Angel (Eurythmics song)

"Angel" is a song recorded by the British pop music duo Eurythmics. It was written by band members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart and produced by Stewart and Jimmy Iovine. The song appears on Eurythmics' We Too Are One album and was released as its fourth UK single in May 1990, 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 US.

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 music video, directed by Sophie Muller, features the duo taking part in a 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 twenty-three on the UK singles chart, though failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart^[1]	77
French Singles Chart^[2]	73
Irish Singles Chart^[3]	25
UK Singles Chart^[4]	23

Official Versions

1. "LP Version" (5:15); 2. "Radio Edit" (4:35) - from the US PROMO CD (1989); 3. "Choir Version" (5:52) - UK 7" B-side - later re-released on the (Remastered Version) of "We Too Are One" (2005)

References

↑ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
↑ "InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste". infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
↑ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
↑ "Eurythmics - Angel". Chart Stats. 1990-06-16. Retrieved 2011-06-09.

Eurythmics

Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Studio albums	In the Garden Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Touch Be Yourself Tonight Revenge Savage We Too Are One Peace

Other albums	Touch Dance 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) Live 1983–1989

Compilations	Greatest Hits Ultimate Collection Boxed

Singles	"Never Gonna Cry Again" "Belinda" "This Is the House" "The Walk" "Love Is a Stranger" "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" "Who's That Girl?" "Right by Your Side" "Here Comes the Rain Again" "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" "Julia" "Would I Lie to You?" "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" "When Tomorrow Comes" "Thorn in My Side" "The Miracle of Love" "Missionary Man" "Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)" "Shame" "I Need a Man" "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" "Revival" "Don't Ask Me Why" "The King and Queen of America" "Angel" "(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry" "Sweet Dreams '91" "I Saved the World Today" "17 Again" "I've Got a Life"

Videography	Sweet Dreams Live Savage We Two Are One Too Greatest Hits Peacetour Ultimate Collection

Related articles	Discography The Tourists

Book:Eurythmics

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