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Me and My Arrow

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Chart history
Cover versions
In popular culture
References

{{Infobox song
| name = Me And My Arrow
| cover = Me_and_My_Arrow_-_Harry_Nilsson.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Harry Nilsson
| album = The Point!
| B-side = Are You Sleeping?
| released = March {{Start date|1971}}
| format = 7" single
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 2:03
| label = RCA Victor
| writer = Harry Nilsson
| producer = Harry Nilsson
| prev_title = I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = Without You
| next_year = 1972
}}

"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 three on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[2]

The song was composed as the theme for Oblio, the pointless boy, and his dog, Arrow. Although the song may be a reference to taking a direction and suddenly not knowing where to go, it is in fact about the friendship between Oblio and the dog. It is also a parable for discrimination.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

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, 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

1. ^¹{{cite web|last1=Greenwald|first1=Matthew|title=Me and My Arrow|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/me-and-my-arrow-mt0034065982|publisher=AllMusic}}
2. ^{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=177}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5375&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5375.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5375|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1971-04-24 |accessdate=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. ^https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hsx/2011/01/To-The-Point---Plymouth-Arrow/3694531.html

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