"Angel" is a song by American singer Lionel Richie. It was written by Richie, Paul Barry, and Mark Taylor for his sixth studio album Renaissance (2000), while production was helmed by Brian Rawling and Taylor. Island Def Jam released "Angel" as the album's lead single in October 2000. Richie's highest-charting success in years, it reached the top ten in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, while peaking at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart.
Music video An accompanying music video for "Angel" was filmed by German directors Wolf Gresenz und Bernard Wedig and took ten days to be completed. Budgeted at 650.000 D-Mark, it marked production company Blow Film's first video with international clients. Shot in Berlin, including locations such as the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam-Babelsberg and the Berlin Alexanderplatz station, it went into post production after its third day of filming.
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Renaissance.
Production – Brian Rawling, Mark Taylor Assistant engineers – Jong Uk Yoon, Chris Anderson Additional guitars – Paul Jackson Jr. Additional recording – Dirk Vanoucek
Keyboards, programming – Mark Taylor Background vocals – Tracy Ackerman Executive producer – Skip Miller
Track listing
CD Maxi Single "Angel" (Metro Mix) - 3:45 "Angel" (Boogieman Remix Radio Edit) - 3:59 "Angel" (Boogieman Remix Extended) - 6:45 "Angel" (Crash & Burn Remix Dub) - 5:47 "Angel" (Crash & Burn Remix Vocal) - 6:02 "Angel" (Boogieman Remix Dub) - 6:21
Australia CD Single "Angel" (Chuckii B Mix) - 3:56 "Angel" (Metro Mix) - 3:45 "Angel" (Crash & Burn Remix Dub) - 5:47 "Angel" (Crash & Burn Remix Vocal) - 6:02
UK CD Single 1 "Angel" (Metro Mix) - 3:45 "Angel" (Boogieman Remix Extended) - 6:45 "Angel" (Crash & Burn Remix Vocal) - 6:02
UK CD Single 2 "Angel" (Metro Mix) - 3:45 "Shout It To The World" - 3:59 "All Night Long" (Live) - 5:51
UK Cassette Single "Angel" (Metro Mix) - 3:45 "All Night Long" (Live) - 5:51
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2000–01)Peakposition Australia (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 123Hungary (MAHASZ)3Poland (Polish Airplay Charts)5Portugal (AFP)5
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for "Angel" by Lionel Richie Chart (2000) PositionGermany (Media Control)86 Chart (2001) PositionCanada Radio (Nielsen BDS) 41Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)84Netherlands (Single Top 100)58US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)14
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