Poison Arrow

"Poison Arrow"
"Poison Arrow"
Single by ABC
from the album The Lexicon of Love
B-side	"Theme from Mantrap" (UK); "Tears Are Not Enough" (US);
Released	15 February 1982 / 11 January 1983 (US)
Recorded	1981
Genre	Disco; dance-pop; new pop; orchestral pop; lounge;
Length	3:24
Label	Neutron; Mercury; Vertigo;
Songwriter(s)	Martin Fry; Mark White; Stephen Singleton; David Palmer; Mark Lickley;
Producer(s)	Trevor Horn
ABC singles chronology
Music video
	"Poison Arrow" on YouTube

"Poison Arrow" is a song by English pop band ABC, released as the second single from their debut studio album, The Lexicon of Love (1982).

The single was released in the United Kingdom on 15 February 1982^[6] on 7" and 12", with the same mix appearing on both formats; 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.

An alternate, lounge music styled version of this song, entitled "Theme from Mantrap", was released as the B-side of "Poison Arrow" in the United Kingdom, and "The Look of Love" in the United States. The 12" single in the United Kingdom additionally included an instrumental version of "Theme from Mantrap" under the title "Mantrap (The Lounge Sequence)". The band's first hit in the United Kingdom "Tears Are Not Enough" was the B-side of "Poison Arrow" in the United States.

^ Mason, Stewart. "ABC – Poison Arrow – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "ABC". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^ Kate Mossman (2 June 2016). "Martin Fry on ABC's comeback: 'Lexicon of Love II is a kind of Godfather Part II'". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Here Comes That Feeling: New Pop". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). "ABC". Spin Alternative Record Guide. New York: Vintage Books. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
^ NME. London, England: IPC Media. 6 February 1982. p. 31. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[1] Mason, Stewart. "ABC – Poison Arrow – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "ABC". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

[3] Kate Mossman (2 June 2016). "Martin Fry on ABC's comeback: 'Lexicon of Love II is a kind of Godfather Part II'". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

[Stanley_2013-4] Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Here Comes That Feeling: New Pop". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.

[Weisbard_&_Marks_1995-5] Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). "ABC". Spin Alternative Record Guide. New York: Vintage Books. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.

[6] NME. London, England: IPC Media. 6 February 1982. p. 31. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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