Song · The Head and the Heart
“Arrow” by The Head and the Heart
From the album Aperture (2025)
“Arrow” by The Head and the Heart appears on 12 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2024 and 2026. It was first released in 2025 on the album Aperture. Its best result is #13 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #16 alternative song of 2025 and #118 of the '20s.
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"Arrow" was the lead single from Aperture, the sixth album by the Head and the Heart, which came out on May 9, 2025, through the band's own Every Shade of Music label under a licensing deal with Verve. It landed before the album had even been announced, and a music video followed a week later, the same day WFPK made it their Song of the Day.
Aperture was the band's first record produced by the band themselves, and "Arrow" carries their production credit with Mike Reina and Shawn Simmons as co-producers and Michael Brauer mixing. The band wrote it with Nate Cyphert and Petey Martin. The album was pitched as a record about hope and resilience, and this song has the open-hearted lift to match.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2024 | 99 |
| 2024 | 83 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2024 | 103 |
| 2024 | 86 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 28 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2024 | 107 |
| 2024 | 16 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2024 | 200 |
| 2025 | 13 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2025 | 99 |
| 2025 | 71 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 23 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 58 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
| 2025 | 47 | 91.3 The Summit Akron, OH | The Summit FM Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 28 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2025 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 252 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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