"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is a power ballad written by
    Nick Van Eede and introduced by his band, Cutting Crew, in
    1986. It was their biggest hit, peaking at #1 in the United
    States, Canada and Norway, and reaching the top five in the UK,
    South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland.
    Vocalist Nick Van Eede founded the group along with Canadian
    guitarist Kevin Scott MacMichael in 1985, and the two made
    demos that led to a recording contract, before bassist Colin
    Farley and drummer Martin Beadle joined in 1986. The band
    recorded and released an album of all original material that
    same year, and had an international hit.
    The words "I just died in your arms tonight" originally came
    to Van Eede while he was having sex with his girlfriend,
    "death" being an often-used metaphor for orgasm. Writing down
    the phrase, Van Eede later used it as the hook to "(I Just)
    Died In Your Arms."
    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 May 2, 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.
    Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is featured in
    the 1999 film 
    Never Been Kissedstarring Drew Barrymore, as well as the
    2007 movie 
    Hot Rod. It is also featured in the video games 
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City(2002) and 
    Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol
    Encore(2008).
    The song was also featured in a season 25, episode 14
    Saturday Night Live sketch titled "Wedding Singers." The sketch
    featured Will Ferrell and Horatio Sanz as musicians who kept
    starting the song before their cue. Finally, when they are
    given the cue, they confess that they only remember the first
    two sentences of the song.