Angel Eyes (Home and Away)
| "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Wet Wet Wet | ||||
| from the album Popped In Souled Out | ||||
| Released | 30 November 1987 | |||
| Format | CD, cassette, 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length |
4:30 (single version) 5:16 (album version) | |||
| Label | PolyGram | |||
| Writer(s) |
Graeme Clark Tommy Cunningham Neil Mitchell Marti Pellow Chris Difford | |||
| Producer(s) |
Michael Baker Axel Kroll | |||
| Wet Wet Wet singles chronology | ||||
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"Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" was the third single from Wet Wet Wet's debut album, Popped In Souled Out. It was released on 30 November 1987 and reached #5 in the UK charts. The lyrics in the chorus make reference to two Hal David and Burt Bacharach compositions "Walk On By" and "The Look of Love". As well, the lyrics quote an entire verse of the Squeeze single "Heartbreaking World". Some later issues of this single (including all US issues) accordingly credit Squeeze lyricist Chris Difford as a co-author.
Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile.
An earlier version of the song - entitled Home and Away - featured on the 1986 Glasgow band's compilation cassette Honey at the Core.
Track listings
CD:
- "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" (full length version)
- "We Can Love"
- "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" (original demo version)
- "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" (7" version)
MC:
- "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"
- "We Can Love"
- "Home & Away"
- "Angel Eyes" (extended version)
7":
- "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"
- "We Can Love"
12":
- "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"
- "We Can Love"
- "Home & Away"
Charts
Peak positions
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Irish Singles Chart[1] | 9 |
| UK Singles Chart[2] | 5 |
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
| Dutch Top 40[3] | 3 |
| South African Top 40[4] | 13 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart[3] | 20 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[3] | 17 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[3] | 4 |
End of year charts
| End of year chart (1987) | Position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Top 40[5] | 15 |
References
- ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 11 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 19 February 2008)
- ↑ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved 19 February 2008)
- 1 2 3 4 "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)", French, Dutch, New Zealand and Swedish singles charts Lescharts.com Archived 24 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 22 January 2008)
- ↑ http://rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(W).html Retrieved 24 March 2014
- ↑ "Single top 100 over 1988" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 22 September 2010.