Poison Arrow

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{{Infobox song

| name = Poison Arrow

| cover = Poison Arrow-ABC.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = ABC

| 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

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = * Disco{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/poison-arrow-mt0026687937 |title=ABC – Poison Arrow – Song Review |last=Mason |first=Stewart |work=AllMusic |accessdate=6 August 2015}}

• dance-pop{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/abc-mn0000574597/biography | title=ABC | website=AllMusic | accessdate=7 June 2016 | author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas| author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine }}
• new pop{{cite web|website=The Guardian|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/02/martin-fry-abc-comeback-lexicon-of-live-ii-godfather-part-ii

|title= Martin Fry on ABC's comeback: 'Lexicon of Love II is a kind of Godfather Part II'|author=Kate Mossman|date=2 June 2016|access-date=22 March 2023}}

• orchestral pop{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= Here Comes That Feeling: New Pop|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=533}}
• lounge{{cite book|editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |year=1995 |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|chapter= ABC|publisher=Vintage Books |location=New York |isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages= 4–5}}

| length = 3:24

| label = * Neutron

• Mercury
• Vertigo

| writer = * Martin Fry

• Mark White
• Stephen Singleton
• David Palmer
• Mark Lickley

| producer = Trevor Horn

| prev_title = Tears Are Not Enough

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = The Look of Love

| next_year = 1982

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|a70yJwgQtzo|"Poison Arrow"}}}}

}}

"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{{cite news |newspaper=NME |publisher=IPC Media |location=London, England |page=31 |date=6 February 1982}} 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.