Something Is Squeezing My Skull"
(2009)

The song premiered on BBC Radio 2 on 22 December 2008 but made its live debut 17 July 2007 at the Morocco Shrine Auditorium in Jacksonville, Florida 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 2007 Eurovision song contest.

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