Send Me an Angel (Real Life song)

"Send Me an Angel"
Single by Real Life
from the album Heartland
B-side	"Like a Gun"
Released	20 July 1983
Format	7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded	1983
Genre	Synthpop, New Wave
Length	3:53
Label	Curb Records
Writer(s)	David Sterry, Richard Zatorski
Producer	Ross Cockle
Real Life singles chronology
"Send Me an Angel (1983) "Catch Me I'm Falling" (1984)

"Send Me an Angel" is a 1983 song by Real Life. Initially released on Real Life's debut album Heartland, it is the band's most known song. This version originally peaked in early 1984 in the US at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The song's biggest chart success, however, was in 1989, where an updated version entitled "Send Me An Angel '89" surpassed the original version from 1983. "Send Me An Angel '89" reached a peak of #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1989 in the US. Both versions are very similar; the '89 version is missing the louder "claps" in the chorus.

The song is about a man who asks himself whether he finds true love.

Track listing

7" single

1. Send Me An Angel 3:53
2. Like A Gun 3:16

12" single

1. Send Me An Angel (Extended Mix)
2. Send Me An Angel
3. Like A Gun

Charts

Chart (1983/84)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	29
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	54
Canadian Singles Chart	18
German Singles Chart	1
Austrian Singles Chart	9
Swiss Singles Chart	2
Australian Singles Chart	6
New Zealand Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	4
Spanish Singles Chart	19

Preceded by "Life Begins at Forty" by Dave and the Dynamos	New Zealand number one single 30 September 1983 - 7 October 1983	Succeeded by "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Taco
Preceded by "People are People" by Depeche Mode	German number-one single 18 May 1984 – 8 June 1984	Succeeded by "Self Control" by Laura Branigan

Cover versions

"Send Me an Angel" has been covered by various artists including:

• Niclas Wahlgren - Ängel (1984, S/T LP) in Sweden
• Australian synthpop band Tycho Brahe on their album Tasty
• Thomas Anders of Modern Talking fame (in German) : Heisskalter Engel
• The eurodance project Netzwerk in 1992
• Pobi on her 1993 Send Me An Angel album
• The intro has been used in the song Piece of my Heart by the eurodance project Intermission
• The project Caya in 1998
• Destrophy on their 2004 "Chrysalis" album
• Zeromancer on their 2001 Eurotrash album.
• Denison Marrs on their 2002 Then Is The New Now album. They also released it on a 7" single in 2000.
• Thrice on the Punk Goes Pop compilation then later appears on their compilation album If We Could Only See Us Now
• The Quakes on their 2005 Psyops album
• Gregorian on their 2006 album Masters of Chant Chapter V
• Australian dance trio Slinkee Minx on their 2007 album Electric Dreams
• The Dreaming on their 2008 Etched In Blood album
• Atrocity (band) on their cover album titled "Werk 80"
• Dirty on Purpose on their "Like Bees" EP
• Soraya Arnelas on her 2006 Ochenta's album
• Missing Hours on their 2008 self-titled album
• Lovematic feat. Sharon May Linn at the beginning of 2009
• Adam Kult on their Adam album
• Deadstar Assembly on their self titled 2001 debut album.
• Straight up on their 1990 cd single: Catch me I'm falling
• Inverse Phase's NES Me An Angel on the Chiptune album, Retrocovered.