My Blue Angel

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"My Blue Angel"
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Single by Aaron Tippin
from the album Read Between the Lines
B-side "The Sound of Your Goodbye (Sticks and Stones)"
ReleasedFebruary 1, 1993
Genre Country
Length3:24
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Kim Williams, Aaron Tippin, Philip Douglas
Producer(s) Emory Gordy Jr.
Aaron Tippin singles chronology
"I Was Born with a Broken Heart"
(1992)
"My Blue Angel"
(1993)
"Workin' Man's Ph.D."
(1993)

"My Blue Angel" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Aaron Tippin. It was released in February 1993 as the fourth and final single from the album, Read Between the Lines . The song reached number 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 16 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It was written by Tippin, Kim Williams, and Philip Douglas. [1]

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Music video

The music video was directed by Jon Small and premiered in January 1993. The video features a girl in a romantic relationship with Tippin's character who leaves him for a gangster only for it to be revealed by the gangster that she is an undercover police officer. In the ensuing bust she comes face to face with Tippin again only for him to reveal a detectives badge and the two embrace.

Chart performance

"My Blue Angel" debuted at number 75 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of January 30, 1993.

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 16
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 7

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (August 2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 207. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1755." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. May 15, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  3. "Aaron Tippin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.