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| Single byEurythmics | ||||
| from the albumWe Too Are One | ||||
| B-side | "Angel" (Choir Version) | |||
| Released | 23 April 1990 | |||
| Recorded | December 1988 | |||
| Length | 5:14 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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"Angel" is a song by Britishpop duoEurythmics from their seventh studio album,We Too Are One (1989). It was written by band membersAnnie Lennox andDavid A. Stewart and produced by Stewart andJimmy 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". Themusic video, directed bySophie Muller, features the duo taking part in aseance and running through a burning house, and was not widely seen in the US (not shown at all onMTV) supposedly due to several scenes depicting theoccult.
"Angel" peaked at number 23 on theUK Singles Chart, though failed to chart on the USBillboard Hot 100.
Lennox re-recorded the song in 1997 for theDiana, Princess of Wales: Tribute album.
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)[2] | 53 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[3] | 25 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[4] | 23 |
