Send Me an Angel (Real Life song)
{{Short description|1983 single by Real Life}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Send Me an Angel
| cover = Real Life-Send Me an Angel.jpg
| caption = 1983 Spain release
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Real Life
| album = Heartland
| B-side = "Like a Gun" (original release)
"Always" (1989 reissue)
| released = {{unbulleted list|May 1983 (AUS){{cite web|title= Real Life – Send Me an Angel / Like a Gun – Wheatley – Australia – WRS-001 |website= 45cat |url= http://www.45cat.com/record/wrs001 |accessdate= 10 April 2015}}|November 1983 (USA){{cite web|title= Real Life – Send Me an Angel / Like a Gun – MCA / Curb – USA – MCA-52287 |website= 45cat |accessdate= 10 April 2015 |url= http://www.45cat.com/record/mca52287}}|1989 (re-release)}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Synth-pop{{cite web|title= Real Life |year= 2009 |work= Chaos Control |accessdate= 24 June 2013 |url= http://www.chaoscontrol.com/real-life/}}|new wave{{cite news|first= Whitney |last= Matheson |title= My favorite '80s New Wave song is... |newspaper= USA Today |date= 24 April 2014 |accessdate= 8 May 2015 |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2014/04/24/new-wave-giveaway/8091039/}}}}
| length = 3:53
| label = {{hlist|Wheatley|Curb|MCA|Intercord|Ariola}}
| writer = {{hlist|David Sterry|Richard Zatorski}}
| producer = Ross Cockle
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| year=1983
| next_title = Openhearted
| next_year = 1983
}}
"Send Me an Angel" is a 1983 song by Australian band Real Life. The song was released in May 1983 as the band's debut single from their debut studio album Heartland. The song peaked in the top 10 in Australia and is the band's best-known song. This version peaked in early 1984 in the US at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 2010 |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits |publisher= Billboard Books |edition= 9th |isbn= 978-0-8230-8554-5}} The song was No. 1 in Germany and New Zealand and Top 10 in other countries.
In the US, "Send Me an Angel '89" surpassed the original version from 1983. "Send Me An Angel '89" reached a peak of No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1989 in the US.
The song features in the soundtracks of the American movies Rad (1986), Teen Wolf Too (1987) and The Wizard (1989).
Track listing
;7" single (WRS-001)
- Send Me an Angel – 3:53
- Like a Gun – 3:16
;12" single
- Send Me an Angel (Extended Dance Mix) – 5:40
- Send Me an Angel – 3:53
- Like a Gun – 3:14
;12" Maxi-Single
- Send Me an Angel (Extended Mix) – 5:43
- Send Me an Angel – 3:53
- Burning Blue – 4:43
Charts
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=Original version=
==Weekly charts==
==Year-end charts==
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!Chart (1983) !Position |
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg |title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 |publisher=Kent Music Report |via=Imgur.com |access-date=22 January 2023}}
|align="center"|26 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1983 |publisher= Recorded Music New Zealand |access-date= 10 February 2018 |url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1983-12-31}}
|align="center"|8 |
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="Send Me an Angel '89"=
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Cover versions
"Send Me an Angel" has been covered by various artists including:
- Netzwerk on their 1992 EP Send Me an Angel{{cite web|title= Netzwerk – Send Me an Angel |publisher= AllMusic |accessdate= 29 September 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/send-me-an-angel-mr0002874037}}
- Pobi on the 1993 album Send Me An Angel. Some of the lyrics were altered to be from the perspective of the other party in the song{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/222958-Pobi-Send-Me-An-Angel|title=Send Me An Angel by Pobi|website=Discogs|access-date=26 July 2024}}
- Atrocity on their 1997 cover album Werk 80{{cite web|title= Atrocity – Werk 80 Festival Edition |publisher= AllMusic |accessdate= 24 July 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/werk-80-festival-edition-mw0001288975}}
- Zeromancer on their 2001 album Eurotrash{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Anderson |title= Zeromancer – Eurotrash |publisher= AllMusic |accessdate= 24 July 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/eurotrash-mw0000661340}}
- Thrice for the 2002 compilation Punk Goes Pop, which later appears on the 2005 compilation If We Could Only See Us Now{{cite web|first= Johnny |last= Loftus |title= Thrice – If We Could Only See Us Now |publisher= AllMusic |accessdate= 24 July 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/if-we-could-only-see-us-now-mw0000250072}}
- Deadstar Assembly on their 2003 self-titled debut album{{cite web|title= Deadstar Assembly – Deadstar Assembly |publisher= AllMusic |accessdate= 24 July 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/deadstar-assembly-mw0000170895}}
- XO Stereo on their 2015 EP The Struggle{{cite web|title= The Struggle by XO Stereo (Another Century Records) |website= HighWire Daze |date= 12 September 2015 |accessdate= 8 February 2017 |url= http://highwiredaze.com/thestruggle1}}
- Highly Suspect on their 2016 album The Boy Who Died Wolf{{cite web|first= Chad |last= Childers |title= Highly Suspect, 'The Boy Who Died Wolf' – Album Review |website= Loudwire |date= 18 November 2016 |accessdate= 28 December 2016 |url= http://loudwire.com/highly-suspect-the-boy-who-died-wolf-album-review/}}
- Gunship, released as a standalone single in 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://gunshipmusic.bandcamp.com/track/send-me-an-angel|title=Send Me An Angel by GUNSHIP|website=GUNSHIP|access-date=27 October 2023}}
See also
References
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{{Real Life}}
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Category:Real Life (band) songs
Category:Ariola Records singles