Angel of Mercy (The Dream Academy song)

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"Angel of Mercy"

Single by The Dream Academy
from the album A Different Kind Of Weather
Released	1991 (UK)
Format	vinyl record (7"), cassette tape and CD
Recorded	1990
Genre	Rock
Length	4:20
Label	Blanco Y Negro
Producer(s)	David Gilmour, Nick Laird-Clowes and Anthony Moore
Chart positions
Uncharted
The Dream Academy singles chronology
"Love" (1990)	"Angel of Mercy" (1991)	- -

Angel of Mercy (called Twelve-Eight Angel on the album) was the final single by The Dream Academy. The song was co-written by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd (who also co-produced it, and sang backing vocals) and Dream Academy lead singer Nick Laird-Clowes. It is about redemption and finding lost love, and saw the band return to a more familiar musical style after their previous single, Love which had a strong Indian theme. Unusually, it was only released in the UK and not in the USA as well.

Like all of their singles after The Love Parade, Angel of Mercy failed to enter the UK music charts. A Music video was made to accompany the single, but it was never released.