Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel explained

Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel
Type:single
Artist:Tavares
Album:Sky High!
A-Side:"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (Part 1)
B-Side:"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (Part 2)
Released:May 1976
February 1986 (re-release)
Genre:Disco, soul
Length:6:47 (album version) 3:28 (single version 1) 3:10 (single version 2)
Label:Capitol
Producer:Freddie Perren
Prev Title:Free Ride
Prev Year:1975
Next Title:Don't Take Away the Music
Next Year:1976

"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" is a disco song written by Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis. It was recorded by the American band Tavares in 1976. It was released as the first single from their fourth album, Sky High! (1976), and was split into two parts: the first part was 3 minutes and 28 seconds in length, while the second part was 3 minutes and 10 seconds. "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" was re-released in February 1986.

"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976. It peaked at number three on the Hot Soul Singles chart.[1] "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel", with the track "Don't Take Away the Music", spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[2] It became the group's only Gold record.

The song would also afford the group an international chart hit, reaching number one in the Netherlands, and charting in Australia (30), Canada (11), the UK (4), and South Africa (16).[3]

In 2000, Italian a cappella group Neri per Caso released an Italian language version of the song, titled Sarà (Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel).

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 30
Belgium (Ultratop)[5] 2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)11
France (French Singles Chart)7
Ireland (IRMA)9
Italy (Musica e dischi)[6] 17
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)1
Mexico (Mexican Singles Chart)5
New Zealand (RIANZ)30
South Africa (Springbok)[7] 16
UK Singles (OCC)4
US Billboard Hot 10015
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[8] 1
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[9] 3
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)18
US Cash Box Top 100[10] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)Rank
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[11] 114
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 37
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 60
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[14] 118
US Cash Box Top 100[15] 33

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 567.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 254.
  3. Web site: South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (T). rock.co.za.
  4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 305.
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-05-23 . 2017-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170622161630/http://tsort.info/music/mzp85e.htm . dead .
  6. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. 8 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Tavares".
  7. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. 5 December 2021.
  8. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 254.
  9. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 567.
  10. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 9/11/76. https://web.archive.org/web/20150609164140/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19760911.html. 2015-06-09.
  11. Web site: Top Singles - Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977. collectionscanada.gc.ca. March 20, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610094136/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?file_num=nlc008388.5173b&brws_s=&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3. June 10, 2016. dead.
  12. Top 50 Singles of 1976 . . Spotlight Publications . London, England . 25 . 25 December 1976.
  13. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
  14. Book: Whitburn, Joel . 1999 . Pop Annual . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . Record Research Inc. . 380 . 0-89820-142-X.
  15. Web site: Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1976 . 2016-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020004356/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1976YESP.html . 2018-10-20 . dead .