"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" is a song from the film Honeysuckle Rose. The song was written and performed by Willie Nelson and released in January 1981 as the soundtrack's second single. The single was Nelson's seventh number one on the country chart as a solo artist and stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1]
Bob Dylan covered the song during the recording sessions for his 1983 album Infidels. The song appeared as the B-side to four different international single releases in support of the album.
The King of the Hill soundtrack included a version of the song on which Nelson duets with Mark McGrath. The original, not this version, appeared in "Wings of the Dope" (the episode in which Luanne's deceased boyfriend reappears as an angel).