"With Arms Wide Open" is a song composed by the band Creed, featured on the album Human Clay. Scott Stapp wrote the lyrics when he found out that he was going to be a father. His son would be named Jagger. "With Arms Wide Open" topped the BillboardHot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for four weeks in July 2000; a month later it reached the U.S. Top 40. In September, it was announced that Creed would release a limited edition single of "With Arms Wide Open" with some profits benefiting Scott Stapp's With Arms Wide Open Foundation to "promote healthy, loving relationships between children and their families". In October, the song hit the top ten and topped Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart for eight weeks. It hit number one on the Hot 100 on the issue dated November 11 for one week, and the video topped VH1's top ten tracks of 2000. In February 2001, Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. The song was also nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, but lost to U2 for Beautiful Day.

The song was ranked number four on VH1's 25 Greatest Power Ballads.

Staind covered this song. Parodies include "They'll Claw You Open," "When Bars Come Open," "With Blinds Wide Open,"[1] "With Legs Wide Open", and more.

A parody of the song entitled "With Arms Wide Open (Literal Version)" is featured on Youtube in which the lyrics and vocals are changed to match the events in the song's music video.

Kentucky native folk-parody duo, Threat Level Midnight, wrote and recorded a reworded version of the song making light of a breast augmentation entitled "Cut Them Wide Open".

Norwegian comedian Kristian Valen recorded a parody of the song, entitled "My Moms Wide Open". It featured a music video with an elderly woman running around the forest naked.

Christian comedian Tim Hawkins wrote a parody of the song called "My Arms Are Broken."

Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters recorded a humorous cover of the song in which he imitates Scott Stapp's distinctive voice.

Michelle Delamor sang this song during Season 9 of American Idol.

In spring 2010 the Chicago based vaudevillian duo, The Sweet Bina Experience, covered the song using autotune; employing harmonies reminiscent of T Pain.