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Send Me an Angel (Real Life song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Send Me an Angel
| cover = Real Life-Send Me an Angel.jpg
| caption = 1983 Spain release
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| type = single
| artist = Real Life
| album = Heartland
| B-side = "Like a Gun" (original release)
"Always" (1989 reissue)
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| length = 3:53
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| writer =
| producer = Ross Cockle
| prev_title =
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| next_title = Openhearted
| next_year = 1983
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"'Send Me an Angel'" is a 1983 song by Australian band Real Life. The song was released in May 1983 as the band's debut single from their debut studio album 'Heartland'. The song peaked in the top 10 in Australia and is the band's best-known song. This version peaked in early 1984 in the US at No. 29 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart. The song was No. 1 in Germany and New Zealand and Top 10 in other countries.
In the US, "Send Me an Angel '89" surpassed the original version from 1983. "Send Me An Angel '89" reached a peak of No. 26 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1989 in the US.
The song appears on the Non-Stop-Pop in-game radio station in the PC/Xbox One/PS4 versions of the 2013 video game 'Grand Theft Auto V'.
Track listing
;7" single (WRS-001)
#Send Me an Angel 3:53
#Like a Gun 3:16
;12" single
#Send Me an Angel (Extended Dance Mix) 5:40
#Send Me an Angel 3:53
#Like a Gun 3:14
;12" Maxi-Single
#Send Me An Angel (Extended Mix) 5:43
#Send Me An Angel 3:53
#Burning Blue 4:43
Charts
Original version
Weekly chartsYear-end charts
"Send Me an Angel '89"
Cover versions
"Send Me an Angel" has been covered by various artists including:
*Netzwerk on their 1992 EP 'Send Me an Angel'
*Pobi on her 1993 album 'Send Me An Angel'
*Atrocity on their 1997 cover album 'Werk 80'
*Zeromancer on their 2001 album 'Eurotrash'
*Thrice for the 2002 compilation 'Punk Goes Pop', which later appears on the 2005 compilation 'If We Could Only See Us Now'
*Deadstar Assembly on their 2003 self-titled debut album
*The Quakes on their 2005 album 'Psyops'
*Dirty on Purpose on their 2008 EP 'Like Bees'
*Inverse Phase released "NES Me An Angel" on the 2012 chiptune album 'Retrocovered'
*Highly Suspect on their 2016 album 'The Boy Who Died Wolf'
*XO Stereo on their 2015 EP 'The Struggle'
See also
*List of number-one hits of 1984 (Germany)
*List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)
References
Category:1983 songs
Category:1983 debut singles
Category:1989 singles
Category:Real Life (band) songs
Category:Curb Records singles
Category:MCA Records singles
Category:Number-one singles in Germany
Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand
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