Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel

This article is about the song by Tavares. For the Bro'Sis song, see Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (Bro'Sis song).

"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"
Side A of the US single
Single by Tavares
from the 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	R&B[1]
Length	6:47 (album version) 3:28 (single version 1) 3:10 (single version 2)
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Perren Keni St. Lewis
Producer(s)	Freddie Perren
Tavares singles chronology
"Free Ride" (1975) "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (1976) "Don't Take Away the Music" (1976)

"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.^[2] "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.^[3] 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).^[4]

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)[5] 30 Belgium (Ultratop)[6] 2 Canada Top Singles (RPM) 11 France (French Singles Chart)[6] 7 Ireland (IRMA) 9 Italy (Musica e dischi)[7] 17 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100) 1 Mexico (Mexican Singles Chart) 5 New Zealand (RIANZ) 30 South Africa (Springbok)[8] 16 UK Singles (OCC) 4 US Billboard Hot 100 15 US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[9] 1 US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[10] 3 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 18 US Cash Box Top 100[11] 10

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Rank Canada Top Singles (RPM)[12] 114 UK Singles (OCC)[13] 37 US Billboard Hot 100[14] 60 US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[15] 118 US Cash Box Top 100[16] 33

See also

• List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1976

References

1. Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 583. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 567.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 254.
4. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (T)". rock.co.za.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 305. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 8 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Tavares".
8. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 December 2021.
9. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 254.
10. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 567.
11. "Cash Box Top 100 9/11/76". Archived from the original on 2015-06-09.
12. "Top Singles - Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
13. "Top 50 Singles of 1976". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 25. 25 December 1976.
14. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
15. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 380. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
16. "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1976". Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-26.

External links

• Song Review at Allmusic
• Song Info at Discogs