Little Arrows

For the Jimmy Osmond album, see Little Arrows (album).
"Little Arrows"
Single by Leapy Lee
from the album Little Arrows
B-side"Time Will Tell"
ReleasedOctober 1968
GenreCountry, pop
LabelMCA (UK)
Decca (USA/Canada)
Songwriter(s)Albert Hammond
Mike Hazlewood
Leapy Lee singles chronology
"King of the Whole Wide World"
(1966) 		"Little Arrows"
(1968) 		"Here Comes the Rain"
(1969)

"Little Arrows" is a single by English artist Leapy Lee. Released in 1968, it was the first single from his album Little Arrows. Written by Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood.

Chart performance

The song peaked at number 2 in his homeland, number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart,[1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2] as well as the top 20 on the Hot 100.

Chart (1968) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 8
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid Hits Of The Week) 1
South Africa (Springbok)[3] 2
U.K. Singles Chart 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 16
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] 38

Cover versions

  • "Little Arrows" was covered by Irish showband Brendan O'Brien & the Dixies; it reached No. 1 in Ireland in 1968.[6][7]
  • The song was covered by Jimmy Osmond in 1975 as the first single and title track of his album Little Arrows.
  • It was covered in Spain by singer Karina titled "Las Flechas del Amor", arranged by Waldo de los Ríos. This version hit the top of the Spanish charts for 6 weeks on March 29, 1969.
  • In Sweden, the version "Amors pilar" was recorded by Ewa Roos and topped the Swedish singles chart Svensktoppen for 2 weeks in February, 1969. The Swedish lyrics were written by Stikkan Anderson, later manager of ABBA.

References

  1. ^ "Leapy Lee singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  2. ^ "RPM Country Singles for December 16, 1968". RPM. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  3. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 487.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 136.
  6. ^ "Dixies singer was iconic figure of showband era". The Irish Times.
  7. ^ Dunne, Tom (March 11, 2022). "Tom Dunne: An era in Irish music when a 'British Invasion' was welcome". Irish Examiner.



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