Controversially, one of my favourite Wings albums is their final one, Back to the Egg, and one of my favourite songs on it is the soulful groove-driven 'Arrow Through Me'. I was surprised, on hearing the episode of ‘Take It Away: The Complete Paul McCartney Podcast’ devoted to the album to hear the show’s hosts say they didn’t like Macca’s vocal performance on this song when, for me, it’s part of what makes it so good; it fits the feel of it perfectly. I really favour the sound of Paul’s voice around this time, particularly on the more belty numbers, as there’s more grit in there than usual (a sound he definitely plays with on this song, despite it being less of a rocker). I only learnt recently that 'Arrow Through Me' doesn’t have any guitars on it, not even a bass, which I also found surprising, as there's a warmth to the recording that you wouldn’t expect from an almost entirely keyboard-based number. What makes the song for ...
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