Angels (Within Temptation song)

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“Angels”
“Angels” cover
Single by Within Temptation
from the album The Silent Force
B-side "Say My Name"
Released June 13, 2005
Format CD single, DigitalDownload
Recorded 2004
Genre Symphonic rock
Length 04:02
Label Roadrunner Records
Writer(s) Robert Westerholt, Martijn Spierenburg, Sharon den Adel
Producer Daniel Gibson
Within Temptation singles chronology
"Memories"
(2005)		 "Angels"
(2005)		 "What Have You Done"
(2007)

Angels is the third single of the Dutch rock band Within Temptation from their album The Silent Force. It peaked at #9 in Finland and #11 in the Netherlands.

Contents

[edit] Tracklisting

CD single (2 track)
  1. "Angels" - Full Length Version (4:02)
  2. "Say My Name" - New Track (4:06)
CD single (3 track)
  1. "Angels" - Full Length Version (4:02)
  2. "Say My Name" - New Track (4:06)
  3. "Forsaken" - Live In 013, Tilburg (4:54)
CD Multi single (5 track) - BeNeLux/Germany
  1. "Angels" - Full Length Version (4:02)
  2. "Say My Name" - New Track (4:06)
  3. "Forsaken" - Live In 013, Tilburg (4:54)
  4. "The Promise" - Live In 013, Tilburg (7:59)
  5. "Angels" - Live In 013, Tilburg (4:12)
CD single + DVD
  1. "Angels" - Full Length Version (4:02)
  2. "Say My Name" - New Track (4:06)
  3. "Forsaken" - Live In 013, Tilburg (4:54)
  4. "The Promise" - Live In 013, Tilburg (7:59)
  5. "Angels" - Live In 013, Tilburg (4:12)
  6. "The Promise" - Live In 013, Tilburg and Paradiso, Amsterdam
  7. "Angels" - Live In 013, Tilburg and Paradiso, Amsterdam
  8. "Forsaken" - Live In 013, Tilburg and Paradiso, Amsterdam
  9. Videoclip Angels
  10. Within Temptation in Dubai

[edit] The video

The video is shot in a desert in Spain. It tells the story of a group of vigilante angels who make it their mission to wipe out evil. Sharon den Adel is a woman who has been seemingly abandoned on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. She accepts a lift from a priest, who takes her back to his home. The priest is in fact a demonic serial killer, who adopts different disguises to get to his victims. All of these disguises are trustworthy people, like a doctor or a priest. As Sharon stumbles upon a board full of newspaper clippings in the killers home, which are about his previous victims, he seemingly overpowers her with chloroform. He takes a tied up Sharon to the middle of the desert to bury her alive. However, Sharon is revealed to be one of the angels, who was left at the side of the road as bait for the serial killer, during which time the rest of the vigilantes appear and the killer is confronted with the spirits of his victims, who destroy him. The vigilantes then move onto their next target.

The theme to the 1979 film Phantasm is sampled.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
Dutch Singles Chart[1] 11
Finland Singles Chart[1] 9
Germany Singles Chart[1] 25
Belgium Singles Chart[1] 41
Austria Singles Chart[1] 50

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e [1] "Within Temptation - Angels"
v • d • e
Within Temptation (1996 –)
Ruud Jolie | Jeroen van Veen | Stephen van Haestregt | Sharon den Adel | Martijn Spierenburg | Robert Westerholt
Studio albums
EPs
The Dance • The Howling EP (Limited US release)
Singles
"Restless" • "Our Farewell" • "Ice Queen" • "Mother Earth" • "Running Up That Hill" • "Stand My Ground" • "Memories" • "Angels" • "What Have You Done" • "Frozen" • "The Howling" • "All I Need"
Videos and DVDs
Mother Earth DVD • Mother Earth Tour • The Silent Force Tour • The Heart Of Everything Tour
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