Avenging Angels (song)

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"Avenging Angels"
Avangels1 front.jpg
Single by Space
from the album Tin Planet
B-side
  • "I'm Unlike Any Lifeform You've Ever Met"
  • "Bastard Me, Bastard You"
  • "Theme from 'Barretta Vendetta'"
Released29 December 1997 (1997-12-29) [1]
Length2:59
Label Gut
Songwriter(s) Tommy Scott, Space
Producer(s) Jeremy Wheatley, Space
Space singles chronology
"Dark Clouds"
(1997)
"Avenging Angels"
(1997)
"The Ballad of Tom Jones"
(1998)

"Avenging Angels" is a song by English band Space, released as the band's first single from the band's second album Tin Planet on 29 December 1997. The song reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and number 20 in Iceland in January 1998. In Australia, "Avenging Angels" peaked at number 146 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD1 [2]

  1. "Avenging Angels" – 3:10
  2. "I'm Unlike Any Lifeform You've Ever Met" – 3:26
  3. "Bastard Me, Bastard You" – 4:26
  4. "Theme from 'Barretta Vendetta'" – 6:05

UK CD2 [3]

  1. "Avenging Angels" – 3:10
  2. "Avenging Angels" (John 'OO' Fleming theramin mix) – 7:07
  3. "Avenging Angels" (Ultra Vegas mix) – 7:01
  4. "Avenging Angels" (The Jumping Soundboy mix) – 6:34
  5. "Avenging Angels" (Franny's 'Peaceful Devil' mix) – 4:34
  6. "Avenging Angels" (Brainbasher's 'Kick Ass Angel' mix) – 6:20
  7. "Avenging Angels" (Jonnie Newman's 'Altered State' mix) – 4:02

UK cassette single [4]

A. "Avenging Angels" – 3:10
B. "Bastard Me, Bastard You" – 4:26

Australian CD single [5]

  1. "Avenging Angels" – 3:10
  2. "Avenging Angels" (Jonnie Newman's 'Altered State' mix) – 4:02
  3. "Avenging Angels" (Franny's 'Peaceful Devil' mix) – 4:34
  4. "Avenging Angels" (Ultra Vegas mix) – 7:01
  5. "Avenging Angels" (The Jumping Soundboy mix) – 6:34
  6. "Theme from 'Barretta Vendetta'" – 6:05

Charts

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