Doris Day filmography with Warners after filming "Young at Heart" (1954) with Frank Sinatra. Day then campaigned for more dramatic parts. Her portrayal of singer Ruth Etting in "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955) with James Cagney, was well received by critics and was a box office hit. However, her follow-up films, Alfred Hitchcock's remake of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), Andrew L. Stone's "Julie" (1956), and George Abbott and Stanley Donen's film version of "The Pajama Game" (1957) were less successful among the critics and the public alike. Day's star attained greater heights with the success of "Pillow Talk" in
Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me UK hit. It also appeared on their 1967 album "Everybody Needs Love", where the song's erotic nature was censored. Critic John Lowe for AllMusic felt the editing "damaged the song's story structure" and "undermined Knight's erotic awareness for the song". The song was also recorded by The Flirtations in 1971 on the Polydor label, and by Scritti Politti featuring rapper Sweetie Irie in 1991 on Virgin Records. Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" is a song and single by American group, Gladys Knight & the Pips written by Barrett Strong,