With Arms Wide Open

"With Arms Wide Open" is a song composed by the band Creed, featured on the album Human Clay. Scott Stapp composed the lyrics when he found out he was going to be a father. Her son would later gain the name "Jagger". "With Arms Wide Open" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks for four weeks in July 2000. A month later, the song was featured on Billboard Top 40 Mainstream. In September of that year, it was announced that Creed would release a limited edition of the single "With Arms Wide Open", with part of the proceeds benefiting Scott Stapp's Wide Arms Wide Open foundation, to "promote healthy and loving relationships between children and their families ". In October, the song reached the top 10 and topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 for eight weeks. Finally, the song reached number one on  Billboard  Hot 100 in the week of November 11 of 2000. The song's music video also reached number one on VH1. In February 2001, Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song and the band was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Interpretation of a Duo or Rock Group with Vocalist and being a Grammy winner for best song.

The song ranks fourth on VH1's 25 Greatest Power Ballads.