Little Arrows
| "Little Arrows" | ||||
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| Single by Leapy Lee | ||||
| from the album Little Arrows | ||||
| B-side | "Time Will Tell" | |||
| Released | October 1968 | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Label | MCA (UK) Decca (USA/Canada) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Albert Hammond Mike Hazlewood | |||
| Leapy Lee singles chronology | ||||
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"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
- ^ "Leapy Lee singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "RPM Country Singles for December 16, 1968". RPM. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 487.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 136.
- ^ "Dixies singer was iconic figure of showband era". The Irish Times.
- ^ Dunne, Tom (March 11, 2022). "Tom Dunne: An era in Irish music when a 'British Invasion' was welcome". Irish Examiner.
