Angel (Angela Winbush song)

"Angel"
Single by Angela Winbush
from the album Sharp
Released 1987
Genre Soul
Length 3:45
Label Polygram
Writer(s) Angela Winbush
Producer(s) Angela Winbush
Angela Winbush singles chronology
"No How - No Way
(1986)		 "Angel"
(1987)		 "Run to Me"
(1987)

"Angel" is a song by American R&B singer Angela Winbush. The track was released in 1987 as the first single from her debut album, Sharp on Polygram Records. As half of the duo of René & Angela, Winbush had two number-one R&B hits with "Save Your Love (For #1)" and "Your Smile." After a decade, René Moore and Winbush went their separate ways. "Angel", her solo-debut, spent two weeks at the top of the US Billboard R&B chart. It was also named by Billboard the number nine most successful R&B single of 1987. . Despite the success, "Angel" did not make the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

The single was nominated for a 1988 Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female. The song also helped Winbush get nominated for Female Album of the Year. A video for "Angel" was released as a download on iTunes in May 2007.

Track listing

US, Vinyl 12" Single[2]
No. Title Length
1. "Angel" (7" Version) 4:54
2. "Angel" (Album Version) 5:18
3. "Angel" (Instrumental) 5:18

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Black Singles 1

Compilations

The R&B hit song also appears on compilation albums

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 632.
  2. ↑ Angela Winbush - Angel (12" Single)

External links

Preceded by
"Lovin' You" by The O'Jays		 Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single
November 14, 1987 		Succeeded by
"Skeletons" by Stevie Wonder
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