Australian singles charts:
Send Me an Angel entered the Kent Music Report charts on 6 June 1983 and peaked at #6. It was #36 on the Top 100 of 1983.
Album:
The song is on Heartland which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 28 November 1983 and peaked at #30.
Songwriters:
David Sterry, Richard Zatorski
Producer:
Ross Cockle
Record label of Australian release:
Wheatley
BONUS CLIP BELOW: Send Me an Angel ’89
Songfacts:
Real Life is an Australian New Wave band fronted by David Sterry, and also including Alan Johnson and Danny Simcic. Send Me An Angel was their first single and their breakout hit, helped by its video, which featured a medieval theme.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/real-life/send-me-an-angel
Wikipedia:
Send Me an Angel peaked in the top 10 in Australia and is the band’s best-known song.
This version peaked in early 1984 in the US at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was #1 in Germany and New Zealand and Top 10 in other countries.
In the US, 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.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_Me_an_Angel_(Real_Life_song)
In Australia, Real Life charted with the singles Send Me an Angel, Openhearted, Catch Me I’m Falling, Face to Face, Send Me an Angel ’89 and God Tonight. Also, the band had four appearances on the Australian album charts: Heartland, Master Mix, Flame and Lifetime.
Lyrics:
Do you believe in heaven above?
Do you believe in love?
Don’t tell a lie, don’t be false or untrue
It all comes back to you
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