Little Arrows

"Little Arrows"
Single by Leapy Lee
from the album Little Arrows
Released 1968
Genre Country, pop
Label Decca
Writer(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. 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]

Chart performance

Chart (1968) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 8
U.K. Singles Chart 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 16

Covers

Little arrows was covered in Spain by the female singer Karina. It has become a well-known melody over the years. It was called "Las Flechas del Amor" and arranged by Waldo de los Ríos. The version hit the number one of the Spanish lists for 6 weeks in March 29, 1969.

References

  1. "Leapy Lee singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  2. "RPM Country Singles for December 16, 1968". RPM. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
Preceded by
"Stand by Your Man"
by Tammy Wynette
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

December 16, 1968
Succeeded by
"I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am"
by Merle Haggard
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