Angel of Mine#Charts

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "With this lush number, Eternal confirm their status as the U.K.'s queens of the R&B ballad, at the same time offering a preview of their imminent Greatest Hits album, which is due for release on October 20."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-10-25.pdf|title=Airborne|magazine=Music & Media|date=25 October 1997|page=17|access-date=23 December 2019}} British magazine Music Week rated "Angel of Mine" five out of five, picking it as Single of the Week. It was described as a "lush, touching ballad, highlighting their vocal prowess", and, "It cannot fail."{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-09-20.pdf|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=Music Week|date=20 September 1997|page=31|accessdate=13 September 2022}} The magazine's Alan Jones declared it as "particularly uplifting and enjoyable."{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-10-04.pdf|title=Talking Music|magazine=Music Week|date=4 October 1997|page=30|accessdate=17 September 2022}}

{{Track listing

| headline = UK CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=Angel of Mine|others=Eternal|year=1997|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records|id=CDEM493, 7243 8 84743 2 0}}

| title1 = Angel of Mine

| note1 = original mix

| title2 = Twelve Months

| title3 = Talk About It

| title4 = Dreams

| note4 = Mike Dean remix featuring Grand Puba and Sadat X

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{{Track listing

| headline = UK CD2 and Japanese CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Angel of Mine|others=Eternal|year=1997|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records|id=CDEMS 493, 7243 8 84742 2 1}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Angel of Mine|others=Eternal|year=1997|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=EMI Music Japan|id=TOCP-40071}}

| title1 = Angel of Mine

| note1 = original mix

| title2 = Angel of Mine

| note2 = Ignorants club mix

| title3 = Angel of Mine

| note3 = Blacksmith "Eternal Meets D&D" mix

| title4 = Dreams

| note4 = Frankie Cutlass remix featuring Grand Puba and Sadat X

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Angel of Mine|others=Eternal|year=1997|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records|id=TCEMS 493, 7243 8 84742 4 5}}

| title1 = Angel of Mine

| note1 = original mix

| title2 = Twelve Months

| title3 = Angel of Mine

| note3 = Blacksmith R&B Rub

| title4 = Angel of Mine

| note4 = Ignorants radio mix

}}

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| headline = European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Angel of Mine|others=Eternal|year=1997|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records|id=7243 8 84835 2 0}}

| title1 = Angel of Mine

| note1 = radio edit

| title2 = Power of a Woman

| note2 = radio edit

}}

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Greatest Hits.{{cite AV media notes|title=Greatest Hits|title-link=Greatest Hits (Eternal album)|others=Eternal|year=1997|type=UK CD album liner notes|publisher=EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records|id=7243 8 21798 2 5}}

Studios

• Recorded at Sound Gallery Studios (Los Angeles) and H-2-O Enterprises (London, England)
• Mixed at Sound Gallery Studios (Los Angeles)

Personnel

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• Rhett Lawrence – writing, all instruments, production, programming, arrangement, mixing
• Travon Potts – writing, all instruments, programming, arrangement
• Easther Bennett – lead vocals, background vocals
• Vernie Bennett – background vocals
• Kéllé Bryan – background vocals
• Maxx – mixing
• Dave Pensado – mixing
• Eric White – engineering
• Bryan Golder – engineering
• Simon Bohannon – engineering
• William Catterson – assistant engineering

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=1998|nosales=true|access-date=28 July 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Eternal|title=Angel of Mine|award=Silver|relyear=1997|certyear=1997|id=513-124-1|access-date=28 July 2020}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Angel of Mine

| cover = Monica Angel of Mine.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Monica

| album = The Boy Is Mine

| B-side = "The First Night" (remix)

| released = {{Start date|1998|11|9|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

• Pop{{cite news|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/10/every-no-1-song-of-the-1990s-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|title=Every No. 1 song of the 1990s ranked from worst to best|last=Smith|first=Troy L.|website=Cleveland.com|date=21 October 2020|access-date=29 January 2023}}
• R&B

| length = 4:10

| label = Arista

| writer =

• Rhett Lawrence
• Travon Potts

| producer = Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins

| prev_title = The First Night

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Inside

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|3eOuK-pYhy4|"Angel of Mine" by Monica}}}}

