Angel (Shaggy song)
"Angel" | |||||
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Single by Shaggy featuring Rayvon | |||||
from the album Hot Shot | |||||
B-side | "Chica Bonita" | ||||
Released | 9 January 2001 | ||||
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Label | MCA | ||||
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Producer(s) | Shaun "Sting" Pizzonia | ||||
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"Angel" is a song by Jamaican reggae artist Shaggy featuring additional vocals from Barbadian singer Rayvon. Containing samples from Steve Miller Band's "The Joker" and the Chip Taylor-written "Angel of the Morning", it was released to radio on 9 January 2001 as the follow-up to Shaggy's international number-one hit, "It Wasn't Me". "Angel" also proved to be successful, reaching number one in 12 countries, including Australia, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Content
"Angel" uses the bassline from "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band (1973). The chorus melody is from "Angel of the Morning", originally written and composed by Chip Taylor, that has been recorded numerous times and has been a hit single for various artists, including Merrilee Rush and Juice Newton.[1]
Commercial reception
The song debuted at number 81 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending 30 December 2000.[2] The song first entered the top 40 at number 39 on the week ending 20 January 2001.[3] It peaked at number one on the chart week of 31 March 2001, for one week.[4] According to Billboard writer Silvio Pietroluongo, "Angel" beat Crazy Town's "Butterfly" to number one by a margin of two points, which was the smallest gap between two singles since the magazine began having its charts stored digitally in 1985.[5] It was also the second song to reach number one without a retail release, after Aaliyah's "Try Again" (2000), although physical formats would later be issued in the United States on 24 April 2001.[5][6] "Angel" was the 17th-most-successful song of 2001 in the US and has sold 1,494,000 digital copies in the US as of April 2016.[7][8]
Internationally, the song reached number one in Australia, Austria, Flanders, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, topping the Eurochart Hot 100 as well.[9][10][11][12][13] In Australia, it peaked atop the ARIA Singles Chart for eight weeks, finishing fourth on the Australian year-end chart for 2001.[9][14] It was also an enduring hit in Ireland, where it is the 20th-highest-selling single of all time.[15]
Music video
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Track listings
US 7-inch single[16]
US 12-inch single[17]
European CD single[18]
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UK enhanced CD single[19]
European and Australian enhanced CD single[9][20]
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Credits and personnel
Creedits are taken from the Hot Shot album booklet.[21]
Studios
- Recorded at Big Yard Studios (Jamaica), Ranch Recording Studios (Valley Stream, New York), and HC&F Studio (Freeport, New York)
- Mixed at Ranch Recording Studios (Valley Stream, New York)
- Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)
Personnel
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- Steve Miller – writing
- Ahmet Ertegun – writing
- Eddie Curtis – writing
- Chip Taylor – writing
- Gordon Dukes – background vocals
- Robert Zapata – guitar
- Phillip George Henry – guitar
- Carlos Sanchez – keyboard
- Shaun "Sting" Pizzonia – drums, production, recording, mixing
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts |
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
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Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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Australia (ARIA)[64] | 3× Platinum | 210,000 |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[65] | Platinum | 40,000 |
Belgium (BEA)[66] | Platinum | 50,000 |
France (SNEP)[67] | Gold | 250,000 |
Germany (BVMI)[68] | Gold | 250,000 |
Netherlands (NVPI)[69] | Platinum | 60,000 |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[70] | Platinum | |
Sweden (GLF)[71] | 2× Platinum | 60,000 |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[72] | Platinum | 40,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI)[73] | Gold | 620,000[74] |
United States | 1,494,000[8] | |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | 9 January 2001 | Rhythmic contemporary radio | MCA | [75] |
30 January 2001 | Contemporary hit radio | [76] | ||
24 April 2001 | Maxi-CD | [6] | ||
Australia | 28 May 2001 | CD | [77] | |
United Kingdom |
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Later versions
- German singer Max Raabe and Palast Orchester covered the song in a big band style, for his 2001 album, Super Hits 2.
- In 2001, the parody song "You Ripped Off Angel (of the Morning)" was released by Adam Posegate and received airplay on the Dr. Demento Show.
- R&B artist Bei Maejor did a version of this song sampling the chorus and the beat. It appeared on his mixtape Upsideown2.
- For the 20th anniversary re-recording of Hot Shot, Rayvon's part is performed by Sting instead.[79][80]
See also
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2001
- List of best-selling singles and albums of 2001 in Ireland
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s
References
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- ↑ "Issue 588" ARIA Top 40 Urban Singles. National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel" (in French). Ultratop 50.
- ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel". Tracklisten.
- ↑ "Shaggy feat. Rayvon: Angel" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ↑ "Lescharts.com – Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel" (in French). Les classement single.
- ↑ "Musicline.de – Shaggy feat. Rayvon Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
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- ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel". Top Digital Download.
- ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 25, 2001" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40
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- ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel". Top 40 Singles.
- ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel". VG-lista.
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- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel". Singles Top 100.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 20010609" UK R&B Chart.
- ↑ "Shaggy – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Shaggy.
- ↑ "Shaggy – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Shaggy.
- ↑ "Shaggy – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Shaggy.
- ↑ "Shaggy – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rap Songs for Shaggy.
- ↑ "Shaggy – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Shaggy.
- ↑ "Shaggy – Chart history" Billboard Rhythmic Songs for Shaggy.
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