| Angel | |
| Cover: | Angel (Lionel Richie song).jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lionel Richie |
| Album: | Renaissance |
| Released: | October 2000 |
| Recorded: | 1999–2000 |
| Genre: | Dance-pop, house |
| Length: | 4:16 |
| Label: | Island Def Jam |
| Prev Title: | Closest Thing to Heaven |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Don't Stop the Music |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
"Angel" is a song by American singer Lionel Richie. It was written by Richie, Paul Barry, and Mark Taylor for his sixth studio album Renaissance (2000), while production was helmed by Brian Rawling and Taylor. Island Def Jam released "Angel" as the album's lead single in October 2000. Richie's highest-charting success in years, it reached the top ten in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, while peaking at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart.
An accompanying music video for "Angel" was filmed by German directors Wolf Gresenz und Bernard Wedig and took ten days to be completed. Budgeted at 650.000 D-Mark, it marked production company Blow Film's first video with international clients.[1] Shot in Berlin, including locations such as the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam-Babelsberg and the Berlin Alexanderplatz station, it went into post production after its third day of filming.[1]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Renaissance.[2]
CD Maxi Single
Australia CD Single
UK CD Single 1
UK CD Single 2
UK Cassette Single
| Chart (2000–01) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 123 |
| Hungary (MAHASZ)[4] | 3 |
| Poland (Polish Airplay Charts)[5] | 5 |
| Portugal (AFP)[6] | 5 |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[7] | 86 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chart (2001) | Position | |
| Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS)[8] | 41 | |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] | 84 | |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] | 58 | |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] | 14 |