Angel (Eurythmics song)

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"Angel"
Single by Eurythmics
from the album We Too Are One
B-side"Angel" (Choir Version)
Released23 April 1990
RecordedDecember 1988
Length5:14
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurythmics singles chronology
"The King and Queen of America"
(1990) 		"Angel"
(1990) 		"(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry"
(1990)
Music video
"Angel" on
YouTube

"Angel" is a song by British

David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart and Jimmy Iovine. The song was released as the album's fourth UK single on 23 April 1990,[1]
and would be the duo's final single for almost a decade (discounting the re-release of two older singles the following year). It was also released as the second single from the album in the United States.

Lennox said in an interview at the time that the song was inspired by the death of her aunt, as she sings about a woman who has killed herself and now has "gone to meet her maker". The

seance and running through a burning house, and was not widely seen in the US (not shown at all on MTV) supposedly due to several scenes depicting the occult
.

"Angel" peaked at number 23 on the

UK Singles Chart, though failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100
.

Lennox re-recorded the song in 1997 for the Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute album.

Track listings

  • CD single
  1. "Angel" (Album Version) – 5:13
  2. "Missionary Man" (Acoustic) – 3:45
  3. "Angel" (Choir Version) – 5:48
  • 7-inch single
A. "Angel" (Album Version) – 5:13
B. "Angel" (Choir Version) – 5:48
  • 12-inch single
A. "Angel" (Album Version) – 5:13
B1. "Missionary Man" (Acoustic) – 3:45
B2. "Angel" (Choir Version) – 5:48

Charts

Chart performance for "Angel"
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)[2] 53
Ireland (IRMA)[3] 25
UK Singles (OCC)[4]
 23

References

  1. ISSN 0144-5804
    .
  2. OCLC 29800226
    – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Eurythmics". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Eurythmics: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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