"Send Me an Angel" | ||||
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Single by Real Life | ||||
from the album Heartland | ||||
B-side | "Like a Gun" | |||
Released | 20 July 1983 | |||
Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Genre | Synthpop, New Wave | |||
Length | 3:53 | |||
Label | Curb Records | |||
Writer(s) | David Sterry, Richard Zatorski | |||
Producer | Ross Cockle | |||
Real Life singles chronology | ||||
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"Send Me an Angel" is a 1983 song by Real Life. Initially released on Real Life's debut album Heartland, it is the band's most known song. This version originally peaked in early 1984 in the US at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1]
The song's biggest chart success, however, was in 1989, where an updated version entitled "Send Me An Angel '89" surpassed the original version from 1983. "Send Me An Angel '89" reached a peak of #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1989 in the US.[2] Both versions are very similar; the '89 version is missing the louder "claps" in the chorus.
The song is about a man who asks himself whether he finds true love.
Contents |
7" single
12" single
Chart (1983/84) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 29 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 54 |
Canadian Singles Chart | 18 |
German Singles Chart | 1 |
Austrian Singles Chart | 9 |
Swiss Singles Chart | 2[3] |
Australian Singles Chart | 6 |
New Zealand Singles Chart | 1 |
Swedish Singles Chart | 4 |
Spanish Singles Chart | 19 |
Preceded by "Life Begins at Forty" by Dave and the Dynamos |
New Zealand number one single 30 September 1983 - 7 October 1983 |
Succeeded by "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Taco |
Preceded by "People are People" by Depeche Mode |
German number-one single 18 May 1984 – 8 June 1984 |
Succeeded by "Self Control" by Laura Branigan |
"Send Me an Angel" has been covered by various artists including: