Songs that reference Angel(s)

Aerosmith - Angel

 

"Contacting My Angel" - Van Morrison

 

Help Me Angel and Angel of Mercy by Steve Winwood (not really about them but in the title)

 

Warren Zevon, "Angel Dressed in Black"

 

I'm sure some of these were mentioned, but just in case:

"Angel on My Shoulder" - Shelby Flint
"Angels from the Realms of Glory"
"Angels We Have Heard on High"
"Daddy's Home" - Shep and the Limelites / Jermaine Jackson ("You're my love, you're my angel")
"A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request" - Steve Goodman ("I've got season tickets to watch the angels now")
"Fallen Angel" - Poison
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
"I'm No Angel" - Gregg Allman
"If God Will Send His Angels" - U2
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (every verse ends with the words "angels sing")
"My Angel Baby" - Toby Beau
"Next Door to an Angel" - Neil Sedaka
"Rhapsody in the Rain" - Lou Christie ("angels keep crying for me - don't, stop")
"Seven Spanish Angels" - Ray Charles and Willie Nelson
"Winter Song" - Angel ("Hear the angels join the choir")

 

Peter Gabriel "Curtains"

 

"Supper's Ready" suite from Genesis "Foxtrot" has lots of references - especially in the conclusion...

"There's an angel standing in the sun, and he's crying with a loud voice -
This is the Supper of the mighty one.
Lord of Lords,
King of Kings,
Has returned to lead his children home,
To take them to the new Jerusalem!"

 

Shelley Fabares, Johnny Angel

One to One, Angel in My Pocket

And everyone's favourite song Honey by Bobby Goldsboro mentions "the angels came".

 

Well, not a song, but Sun Ra's Angels and Demons at Play comes to mind.

 

Adding to the earlier mention of 'Angel' by Fleetwood Mac, it's something Stevie and Lindsey can't STOP writing about. A few favourites of mine:

GOODBYE ANGEL - Fleetwood Mac

Love turned to hate
Touch turned to pull
What could I do
My cup was full
Goodbye Angel

LISTEN

LOVE RUNS DEEPER - Lindsey Buckingham

Love runs deeper from the underground
Love runs deeper from a broken home
Black angel can't be alone
Love runs deeper from the underground

WATCH

SAD ANGEL - Fleetwood Mac

We fall to earth together
The crowd calling out for more
Hello, hello, sad angel
Have you come to fight the war

WATCH

ANGEL - Fleetwood Mac

Like a ghost through a fog
Like a charmed hour
And a haunted song
And the angel, angel of my dreams
Angel of my dreams

WATCH

OOH, MY LOVE - Stevie Nicks

Yes it was a strain on her
Watching her castles fall down
Oh, but there was a time when he called her "angel"
Where in the world did you come from?

LISTEN

SLEEPING ANGEL - Stevie Nicks

Oh, take me sleeping angel
Oh, catch me when you can
And unbraid with all of the love that you have
Like a soft siver chain

LISTEN

SOLDIER'S ANGEL - Stevie Nicks ft. Lindsey Buckingham

I'm a soldier's angel
Through the eyes of a soldier
Through the eyes of a soldier
I'm a soldier's mother
Through the eyes of an angel
I'm a soldier myself
No one walks away
From this…battle

WATCH

WHOLE LOTTA TROUBLE - Stevie Nicks

And the angel said, "Well you must have had a dream...
And you remember it... "Till the dream followed through...
Till the - end of the dream... and the dream came true

WATCH

WILD HEART - Stevie Nicks

There is a reason
Why even the angels
Don't give up at all
Where are the children
Well are they hopelessly enchanted
Blame it on the angels

LISTEN

YOU MAY BE THE ONE - Stevie Nicks

I used to dream that
You were an angel
You were an angel
And I was a starving child
And we were magic

LISTEN

 

Beth Orton - "Don't Need A Reason"



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Three Angels - Bob Dylan

 

Here's some Top 40 hits in my database (and my apologies for any repeats) that mention the word "Angel" in the title or in the lyrics...

