"Angel"
Single by Madonna
from the album Like A Virgin
Released	April 10, 1985 (Worldwide) May 25, 1985 (JP)
Format	12" Maxi Single 5" CD Single
Genre	Pop
Label	Sire
Writer(s)	Madonna Steve Bray
Producer(s)	Nile Rodgers
Certification	Silver in the United Kingdom
Chart positions
#1 (Australia) #5 (USA, UK)
Madonna singles chronology
"Crazy For You" 1985	"Angel" 1985	"Into The Groove" 1985

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Song history

Probably one of Madonna's lesser known singles, "Angel" was released worldwide on April 10, 1985 and was written by Madonna and Steve Bray. The song was released after the phenomenal success of "Like a Virgin", "Material Girl" and "Crazy For You", with "Like a Virgin" and "Crazy For You" reaching the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The B-side to "Angel"'s maxi-single was "Into The Groove", from Madonna's film "Desperately Seeking Susan". The song was not issued on the films soundtrack which contributed to "Angel"'s success in the US. In Europe "Into The Groove" was released separately from "Angel". April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stephen Bray (born June 22, 1956) is an American songwriter, drummer, and record producer hailing from Detroit. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Into The Groove is a hit single recorded by Madonna, written by her and Stephen Bray, and released in 1985 (on the B-side of the Angel 12 maxi-single in the USA - as an A-side on the rest of the world) . It appeared in the movie Desperately Seeking... European redirects here. ...

Music video

For "Angel," an official video was compiled of images from "Burning Up", "Borderline", "Lucky Star", "Like A Virgin" and "Material Girl". There is no new performance from Madonna in this video. However, AOL's music wbsite has a full length version of the video, though once again made up of clips from her previous videos.

The song was also performed on The Virgin Tour but was cut from the final home video release.

Credits

• Written by Madonna and Steve Bray
• Produced by Nile Rodgers
• Drum programming by Jimmy Bralower
• Guitar by Nile Rodgers
• Assorted synthesizers and bass synthesizer by Rob Sabino
• Background vocals by Madonna, Curtis King, Frank Simms and George Simms

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Chart performance

"Angel" was a minor success in Europe. The song, released on its own, managed to peak at number 5 in the UK. In Japan the song was another Top 5 hit for Madonna, reaching number 3. "Angel" marked Madonna's fifth Top 5 single on ChartJapan which is otherwise known as the Japanese Foreign Singles Chart. European redirects here. ...

In Australia, Canada and the U.S. "Angel" was backed by "Into The Groove" and peaked at number 1 in Australia and at number 5 in the US. In Canada the single just broke into the Top 20 peaking at number 19. United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ...

Charts

Certifications

Official versions

Original versions

1. Album Version 3:53

Remixes

1. 7" Edit 3:42
2. Dance Mix Edit 4:57
3. Extended Dance Remix 6:14

References

• "Chart Performance of Madonna Records - A Compiled History" (2004). MLVC.ORG: Charts Retrieved from http://charts.mlvc.org/CHThist.php on December 9, 2005.
• "Holiday" (2004). Madonna: Single Summaries Retrieved from http://www.madonnanation.com/charts/ on December 9, 2005.