Poison Arrow

Poison Arrow

Infobox Single
Name = Poison Arrow


Artist = ABC
from Album = The Lexicon of Love
Genre = New Wave
Released = 1982
Recorded = 1981 and 1982
Label = Mercury Records
Writer = ABC
Producer = Trevor Horn
Last single = "Tears Are Not Enough" (1981)
This single = "Poison Arrow" (1982)
Next single = "The Look of Love (Part One)" (1982)

"Poison Arrow" is a New Wave single released by ABC in 1982 and also included on their 1982 debut album, "The Lexicon of Love". It reached #6 on the UK singles chart and #4 in Australia. Karen Clayton provides the backing vocals.

The single was released in the UK on 7" only; however a subsequent U.S. 12" remix (also known as the "Jazz Remix") appears on several ABC compilations and as a bonus track on reissues of "The Lexicon of Love".

Trivia

*The song is featured in the 2002 PlayStation 2 videogame "" as part of the New Wave radio station Wave 103.
*It also appears on a McDonalds advert shown in the United Kingdom in 2006.
* Poison Arrow often accompanies the BBC's coverage of the BDO world professional darts championship.


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