Angel (Jimi Hendrix song)

Infobox Single
Name = Angel


Artist = Jimi Hendrix
from Album = The Cry Of Love
B-side = US Freedom
UK Night Bird Flying
Released = April 1971
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Reprise, Track, Barclay, Polydor
Writer = Jimi Hendrix
Producer = Jimi Hendrix
Certification =
Last single = Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
(1970)
This single = Angel
(1971)
Next single = Dolly Dagger
(1971)

"Angel" is the name of a song written and recorded by Jimi Hendrix. It was first released in March 1971 on the posthumous LP "The Cry of Love", and in April it was released on a single to promote the LP. In the US the single was backed with Freedom and in the UK with "Night Bird Flying". The LP charted, but the single didn't sell well'. The B side "Night Bird Flying" was the B side of the final single Hendrix had cut at Sterling Sound with Eddie Kramer, the A side of this single was the final Reprise USA & Canada single release "Dolly Dagger"

In 1972, Rod Stewart released his version of this song as a single from his album "Never a Dull Moment". While it failed to achieve the major success of its predecessor "You Wear It Well," the song still did well in several markets worldwide. In the United Kingdom, the song charted as a double A-side with "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)."

This song was also recorded by singer/songwriter and harpist Dee Carstensen in her 1995 studio album release "Regarding The Soul". This was the first ever release of this song using harp as primary instrument.

Some of this song's lyrics were recited at Hendrix's funeral.