| Angel | |
| Cover: | Angel_12"_single.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Angela Winbush |
| Album: | Sharp |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Length: | 3:45 |
| Label: | Polygram |
| Producer: | Angela Winbush |
| Next Title: | Run to Me |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
"Angel" is the debut solo single by American R&B singer Angela Winbush. The track was released in 1987 as the first single from her debut album, Sharp on Polygram Records. As half of the duo of René & Angela, Winbush had two number-one R&B hits with "Save Your Love (For #1)" and "Your Smile." After a decade, René Moore and Winbush went their separate ways. "Angel", her solo-debut, spent two weeks at the top of the US Billboard R&B chart. It was also named by Billboard the number nine most successful R&B single of 1987. Despite the success, "Angel" did not make the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
The single was nominated for a 1988 Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female. The song also helped Winbush get nominated for Female Album of the Year. A video for "Angel" was released as a download on iTunes in May 2007.
In 2009, Essence magazine included the song in their list of the "25 Best Slow Jams of All Time".[2]
The song also appears on several compilation albums including: