Me and My Arrow explained
| Me And My Arrow |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Harry Nilsson |
| Album: | The Point! |
| B-Side: | Are You Sleeping? |
| Released: | March |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 2:03 |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Harry Nilsson |
| Prev Title: | I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | Without You |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
"Me and My Arrow" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson for his 1970 album The Point![1] It was also released as a single in 1971, reaching number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2]
The song was composed as the theme for The Point, a story about Oblio, the pointless boy, and his dog Arrow.[3]
Chart history
In popular culture
- Sampled in the "Blackalicious" song "Blazing Arrow" on their 2002 album by the same name.[7]
- Featured in the season 24 episode "To Cur with Love" of The Simpsons as the theme for Homer Simpson and his dog Bongo.
- Used in a series of television commercials promoting the Plymouth Arrow compact car.[8] According to the official Twitter account of the Harry Nilsson estate, the songwriter agreed to let Plymouth use the song in exchange for a new car of which Chrysler agreed. The corporation originally balked at Nilsson's request for a Mercedes-Benz instead of a Plymouth but eventually relented.[9]
- Performed by Adrian Belew on the album For the Love of Harry: Everyone Sings Nilsson
Notes and References
- Web site: Greenwald. Matthew. Me and My Arrow. AllMusic.
- Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 177.
- Web site: The Point. IMDb. 10 July 1973.
- Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1971-04-24 . 2018-05-31.
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
- http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19710619.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 19, 1971
- News: Blazing Arrow. 17 May 2023. whosampled.com.
- News: To The Point - Plymouth Arrow. 2 April 2023. hemmings.com. 23 September 2018. Jeff Koch.
- https://twitter.com/OfficialNilsson/status/1031946624199614464 Tuesday, August 21, 2018 social media entry from the official Twitter account of the Harry Nilsson estate explaining the song's use in marketing the Plymouth Arrow.
