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1991 single by Scorpions From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Send Me an Angel" is a song by the German hard rock band Scorpions from their eleventh studio album, Crazy World (1990). It was released as the album's fourth and final single on 17 September 1991. The song was composed by Rudolf Schenker, written by Klaus Meine, and produced by Keith Olsen and the band. Along with "Wind of Change", "Send Me an Angel" became the album's biggest hit single, reaching No. 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 25 January 1992, No. 8 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart[1] on 19 October 1991, and Top 10 and Top 20 positions in many European countries.
"Send Me an Angel" | ||||
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Single by Scorpions | ||||
from the album Crazy World | ||||
B-side | "Crazy World" | |||
Released | 17 September 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Studio | Goodnight LA (Los Angeles, California) | |||
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Length | 4:32 | |||
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An orchestral version of the song was recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for the band's album, Moment of Glory (2000). An acoustic version of the song was also recorded for their unplugged live album, Acoustica (2001).
In 1994, the English rock band Black Sabbath released their seventeenth studio album Cross Purposes, which contains the same burning angel in the design of the cover art that the "Send Me an Angel" single has.[citation needed]
7-inch vinyl single
CD maxi single
Scorpions
Additional musician
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