Angels (Robbie Williams song)

"Angels"
Single by Robbie Williams
from the album Life thru a Lens
B-side	"Karaoke Overkill" "Get the Joke" "Back for Good" (live) "Walk This Sleigh"
Released	1 December 1997 (1997-12-01)
Studio	Matrix Maison Rouge (London, England)
Genre	Soft rock
Length	4:24 (album version) 3:58 (radio edit)
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Attributed to Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers
Producer(s)	Guy Chambers Steve Power
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"South of the Border" (1997) "Angels" (1997) "Let Me Entertain You" (1998)
Music videos
"Angels" on YouTube
"Angels (XXV)" on YouTube

"Angels" is a song by the English singer Robbie Williams. It was included on Williams's debut solo album, Life thru a Lens (1997), and released as a single on 1 December 1997 by Chrysalis. It was produced by Guy Chambers and Steve Power.

The Irish singer-songwriter Ray Heffernan asserts that he wrote the first version of "Angels" in 1996 and finished it with Williams. Williams confirmed that he recorded a demo with Heffernan but said he rewrote it significantly with Chambers. To avoid a lawsuit, Williams bought the song rights from Heffernan before it was released. Vaughan Arnell directed its music video, which was shot in black and white.

"Angels" is Williams's best-selling single, and the 34th-bestselling UK single of the 1990s. It was voted the best song of the previous 25 years at the 2005 Brit Awards, and in 2005, the British voted it the song they most wanted played at their funeral. It reached #53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

"Angels" has been covered by artists including Jessica Simpson, David Archuleta, Beverley Knight, All Angels, Declan Galbraith and Josh Groban. It was recorded in Spanish (as "Ángel") by the Mexican singers Yuridia and Marco Moré, in Italian (as "Un Angelo") by Patrizio Buanne and in Brazilian Portuguese (as "Um Anjo") by KLB. Williams also recorded a Spanish version.