Angels like You

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"Angels Like You"
Single by Miley Cyrus
from the album Plastic Hearts
ReleasedApril 21, 2021 (2021-04-21)
Recorded2020
Studio
Genre Rock [2]
Length3:16
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Louis Bell
  • Andrew Watt
Miley Cyrus singles chronology
"Prisoner"
(2020)		"Angels Like You"
(2021)		"Without You"
(2021)
Music video
"Angels like You" on YouTube

"Angels Like You" is a song by American singer Miley Cyrus, from her seventh studio album Plastic Hearts , released on November 27, 2020, through RCA Records. The song was written by Cyrus, Ali Tamposi, and Ryan Tedder with the song's producers Louis Bell and Andrew Watt. It was sent to radio as the third and final single from the album in Australia on March 12, 2021, [3] it was also Cyrus' last single with RCA, whom she ended her contract with after 8 years. She subsequently signed with Columbia. [4]

Contents

The song received positive reviews from critics. [5] Commercially, the song reached number one in the Philippines and the top 10 in Indonesia and Malaysia. A music video for "Angels Like You" was released on March 8, 2021. It contains footage taken from Cyrus' Super Bowl pre-game performance on February 7, 2021.

Background

"Angels like You" was originally released on November 27, 2020, alongside Cyrus' seventh studio album Plastic Hearts . A music video for the song was released on March 8, 2021. [6] [7] [8] It impacted contemporary hit radio stations in Australia, as the third single from the album, four days later. [9] British radio station BBC Radio 1 added "Angels like You" to rotation on March 20, and Sony Music sent it to contemporary hit radio stations in Italy on April 9, 2021. [10] [11]

Composition

The lyrics of "Angels like You" were speculated to be about Kaitlynn Carter, who Cyrus previously dated. [12] [13]

Music video

An official music video for "Angels like You" was released on March 8, 2021. [14] The video was recorded on February 7, 2021, at Cyrus' performance at the Super Bowl LV pre-game show. At the end of the video, Cyrus endorsed the COVID-19 vaccine. [15]

Despite minimal support from Cyrus's former label, the track has remained popular since its release, initially gaining moderate traction on Spotify thanks to the singer's Attention tour. Between January and July 2023, the song experienced a major resurgence, primarily on TikTok, which led it to spend many weeks in the top 20 on Global Spotify. As a result, 'Angels Like You' has become one of Cyrus's biggest streaming hits.

In November 2024, Cyrus appeared on an episode of Spotify's Billions Club: The Series, where she discussed the success of 'Angels Like You.' She shared, "Angels Like You is really all about the fans. It wasn't released as a single, it didn't have an official video. It was actually my first choice for the (lead) single from Plastic Hearts , but it wasn't selected at the time, and the fans made it happen." [16]

It later charted for weeks and reached new peaks in official charts such as the Billboard Global 200 (peaking at #73) and Billboard Global Excluding US (peaking at #43), as well as some other major markets such as Billboard Canada and Asian countries such as the Philippines, where it went #1, making Miley Cyrus the first ever female artist to reach the #1 spot on the Philippines’ official chart multiple times (twice), later joined by Blackpink and Taylor Swift.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [17]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Angels like You"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [44] Gold35,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [45] 2× Diamond320,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [46] Gold45,000‡
France (SNEP) [47] Gold100,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON) [48] Platinum+Gold210,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [49] Platinum30,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [50] Gold25,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [51] Platinum60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [52] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [53] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and format(s) for "Angels like You"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
AustraliaMarch 12, 2021Radio airplay Sony [9]
ItalyApril 9, 2021 [11]

References

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  48. ↑ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas . Retrieved January 2, 2023.Type Miley Cyrus in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Angels like You in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
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