I'm Your Angel

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"I'm Your Angel"
Dion Kelly I'mYourAngel.jpg
Single by Celine Dion and R. Kelly
from the album These Are Special Times and R.
Released13 October 1998 (1998-10-13)
Recorded1998
Studio
  • Battery Studios
  • Studio Morin-Heights
  • Cove City Sound Studios
  • The Dream Factory
  • Right Track Studios
Genre
Length5:31
Label
Songwriter(s) Robert Kelly
Producer(s) R. Kelly
Celine Dion singles chronology
"Zora sourit"
(1998)
"I'm Your Angel"
(1998)
"S'il suffisait d'aimer"
(1998)

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [64] Gold35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [65] Silver263,000 [54]
United States (RIAA) [66] Platinum1,550,000 [67]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States13 October 1998 Contemporary hit radio
[68]
Belgium9 November 1998
  • CD
  • maxi CD
Sony [69]
Japan11 November 1998 Mini CD SMEJ [70]
United Kingdom16 November 1998
  • CD
  • cassette
Epic [71]
United States17 November 1998
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
  • Jive
  • Tavdash
[72] [ better source needed ]

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