| "Guardian Angel" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Masquerade | ||||
| from the album The Sound Of Masquerade | ||||
| B-side | "Silent Echos Of Katja" | |||
| Released | 11 December 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982[ citation needed ] | |||
| Length | 4:30 | |||
| Label | London Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Christopher Evans-Ironside, Kurt Gebegern | |||
| Producer(s) | Drafi Deutscher, Christopher Evans-Ironside | |||
| Masquerade singles chronology | ||||
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"Guardian Angel" is a 1983 song [1] by Drafi Deutscher under the pen name Masquerade. German and Italian cover versions, named "Jenseits von Eden" and "La valle dell'Eden" respectively, were released by Nino de Angelo in the same year. [2]
The song was originally released by Drafi Deutscher under the pen name Masquerade. It charted in Germany as well as in several other nations and is the second most famous song by Deutscher after "Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht" (engl. Marble, Stone and Iron Breaks). In the UK, the song was released in a version sung by Nino de Angelo who had also recorded German and Italian covers (see below). De Angelo's version reached number 57 on the UK Singles Chart. [3]
Numerous European TV-show appearances of Masquerade were used as separate music videos for the song. The hitmusic television-show was called Eldorado and the video featured two men in white makeup lip synching to Deutscher's vocals. [4]
12" Single [1]
7" Single [5]
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| Chart (1983/84) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 1 |
| German Singles Chart | 2 |
| Swiss Singles Chart [6] | 2 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 4 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 5 |
| Italian Singles Chart [7] | 7 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 7 |
| Australian Singles Chart [8] | 27 |
Drafi Deutscher released the German version of the song—"Jenseits von Eden"— on his greatest hits collection Diesmal für immer in 1987. [9]
| "Jenseits von Eden" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Nino de Angelo | ||||
| from the album Jenseits von Eden | ||||
| B-side | "Silbermond" | |||
| Released | 27 November 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982–1983 | |||
| Length | 3:50 | |||
| Label | Polydor Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Drafi Deutscher, Christopher Evans-Ironside, Joachim Horn-Bernges | |||
| Producer(s) | Elmar Kast, Joachim Horn-Bernges | |||
| Nino de Angelo singles chronology | ||||
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In the same year, German singer Nino de Angelo released a German-language version called "Jenseits von Eden" ("East of Eden") as well as an album with the same name. There was also an Italian-language version of the song, which – due to a mistake – originally had the Spanish name La valle del Edén. In 1984, the Italian title was changed to the correct La valle dell'Eden. [10]
7" Single
| Chart (1983–1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) [11] | 27 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [12] | 1 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [13] | 11 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [14] | 17 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) [15] | 13 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [16] | 19 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] | 1 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [18] | 57 |
| West Germany (Official German Charts) [19] | 1 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Austria (IFPI Austria) [20] | Gold | 50,000* |
| France (SNEP) [20] | Gold | 500,000* |
| Germany (BVMI) [21] | Gold | 500,000^ |
| Italy (FIMI) [20] | Gold | |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [20] | Gold | 25,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
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