<P> `` Cupid '' is a song by American singer Sam Cooke , released on May 16 , 1961 . It charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 20 on the Hot R&B Sides chart ; the track performed best in the United Kingdom , peaking at number seven on the UK Singles Chart . Cooke 's producers had asked him to write a song for a girl they had seen on a Perry Como TV show -- but once they heard her sing , they kept `` Cupid '' for Cooke himself . It was Cooke 's idea to drop in the sound of an arrow being fired `` straight to my lover 's heart . '' Personnel on the recording included Cooke 's session regulars Clifton White and Rene Hall on guitar , Clifford Hills on bass , Earl Palmer on drums and Joseph Gibbons on guitar and banjo . </P>
<P> `` Cupid '' is a song by American singer Sam Cooke , released on May 16 , 1961 . It charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 20 on the Hot R&B Sides chart ; the track performed best in the United Kingdom , peaking at number seven on the UK Singles Chart . Cooke 's producers had asked him to write a song for a girl they had seen on a Perry Como TV show -- but once they heard her sing , they kept `` Cupid '' for Cooke himself . It was Cooke 's idea to drop in the sound of an arrow being fired `` straight to my lover 's heart . '' Personnel on the recording included Cooke 's session regulars Clifton White and Rene Hall on guitar , Clifford Hills on bass , Earl Palmer on drums and Joseph Gibbons on guitar and banjo . </P>
who sang the song cupid draw back your bow
who sang the song cupid draw back your bow
American singer Sam Cooke
American singer Sam Cooke