| Arrow Through Me | |
| Cover: | Arrow Through Me cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Wings |
| Album: | Back to the Egg |
| B-Side: | Old Siam, Sir |
| Released: | (US) |
| Recorded: | 12–17 July 1978 |
| Genre: | |
| Label: | Columbia (US) |
| Producer: | Paul McCartney |
| Prev Title: | Getting Closer |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Rockestra Theme |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"Arrow Through Me" is a song by the British–American rock band Wings, released on their 1979 album Back to the Egg.[5]
"Arrow Through Me", unlike most songs on Back to the Egg, is more pop-oriented than rock-oriented.[6]
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.[7] DeRiso rated "Arrow Through Me" to be Wings' 8th greatest song.[7] Billboard described it as "a light and bouncy midtempo tune with sparse orchestration."[8] Cash Box called the song "a slightly quirky tune" and said that the instrumentation creates a "somber but light backing for the pleading vocals.[9] Record World called it a "unique and throroghly refreshing McCartney effort" whose rhythm "struts while the keyboards ring and bold horn charts inject energy."[10]
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.
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).[12]
In 2020, the song appeared in episode 2 (track 2) of Hulu's TV series adaptation of Nick Hornbys novel High Fidelity starring Zoë Kravitz.[13]
| Chart (1979) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles[14] | 27 | |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[15] | 6 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[16] | 29 | |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary[17] | 29 | |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 36 |
| Chart (1979) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (RPM Chart)[18] | 181 | |
| US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[19] | 178 |
