"Angel" is a song recorded by pop music

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 duo Eurythmics

Eurythmics

Eurythmics were a British pop rock duo, formed in 1980, currently disbanded, but known to reunite from time to time. Consisting of members Annie Lennox and David A...

. It was written by band members Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...

 and David A. Stewart

David A. Stewart

David Allan Stewart , often known as Dave Stewart, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics. He is usually credited as David A. Stewart, to avoid confusion with other musicians named "Dave Stewart".-Early life:Stewart was born in Sunderland,...

 and produced by Stewart. The song appears on Eurythmics' We Too Are One

We Too Are One

-Personnel:Eurythmics*Annie Lennox - vocals*Dave Stewart - guitar, vocalsAdditional personnel*Olle Romo - drums*Pat Seymour - keyboard*Charlie Wilson - background vocals*Chucho Merchan - bass-Production:*Producers: Dave Stewart, Jimmy Iovine...

album and was released as its fourth UK single and second US single in May 1990.

"Angel" is a pop ballad

Ballad

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 with an adult contemporary sound. Lyrically Lennox sings about a woman who has killed herself and now has "gone to meet her maker" as an angel

Angel

Angels are mythical beings often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles along with the Quran. The English word angel is derived from the Greek ἄγγελος, a translation of in the Hebrew Bible ; a similar term, ملائكة , is used in the Qur'an...

. The lyrics also namecheck Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

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. The music video

Music video

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, directed by Sophie Muller

Sophie Muller

Sophie Muller is a British music video director, noted for her long-time collaborations with artists like Sophie Ellis-Bextor, No Doubt, Sade, Shakira, Shakespears Sister, Garbage, Blur, Annie Lennox and Eurythmics.-Background:...

, is not widely seen and was not shown by MTV

MTV

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, supposedly due to several scenes depicting the occult

Occult

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.

"Angel" peaked at number twenty-three on the UK singles chart

UK Singles Chart

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. The accompanying video garnered play on US video channels but the single failed to chart on the US Hot 100.

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

Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute

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album.

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart	77
French Singles Chart	73
Irish Singles Chart	25
UK Singles Chart	23