"Lips of an Angel" is a power ballad by Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

 rock band Hinder

Hinder

Hinder is an American rock band from Oklahoma that was formed in 2001 by drummer Cody Hanson, guitarist Joe Garvey, and singer Austin Winkler. The band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2007.-Formation and early history:...

 written by Brian Howes, Austin Winkler and Cody Hanson. It was released as the second single from their album Extreme Behavior

Extreme Behavior (album)

Extreme Behavior is the debut album of rock band Hinder. It was released in 2005 by Universal Records to almost universally negative reviews, before going platinum in September 2006. All songs were co-written by Brian Howes, except for "Shoulda," which was co-written with Brian Howes and Social Code...

. It was their breakthrough hit, charting in the Top Ten on several Billboard

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trade charts in the United States, and reaching Number One in several countries. A second cover version was released in early 2007 by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram

Jack Owen Ingram is an American Texas Country artist signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eight studio albums, one extended play, six live albums and eighteen singles. Although active since 1992, Ingram did not reach the U.S. country Top 40 until the late...

. His version, which was his third Top 40 country hit, peaked in the Top 20 on the Billboard country music charts.

Lyrics

The lyrics deal with a singer describing his feelings when his favored girlfriend from his past calls late at night, somewhat pleasantly interrupting his current relationship. More than once, a reference to the call being secret is made, and the singer expresses concern of a fight ensuing as a result. The song concludes just as it began, with the singer questioning to why she is calling so late, though the second (and last) time it is less literal and more figurative, with the underlying meaning "so late" not at night, but way too late in life; unable to continue the previous relationship. The song ends with the plot unresolved. According to a radio interview done in Atlanta, Georgia the lyrics are loosely based on an actual phone call incident that did happen.

On January 22, 2007, "Lips of an Angel" took over the number one spot on the Canadian BDS chart from The Killers. A week later, it took over the number one spot on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart

ARIA Charts

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 from Evermore.

The song is featured in the music video games Lips

Lips (video game)

Lips is a video game for the Xbox 360. Lips was developed by iNiS and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game features the use of motion sensitive wireless microphones and supports the use of songs already owned through a Zune or iPod. The game was released on November 18, 2008 in North...

(as downloadable content), Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore, Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party

Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party

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, and a playable track in Band Hero

Band Hero

Band Hero is a spinoff video game as part of the Guitar Hero series of music video games, released by Activision on November 3, 2009, for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS consoles...

.

Formats and track listings

Digital download

1. "Lips of an Angel" - 4:21

CD single

1. "Lips of an Angel" - 4:21
2. "By the Way" (acoustic) - 3:34
3. "Bliss (I Don't Wanna Know)" (acoustic) - 3:45

Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	1
New Zealand Singles Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	3
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	19
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40	1
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	8

End of Year Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	5

Jack Ingram version

Country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram

Jack Owen Ingram is an American Texas Country artist signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eight studio albums, one extended play, six live albums and eighteen singles. Although active since 1992, Ingram did not reach the U.S. country Top 40 until the late...

 released a version of the song in early 2007. Ingram's version, the lead-off single to his 2007 album This Is It, reached a peak of #16 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart in April 2007.

Regarding his cover of this song, Ingram gave an explanation in the liner notes of This Is It:

Chart performance

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Chart (2006-2007)	Peak position
US Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...	87

See also

• List of number-one singles in Australia in 2007
• List of number-one singles in 2007 (New Zealand)
• List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 2006 (U.S.)