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Angel (Shaggy song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Angel
| cover = Shaggy-angel.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Shaggy featuring Rayvon
| album = Hot Shot
| B-side = Chica Bonita
| released =
| recorded =
| studio = * Big Yard (Jamaica)
* Ranch (Valley Stream, New York)
* HC&F (Freeport, New York)
| genre =
| length = * 3:55 (album version)
* 3:31 (radio edit)
| label = MCA
| writer = * Steve Miller
* Ahmet Ertegun
* Eddie Curtis
* Chip Taylor
| producer = Shaun "Sting" Pizzonia
| chronology = Shaggy
| prev_title = It Wasn't Me
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Luv Me, Luv Me
| next_year = 2001
| misc =
}}
"'Angel'" is a song by Jamaican reggae artist Shaggy featuring additional vocals from Barbadian singer Rayvon. Containing samples from Steve Miller Band's "The Joker" and the Chip Taylor-written "Angel of the Morning", it was released to radio on 9 January 2001 as the follow-up to Shaggy's international number-one hit, "It Wasn't Me". "Angel" also proved to be successful, reaching number one in 12 countries, including Australia, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Content
"Angel" uses the bassline from "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band (1973). The chorus melody is from "Angel of the Morning", originally written and composed by Chip Taylor, that has been recorded numerous times and has been a hit single for various artists, including Merrilee Rush and Juice Newton.
Commercial reception
The song debuted at number 81 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 on the week ending 30 December 2000. The song first entered the top 40 at number 39 on the week ending 20 January 2001. It peaked at number one on the chart week of 31 March 2001, for one week. According to 'Billboard' writer Silvio Pietroluongo, "Angel" beat Crazy Town's "Butterfly" to number one by a margin of two points, which was the smallest gap between two singles since the magazine began having its charts stored digitally in 1985. It was also the second song to reach number one without a retail release, after Aaliyah's "Try Again" (2000), although physical formats would later be issued in the United States on 24 April 2001. "Angel" was the 17th-most-successful song of 2001 in the US and has sold 1,494,000 digital copies in the US as of April 2016.
Internationally, the song reached number one in Australia, Austria, Flanders, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, topping the Eurochart Hot 100 as well. In Australia, it peaked atop the ARIA Singles Chart for eight weeks, finishing fourth on the Australian year-end chart for 2001. It was also an enduring hit in Ireland, where it is the 20th-highest-selling single of all time.
Music video
The music video was directed by Cameron Casey. It features Shaggy and Rayvon relaxing in a private plane and driving around in luxury cars.
Track listings
'US 7-inch single'
:A. "Angel" 3:55
:B. "Chica Bonita" 4:02
'US 12-inch single'
:A1. "Angel" (album version) 3:55
:B1. "Angel" (Dance Hall Remix) 3:51
:B2. "Angel" (Dance Hall Remix instrumental) 3:51
'European CD single'
# "Angel" (radio edit) 3:31
# "Angel" (Seabreeze Mix) 3:46
'UK enhanced CD single'
# "Angel" (radio edit)
# "Angel" (Crash & Burn Remix)
# "Angel" (Seabreeze Mix)
# "Angel" (video)
'European and Australian enhanced CD single'
# "Angel" (radio edit) 3:31
# "Angel" (Seabreeze Mix) 3:46
# "It Wasn't Me" featuring Rikrok (Crash & Burn Remix) 5:37
# "Angel" (enhanced video)
Credits and personnel
Credits are taken from the 'Hot Shot' album booklet.
'Studios'
* Recorded at Big Yard Studios (Jamaica), Ranch Recording Studios (Valley Stream, New York), and HC&F Studio (Freeport, New York)
* Mixed at Ranch Recording Studios (Valley Stream, New York)
* Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)
'Personnel'
* Steve Miller writing
* Ahmet Ertegun writing
* Eddie Curtis writing
* Chip Taylor writing
* Gordon Dukes background vocals
* Robert Zapata guitar
* Phillip George Henry guitar
* Carlos Sanchez keyboard
* Shaun "Sting" Pizzonia drums, production, recording, mixing
* Chris Gehringer mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"!scope="col"|Chart (2001)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)
|4
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Urban (ARIA)
|2
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (3 Austria Top 40)
|5
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
|5
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)
|27
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS)
|15
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)
|9
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)
|44
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)
|9
|-
!scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)
|3
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)
|9
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)
|4
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)
|34
|-
!scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)
|80
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
|5
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
|4
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)
|8
|-
!scope="row"|US 'Billboard' Hot 100
|17
|}
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
Certifications and sales
Release history
Later versions
* German singer Max Raabe and Palast Orchester covered the song in a big band style, for his 2001 album, 'Super Hits 2'.
* In 2001, the parody song "You Ripped Off Angel (of the Morning)" was released by Adam Posegate and received airplay on the Dr. Demento Show.
* R&B artist Bei Maejor did a version of this song sampling the chorus and the beat. It appeared on his mixtape 'Upsideown2'.
* For the 20th anniversary re-recording of 'Hot Shot', Rayvon's part is performed by Sting instead.
See also
* List of 'Billboard' Hot 100 number-one singles of 2001
* List of best-selling singles and albums of 2001 in Ireland
* List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s
References
Category:2000 songs
Category:2001 singles
Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
Category:MCA Records singles
Category:Number-one singles in Australia
Category:Number-one singles in Austria
Category:Number-one singles in Germany
Category:Number-one singles in Norway
Category:Number-one singles in Portugal
Category:Number-one singles in Scotland
Category:Number-one singles in Sweden
Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland
Category:Shaggy (musician) songs
Category:Songs written by Ahmet Ertegun
Category:Songs written by Chip Taylor
Category:Songs written by Eddie Curtis
Category:Songs written by Shaggy (musician)
Category:Songs written by Steve Miller (musician)
Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Category:Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles
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