music.wikisort.org - Composition"Arrow Through Me" is a song by the British–American rock band Wings, released on their 1979 album Back to the Egg.[3]
1979 single by Wings
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B-side | "Old Siam, Sir" |
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Released | 14 August 1979 (1979-08-14) (US) |
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Recorded | 12–17 July 1978 |
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Length | 3:37 |
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Label | Columbia (US) |
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Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney |
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Producer(s) | Paul McCartney
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Background
"Arrow Through Me", unlike most songs on Back to the Egg, is more pop-oriented than rock-oriented.[4]
"Arrow Through Me", harmonically it is almost like Duke Ellington could have written it.
Ultimate Classic Rock contributor Nick DeRiso compared the keyboard bass line to those of Stevie Wonder and also praised the "inventive undulating polyrhythm" played by drummer Steve Holley.[6] DeRiso rated "Arrow Through Me" to be Wings' 8th greatest song.[6] Billboard Magazine described it as "a light and bouncy midtempo tune with sparse orchestration."[7] Cash Box called the song "a slightly quirky tune" and said that the instrumentation creates a "somber but light backing for the pleading vocals.[8]
Personnel
- Paul McCartney – vocals, synth-bass, electric piano, clavinet[9]
- Steve Holley – drums, Flexatone
- Howie Casey – horns
- Tony Dorsey – horns
- Steve Howard – horns
- Thaddeus Richard – horns
Release
It was the A-side of the second US single released from Back to the Egg and peaked at number 29. The B-side was "Old Siam, Sir", which was the A-side of the first UK single.
Other
The song was used with the opening credits of, and as a main melody line through, the 1980 movie Oh! Heavenly Dog, starring Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour and Benji. In 2010, neo-soul artist Erykah Badu sampled "Arrow Through Me" on an album track called "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" on her CD New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh). It also appeared in the WKRP in Cincinnati episode "God Talks to Johnny" (1979).[10]
In 2020, the song appeared in episode 2 (track 2) of Hulus TV series adaptation of Nick Hornbys novel High Fidelity starring Zoë Kravitz.[11]
Chart history
Weekly charts
Chart (1979) |
Peak position |
Canada RPM Top Singles[12] |
27 |
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[13] |
6 |
US Billboard Hot 100[14] |
29 |
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[15] |
29 |
US Cash Box Top 100 |
36 |
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References
- Hewitt, Paolo (2005). "Ten Solo Gems". NME. NME Originals. 2 (3): 20.
- DeRiso, Nick. "Top 10 Paul McCartney and Wings Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock.
- McCartney: Songwriter ISBN 0-491-03325-7 p. 219
- McCartney: Songwriter ISBN 0-491-03325-7 p. 204
- Terrill, Marshall (10 August 2010). "Exclusive: Ex-Wings guitarist, Laurence Juber, talks about attending 'Paul McCartney University'". Daytrippin' Beatles Magazine.
- DeRiso, Nick. "Top 10 Wings Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. 25 August 1979. p. 75. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 25 August 1979. p. 7. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- "Arrow Through Me (song)". The-paulmccartney-project.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- My Year of Chevy: One Guy's Journey Through the Filmography of Chevy Chase ISBN 978-1-304-16206-9 p. 15
- Gonzales, Erica (28 February 2020). "Here's Every Song on 'High Fidelity,' So You Don't Have to Shazam Every Scene". Harper's BAZAAR.
- "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 20 October 1979. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 13 October 1979. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 157.
- "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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