}}

American R&B singer Monica recorded "Angel of Mine" for her second studio album, The Boy Is Mine (1998).{{cite AV media notes |title=The Boy Is Mine|publisher=Arista Records |others=Monica |title-link=The Boy Is Mine (album)|year=1998}} On her version, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins replaced Lawrence as the song's producer. Jerkins also oversaw mixing along with Dexter Simmons, while recording was handled by Rico Lumpkins. Still credited as a songwriter, Lawrence slightly altered the lyrics for Monica at the behest of Arista Records head Clive Davis.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mggEAAAAMBAJ|title=Monica: Angel of Mine (1999)|magazine=Billboard |date=14 August 1999|access-date=23 May 2020}} Co-writer Potts commented on Monica's rendition: "Rodney [Jerkins] did an incredible job on the production, and then Monica's interpretation, vocally, was incredible as well. She has such a big voice for someone so young."{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw0EAAAAMBAJ|title=Monica: Angel of Mine (1999)|magazine=Billboard |date=9 January 1999|access-date=23 May 2020}} Monica herself, who was unaware of Eternal's original of "Angel of Mine" until she had recorded her own version the song,{{cite web|first=Mesfin|last=Fekadu|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/monica-on-25-years-the-boy-is-mine-others-shouldnt-remake-epic-duet-brandy-1235767479/|title=Monica on 25 Years of ‘The Boy Is Mine’ and Why Others Shouldn’t Remake Her Epic Duet With Brandy: “What She and I Did Is Sacred”|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=21 December 2023|accessdate=27 December 2023}} described the song about "having a friend that she falls in with, which being human is very easy to do."{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1432251/monica-plans-to-follow-up-two-straight-number-one-hits/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621232021/http://www.mtv.com/news/1432251/monica-plans-to-follow-up-two-straight-number-one-hits/|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 June 2020|title=Monica Plans To Follow Up Two Straight Number One Hits |work=MTV News |date=1 December 1998|access-date=23 May 2020}} Sheet music for the song "Angel of Mine" is in the key of D{{flat}} Major in common time with a slow tempo of 96 beats per minute. https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0027264

"Angel of Mine" was positively received by Chuck Taylor of Billboard, who called the song "unbelievable" and "absolutely stunning." He also noted its commercial potential, claiming "this song has #1 stamped across its heart."Taylor, Chuck (7 November 1998). "Reviews & Previews: Singles". Billboard, p. 25. In a retrospective review of the song, Tom Breihan from Stereogum called the song "one more sappy ballad from a time that had no shortage of sappy ballads. But the song has stuck in my head a little more than a lot of the other sappy ballads from that time; the chorus melody is strong enough to pop up in my head whenever I see the song’s title." He further added: "Jerkins kept the sleek acoustic-guitar line from Eternal’s version of the song — a sound so clean that it feels almost unreal. [He] also switched the tempo up a bit and added some subtle synth accents and some itchy drum-machine programming. Those touches aren’t enough to keep "Angel of Mine" from sounding sleepy, but they were enough to set it apart from some of the other pop balladry that was on the charts at the time."{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Breihan|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2191545/the-number-ones-monicas-angel-of-mine/columns/the-number-ones/|title=Monica Plans To Follow Up Two Straight Number One Hits |website=Stereogum |date=1 July 2022|access-date=23 May 2020}}

"Angel of Mine" was released on 9 November 1998 as the third single from The Boy Is Mine after Lawrence and Clive Davis had worked out a deal which would see Eternal release the song in Europe, while Monica would get to release the song's Jerkins-produced version in North America and Oceania.{{cite magazine|title=AddVance Notice|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1273|page=52|date=6 November 1998}} Following the success of her previous singles, "The Boy Is Mine" and "The First Night", "Angel of Mine" became the album's third consecutive release to reach the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 within nine months. It also reached number two on Billboard{{'}}s Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart, becoming the seventh domestic top-10 hit of Monica's career. "Angel of Mine" was ranked third on Billboard{{'}}s Hot 100 year-end chart for 1999 and placed 62nd on the 1990s decade-end chart.

