I was always thrilled when an ABC track came on the radio back in the 80s. Although I loved their music, for some reason I never bought any of their records. I did buy a lot of Now That's What I Call Music compilation albums, and I guess they were better value for money than buying individual singles.
This song features a stunning Trevor Horn bassline and production. Poison Arrow was the 80's band's follow-up single to Tears Are Not Enough and was taken from their most successful album Lexicon Of Love.
Featuring backing vocals by Karen Clayton, the song reached No.6 in the UK Singles Chart, but faired slightly better in
Australia reaching No.4 and also reached No.5 in New Zealand.
Overall, ABC charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band's last U.S. hit single was in 1987 with When Smokey Sings, which peaked at #5. In the UK, One Better World was their last Top 40 hit reaching #32 in the singles chart.
