Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground

"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"
Single by Willie Nelson
from the album Honeysuckle Rose
B-side "I Guess I've Come to Here in Your Eyes"
Released January 1981
Genre Country
Length 4:25
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Willie Nelson
Producer Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson singles chronology
"On the Road Again"
(1980)
"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"
(1981)
"Mona Lisa"
(1981)

"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" is a 1981 single from the film Honeysuckle Rose. "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" was written and performed by Willie Nelson. The single would be Willie Nelson's seventh number one on the country chart as a solo artist and stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

This song is commonly believed to have been written about a friend of Nelsons who was a Hells Angel, who died in a motorcycle crash. This has never been confirmed or denied by Nelson who usually says he's not going to argue with a load of bikers. He did once claim the song was about his wife Connie.

Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 245. 
Preceded by
"Guitar Man"
by Elvis Presley
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

March 21, 1981
Succeeded by
"Texas Women"
by Hank Williams, Jr.
Preceded by
"Southern Rains"
by Mel Tillis
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

March 21-March 28, 1981
Succeeded by
"Guitar Man"
by Elvis Presley