| "Arrow Through Me" | ||||
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| Single byWings | ||||
| from the albumBack to the Egg | ||||
| B-side | "Old Siam, Sir" | |||
| Released | 14 August 1979 (1979-08-14) (US) | |||
| Recorded | 12–17 July 1978 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:37 | |||
| Label | Columbia (US) | |||
| Songwriter | Paul McCartney | |||
| Producer | Paul McCartney | |||
| Wings singles chronology | ||||
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"Arrow Through Me" is a song by the British–American rock bandWings, released on their 1979 albumBack to the Egg.[5]
"Arrow Through Me", unlike most songs onBack to the Egg, is more pop-oriented than rock-oriented.[6]
"Arrow Through Me", harmonically it is almost likeDuke Ellington could have written it.
— Laurence Juber,Daytrippin'[7]
Ultimate Classic Rock contributor Nick DeRiso compared the keyboard bass line to those ofStevie Wonder and also praised the "inventive undulatingpolyrhythm" played by drummerSteve Holley.[8] DeRiso rated "Arrow Through Me" to be Wings' 8th greatest song.[8]Billboard described it as "a light and bouncy midtempo tune with sparse orchestration."[9]Cash Box called the song "a slightly quirky tune" and said that the instrumentation creates a "somber but light backing for the pleading vocals.[10]Record World called it a "unique and throroghly refreshing McCartney effort" whose rhythm "struts while the keyboards ring and bold horn charts inject energy."[11]
It was the A-side of the second US single released fromBack 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 movieOh! Heavenly Dog, starringChevy Chase,Jane Seymour andBenji. In 2010, neo-soul artistErykah Badu sampled "Arrow Through Me" on an album track called "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" on her CDNew Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh). It also appeared in theWKRP in Cincinnati episode "God Talks to Johnny" (1979).[13]
In 2020, the song appeared in episode 2 (track 2) ofHulu's TV series adaptation ofNick Hornby's novelHigh Fidelity starringZoë Kravitz.[14]
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Arrow Through Me" is impeccably suave mall-funk fromBack to the Egg...
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