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"Arrow Through Me" is a song by the British–American rock band Wings, released on their 1979 album Back to the Egg.[3]

"Arrow Through Me"
Single by Wings
from the album Back to the Egg
B-side	"Old Siam, Sir"
Released	14 August 1979 (1979-08-14) (US)
Recorded	12–17 July 1978
Genre	R&B funk[1] soft rock[2]
Length	3:37
Label	Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney Chris Thomas
Wings singles chronology
"Getting Closer" (1979) "Arrow Through Me" (1979) "Rockestra Theme" (1979)

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.

— Laurence Juber, Daytrippin'[5]

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

References

External links

• Paul McCartney - Arrow Through Me on YouTube

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