Angel Tears (song)

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"Angel Tears"
Barrie-James O'Neill - Angel Tears - 2016.jpg
Single by Barrie-James O'Neill
from the album Cold Coffee
Released11 March 2016
Genre Alternative
Length5:44
Label Acid Bird
Songwriter(s) O'Neill

"Angel Tears" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Barrie-James O'Neill taken from his debut studio album, Cold Coffee (2016). It serves as the official first single from the record on 11 March 2016. [1] [2]

Contents

Music video

A lyric video for the song was released on 11 March 2016 by Joe Rubalcaba. [3]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Angel Tears" (Album version)5:44

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References

  1. "BARRIE-JAMES O'NEILL ~ Angel Tears - ACID BIRD RECORDS".
  2. "SoundCloud - Hear the world's sounds".
  3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : BARRIE - JAMES ~ ANGEL TEARS 💧. YouTube .