"Angel" - Rod Stewart
"Angel" - Aretha Franklin
"Angel" - Madonna
"Angel" - Aerosmith
"Angel" - Jon Secada
"Angel" - Sarah McLachlan
"Angel Baby" - Dean Martin
"Angel Baby" - Rosie & The Originals
"Angel Baby" - Angelica
"Angel Eyes" - The Jeff Healey Band
"Angel in Blue" - The J. Geils Band
"Angel in Your Arms" - Hot
"Angel of Harlem" - U2
"Angel of Mine" - Monica
"Angel of the Morning" - Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
"Angel of the Morning" - Juice Newton
"Angel On My Shoulder" - Shelby Flint
"Angel Say No" - Tommy Tutone
"Angels in the Sky" - The Crew-Cuts
"The Angels Listened In" - The Crests
"Angel Smile" - Nat 'King' Cole
"The Angel Song" - Great White
"Blue Angel" - Roy Orbison
"Centerfold" - The J. Geils Band
"City of Angels" - The Highlights
"Come On Little Angel" - The Belmonts
"Devil or Angel" - Bobby Vee
"Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" - The Penguins
"Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" - The Crew-Cuts
"Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" - Gloria Mann
"Earth Angel" - New Edition
"Fallen Angel" - Frankie Valli
"Fallen Angel" - Poison
"Fly to the Angels" - Slaughter
"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" - Brook Benton
"Fools Rush In" - Rick Nelson
"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (Pt. 1)" - Tavares
"How Do You Speak to an Angel?" - Eddie Fisher
"How Do You Speak to an Angel?" - Gordon MacRae
"How Do You Talk to an Angel" - The Heights
"Hushabye" - The Mystics
"I Am... I Said" - Neil Diamond
"I'll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)" - Steelheart
"I'm Your Angel" - R. Kelly & Celine Dion
"Johnny Angel" - Shelley Fabares
"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" - Charley Pride
"Let Me Be Your Angel" - Stacy Lattisaw
"A Letter to an Angel" - Jimmy Clanton
"Little Devil" - Neil Sedaka
"Lonely Night (Angel Face)" - The Captain & Tennille
"Look Homeward, Angel" - Johnnie Ray
"MacArthur Park" - Richard Harris
"MacArthur Park (Part 2)" - The Four Tops
"MacArthur Park" - Donna Summer
"Music by the Angels" - Vic Damone
"My Angel Baby" - Toby Beau
"My Little Angel" - The Four Lads
"My Special Angel" - Bobby Helms
"My Special Angel" - The Vogues
"Next Door to an Angel" - Neil Sedaka
"Pretty Little Angel Eyes" - Curtis Lee
"Rockin' Little Angel" - Ray Smith
"Send Me an Angel" - Real Life
"Send Me an Angel '89" - Real Life
"She Talks to Angels" - The Black Crowes
"Teen Angel" - Mark Dinning
"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" - Eurythmics
"Trouble in Paradise" - The Crests
"Undercover Angel" - Alan O'Day
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" - Elvis Presley

 

Tim Booth and 'Twin Peaks's' Angelo Badalamenti:

 

Men Without Hats-In The Name Of Angels

 

Grace Kelly - Touched By An Angel - from the album Working For The Dreamers

 

Styx - Come Sail Away

A gathering of angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said...

 

Though sparse in the lyrics dept., I think Masters Apprentices "Michael" is about the archangel himself.

 

Brian Wilson - "Don't Let Her Know She's An Angel"
The Beach Boys - "Angel Come Home"
The Stanley Brothers - "Angel Band"

Why are women and not men described as angels in popular culture? All angels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic scriptures are male.

 

Bill Nelson - "The October Man" I dream of many things.....

 

"Under Her Black Wings" - Danzig

"Angel of Mercy" - Albert King

 

Calling all Angels, Jane Siberry:

 

Neil Young even "Sleeps with Angels".

 

Jane Siberry: 'Calling All Angels'.

Melissa Etheridge: 'Angels Would Fall', 'Talking to My Angel'

Heather Nova: 'Maybe An Angel'.

VElvet Underground: 'Black Angel's Death Song'.