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Little Arrows

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"Little Arrows"

SinglebyLeapy 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

"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[edit]

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[edit]

"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[edit]

^ "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.

v t e Albert Hammond
Studio albums	It Never Rains in Southern California The Free Electric Band Albert Hammond
Compilation albums	It Never Rains in Southern California
Singles	"Down by the River" "It Never Rains in Southern California" "The Free Electric Band" "I'm a Train" "99 Miles from L.A." "When I'm Gone"
Songwriting	"Be Tender with Me Baby" "Don't Turn Around" "Gimme Dat Ding" "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" "I Don't Wanna Lose You" "I Need to Be in Love" "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" "Just Walk Away" "Little Arrows" "Lonely Is the Night" "Love Thing" "Make Me an Island" "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" "One Moment in Time" "Room in Your Heart" "Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger" "The Air That I Breathe" "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" "Way of the World" "When I Need You" "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" "Where Were You" "You're Such a Good Looking Woman"
Languages	"Cantaré, cantarás" "Sensualité" "Y Tú También Llorarás"
Related articles	Discography Albert Hammond Jr. John Bettis Mike Hazlewood Holly Knight Carole Bayer Sager The Family Dogg Diane Warren

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