Angel (Elvis Presley song)

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"Angel"
Song by Elvis Presley
from the EP Follow That Dream
ReleasedApril 1962 (1962-04)
RecordedJuly 2, 1961 [1]
Studio RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Pop
Length2:39
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Hans Salter

"Angel" is a song by Elvis Presley from the film Follow That Dream and was released on the soundtrack EP of the same name in April 1962.

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Recording

"Angel" was recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville Tennessee and it took seven takes to recorded the final version. [1] It was released as single; however, this was only in South Africa and Rhodesia in February 1965. [2]

Cliff Richard version

"Angel"
Cliff Richard Angel NL.jpg
Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album Cliff Richard
B-side "Razzle Dazzle"
ReleasedMay 1965
Recorded24 August 1964 [3]
Studio Columbia Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Pop
Length2:22
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"The Minute You're Gone"
(1965)
"Angel"
(1965)
"On My Word"
(1965)

In 1965, Cliff Richard released a cover of the song on his eponymous seventh studio, which was also released as a single.

Release

"Angel" was pressed in the UK, though was released as an export-only single. It was released in Australia and most of Europe with the B-side "Razzle Dazzle", written by Charles Calhoun and first released by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1955. [4] In Germany, "Angel" was released with the B-side "House Without Windows", written by Fred Tobias and Lee Pockriss and first released by Steve Lawrence in 1962. [5] The song was officially released in the UK as the title track to an EP in September 1965. [6]

Track listing

7"

  1. "Angel" – 2:39
  2. "Razzle Dazzle" – 2:04

7" (Germany)

  1. "Angel" – 2:39
  2. "House Without Windows" – 2:29

7" (Japan)

  1. "Angel" – 2:39
  2. "Again" – 2:34

EP

  1. "Angel" – 2:39
  2. "I Only Came to Say Goodbye" – 2:26
  3. "On My Word" – 2:30
  4. "The Minute You're Gone" – 2:43

Charts

Chart (1965)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [7] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [8] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [9] 16
Hong Kong [10] 7
Malaysia [11] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 40

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