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"Send Me an Angel" is a 1983 song by Australian band Real Life. The song was released in May 1983 as the band's debut single from their debut studio album Heartland. The song 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 No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [5]
In 2006, Novaspace released their third album called DJ Edition which was a collection of their previous singles in a reworked format, including one new track called "Send Me an Angel" (cover version of Real Life's hit song). It also featured a DVD containing music videos to all the previous singles
On 19 May 2009, Real Life released their sixth studio album, Send Me An Angel – '80s Synth Essentials, on Cleopatra Records in the US. In addition to another new recording (and two remixes) of "Send Me an Angel", the album also includes cover versions of twelve other 1980s new wave classics by acts such as Depeche Mode , The Cure , Eurythmics ...
That same year, the song "Wind of Change" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 [9] and "Send Me an Angel" reached No. 44 on the same chart. [9] It also has the only Scorpions track to credit bassist Francis Buchholz as a writer, "Kicks After Six".
Tomas Mureika from AllMusic called Heartland "One of the strongest -- and most unappreciated -- albums of the new wave era" and singled out "Catch Me I'm Falling" as the best track on the album. Mureika said "The title track is a stirring, brooding anthem, worthy of U2 's powerful early new wave days, complete with wailing guitar solo.
"Send Me an Angel" is a song by the German rock band Scorpions, recorded for their 11th studio album, Crazy World (1990). The song was composed by Rudolf Schenker, written by Klaus Meine, and produced by Keith Olsen and the band. It was released as the album's fourth and final single in September 1991.
"Send Me an Angel" may refer to: "Send Me an Angel" (Real Life song), 1983 "Send Me an Angel", 1983 song by American rock band Blackfoot "Send Me an Angel" (Scorpions song), 1990 "Lord, Send Me an Angel", 2000 single by The White Stripes; Send Me an Angel, 2002 song and album by Vision Divine
"Catch Me I'm Falling" is a song by Australian new wave and synth-pop band Real Life. Released in December 1983 as the third single from the band's debut studio album Heartland . The song is built on the success of the debut single "Send Me an Angel" and became the band's second top 10 hit in Australia, spending 27 weeks in the Kent Music ...