An Angel Explained

An Angel
Cover:	Kelly Family-An Angel.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	The Kelly Family
Album:	Over the Hump
Recorded:	1994
Length:	3:44
Label:	Kel-Life
Prev Title:	One More Freakin' Dollar
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Why Why Why
Next Year:	1995

"An Angel" is a song by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. It was produced by Kathy Kelly and Hartmut Pfannmüller for their eighth regular studio album Over the Hump (1994) and features lead vocals by Angelo and Paddy Kelly. Paddy wrote the song for his mother, Barbara Kelly, who died in 1982 from breast cancer. He wrote it on the family's boat, Santa Barbara. In 2017, The Kelly Family re-recorded the song for their We Got Love.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Over the Hump.^[1]

• Songwriting – The Kelly Family
• Production – Hartmut Pfannmüller, Kathy Kelly
• Executive production – Dan Kelly, Mike Ungefehr
• Engineering – Günther Kasper

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "An Angel"!Chart (1994–1995)!Peak
position

UK Singles (OCC)^[2]	69

Year-end charts

1994 year-end chart performance for "An Angel"! Chart (1994)! Position

Germany (Official German Charts)^[3]	45

1995 year-end chart performance for "An Angel"! Chart (1995)! Position

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[4]	9
Germany (Official German Charts)^[5]	43
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[6]	27

Other versions

• In 2006, the song was also covered by English singer Declan Galbraith and served as the first single and opening track from his second album Thank You (2006).
• Gregor Meyle for his album Meylensteine Vol 1 (2015).
• Silbermond lead singer Stefanie Kloß for the compilation album Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol 4 (2017)
• In 2023, American singer Anastacia recorded a version of "An Angel" for her album Our Songs.^[7]

External links

• KellyFamily.de — official site

Notes and References

1. Over the Hump . The Kelly Family. 1994 . CD liner . KEL-Life Records.
2. Web site: Kelly Family - Singles . 2013-12-01 . The Official Charts Company.
3. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts (1994). German . . offiziellecharts.de . October 5, 2019.
4. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 1995. austriancharts.at. April 28, 2020.
5. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts (1995). German . . offiziellecharts.de . October 5, 2019.
6. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1995. hitparade.ch. April 28, 2020.
7. Web site: Anastacia - Our Songs - Review. Retro Pop Magazine. 18 September 2023. 27 September 2023.