Me and My Arrow

"Me And My Arrow"
"Me And My Arrow"
Single by Harry Nilsson
from the album The Point!
B-side	"Are You Sleeping?"
Released	March 1971
Genre	Pop
Length	2:03
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Harry Nilsson
Producer(s)	Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson singles chronology

"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 protagonist Oblio, the pointless boy, and his dog Arrow.

Chart history

Chart (1971)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	52
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[3]	18
Canada RPM Top Singles	17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[4]	34
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	3
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[5]	27

Cover versions

1977 – Diana Ross, in the medley "The Point", from An Evening with Diana Ross
1991 – Lou Barlow, as Sentridoh on the Ghost Of A Rollercoaster compilation.
1995 – Adrian Belew, For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson^[1]
2014 – Darren Hayman, DOG E.P.
2016 – Loch Lomond, Pens from Spain
2017 – Heather Trost, Agistri

In popular culture

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.^[6]
Blackalicious sampled the song on "Blazing Arrow".

References

^ ^a ^b Greenwald, Matthew. "Me and My Arrow". AllMusic.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 177.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-04-24. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 19, 1971
^ https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hsx/2011/01/To-The-Point---Plymouth-Arrow/3694531.html

[AllMusic-1] Greenwald, Matthew. "Me and My Arrow". AllMusic.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 177.

[3] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-04-24. Retrieved 2018-05-31.

[4] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[5] Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 19, 1971

[6] ttps://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hsx/2011/01/To-The-Point---Plymouth-Arrow/3694531.html

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Studio albums	Spotlight on Nilsson Pandemonium Shadow Show Aerial Ballet Harry Nilsson Sings Newman The Point! Nilsson Schmilsson Son of Schmilsson A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night Pussy Cats Duit on Mon Dei Sandman ...That's the Way It Is Knnillssonn Flash Harry Losst and Founnd
Soundtracks	Skidoo The Point! Son of Dracula Popeye
Remixes	Aerial Pandemonium Ballet
Compilations	Early Tymes Nilsson The RCA Albums Collection
Singles	"All for the Beatles" "Sixteen Tons" "Without Her" "You Can't Do That" "River Deep – Mountain High" "One" "Everybody's Talkin'" "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City" "Me and My Arrow" "Without You" "Jump into the Fire" "Coconut" "Spaceman" "As Time Goes By" "Subterranean Homesick Blues" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Many Rivers to Cross" "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Sail Away" "Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours (medley)"
Other songs	"Gotta Get Up" "Old Dirt Road" "The Puppy Song" "Ten Little Indians" "This Could Be the Night" "You're Breakin' My Heart"
Collaborations	Pussy Cats Every Man Has a Woman Ringo Son of Dracula Walls and Bridges Goodnight Vienna Ringo's Rotogravure Stop and Smell the Roses Two Sides of the Moon Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films
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