Elsewhere, "Angel of Mine" became a top-10 hit in Canada, where it peaked at number five on RPM{{'}}s 100 Hit Tracks chart and reached number eight on both the Adult Contemporary Tracks and Dance charts. It also peaked at number 12 on the Australian Singles Chart and reached number 36 in New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, despite the success of Eternal's 1997 version, "Angel of Mine" spent two weeks on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 55. It also reached the top 10 of the UK Hip Hop/R&B chart, peaking at number ten.

The accompanying music video for "Angel of Mine" was directed by Diane Martel and features Tyrese Gibson as Monica's love interest.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8267394/|title=Monica: Angel of Mine (1999)|website=imdb.com |access-date=23 May 2020}}

{{Track listing

| headline = US CD and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Angel of Mine|others=Monica|year=1999|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records|id=07822-13590-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Angel of Mine|others=Monica|year=1999|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Arista Records|id=07822-13590-4}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Angel of Mine

| writer1 = {{hlist|Rhett Lawrence|Travon Potts}}

| extra1 = Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins

| length1 = 4:10

| title2 = The First Night

| note2 = So So Def remix featuring JD and R.O.C.

| writer2 = {{hlist|Jermaine Dupri|Tamara Savage|Marilyn McLeod|Pam Sawyer}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Dupri{{ref|a|[a]}}|Carl-So-Lowe{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 4:09

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Angel of Mine|others=Monica|year=1999|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records|id=74321 69289 2}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Angel of Mine

| writer1 = {{hlist|Rhett Lawrence|Travon Potts}}

| extra1 = Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins

| length1 = 4:10

| title2 = Inside

| note2 = Masters at Work remix—TNT radio edit

| writer2 = Diane Warren

| extra2 = {{hlist|David Foster|"Little" Louie Vega{{ref|a|[a]}}|Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = Inside

| note3 = Masters at Work remix

| writer3 = Warren

| extra3 = {{hlist|Foster|Vega{{ref|a|[a]}}|Gonzalez{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length3 = 8:17

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Angel of Mine|others=Monica|year=1999|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records|id=74321 66786 2}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Angel of Mine

| writer1 = {{hlist|Lawrence|Potts}}

| extra1 = Jerkins

| length1 = 4:13

| title2 = The First Night

| note2 = Razor-N-Guido club mix radio edit

| writer2 = {{hlist|Dupri|Savage|McLeod|Sawyer}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Dupri|Peter "Razor" Osback{{ref|a|[a]}}|Guido Osorio{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 4:37

| title3 = Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)

| writer3 = {{hlist|Dallas Austin|Derrick Simmons|Recall Management}}

| extra3 = Austin

| length3 = 3:50

}}

Notes

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Credits are adapted from the liner notes of The Boy Is Mine.

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• Monica Arnold – vocals
• Rodney Jerkins – mixing, production
• Rhett Lawrence – writer
• Rico Lumpkins – recording

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• Tomi Martin – guitar
• Travon Potts – writer
• Dexter Simmons – mixing

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=1999}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Monica|title=Angel of Mine|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=2022|access-date=January 9, 2025|source=radioscope}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Monica|title=Angel of Mine|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|salesamount=1,100,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63|title=Best-Selling Records of 1999|magazine=Billboard|volume=112|number=4|page=63|date=22 January 2000|access-date=4 June 2015|issn=0006-2510}}}}

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Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:Contemporary R&B ballads

Category:EMI Records singles

Category:Eternal (band) songs

Category:First Avenue Records singles

Category:Monica (singer) songs

Category:Music videos directed by Diane Martel

Category:Pop ballads

Category:Song recordings produced by Rhett Lawrence

Category:Song recordings produced by Rodney Jerkins

Category:Songs written by Rhett Lawrence

Category:Songs written by Travon Potts