How Could an Angel Break My Heart

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“How Could An Angel Break My Heart”
“How Could An Angel Break My Heart” cover
Single by Toni Braxton
from the album Secrets
Released November 4, 1997
Format CD single
Genre Pop, easy listening
Length 4:21
Label LaFace
Writer(s) Toni Braxton, Babyface
Producer Babyface
Toni Braxton singles chronology
"I Don't Want To"/"I Love Me Some Him"
(1997)
"How Could an Angel Break My Heart"
(1997)
"He Wasn't Man Enough"
(2000)

"How Could An Angel Break My Heart" is the fourth official single released from Toni Braxton's second album, Secrets. The composition was co-written and co-produced by Toni Braxton and Babyface. Accompanied by Kenny G., the single failed to chart in the US. Secrets went to 8x Platinum status at the time of this single's release.

The fact that the single didn't even dent the U.S. pop and R&B charts was a surprise for fans and observers, for the album was one of the all-times most successful. However, it was potentially influenced by the fact that two of the three singles released off Secrets prior to "How Could an Angel Break My Heart" were double A-sided and their flipsides had also turned into specially huge airplay hits. This means that at the time this single was released, Braxton had already dominated the charts with five songs from the same album, so that radio programmers put very little emphasis on the sixth:

[edit] Track list

UK CD #1
  1. "How Could An Angel Break My Heart" [Album Version] – 4:20
  2. "How Could An Angel Break My Heart" [Remix Version feat. Babyface] – 4:20
  3. "How Could An Angel Break My Heart" [Album Instrumental] – 4:20
  4. "How Could An Angel Break My Heart" [Remix Instrumental] – 4:20
UK CD #2
  1. "How Could An Angel Break My Heart" – 4:20
  2. "Breathe Again" – 4:29
  3. "Another Sad Love Song" – 4:20
  4. "Love Shoulda Brought You Home" – 4:56

[edit] Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
UK Charts 22
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 12

[edit] Music video

The music video followed the lyrical content of an interracial relationship between Toni and her lover. He has left her for a Caucasian woman and she is left to pick up the pieces.