Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground

1981 single by Willie Nelson

"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"

Single by Willie Nelson
from the album  Honeysuckle Rose
B-side| "I Guess I've Come to Here in Your Eyes"
Released| January 1981
Genre| Country
Length| 4:27
Label| Columbia
Songwriter(s)| Willie Nelson
Producer(s)| Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson singles chronology
| "On the Road Again"
(1980)  | "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"
(1981)  | "Mona Lisa"
(1981)

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"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" is a song from the film Honeysuckle Rose. The song was written and recorded by American singer Willie Nelson and released in 1980 on the Honeysuckle Rose soundtrack and later as the soundtrack's second single in January 1981. The single was Nelson's seventh number one on the country chart as a solo artist and stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

## Charts[edit]

Chart (1981)  | Peak
position

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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3] | 1

## Cover versions[edit]

* Bob Dylan covered the song during the recording sessions for his 1983 album Infidels. The song appeared as the B-side to four different international single releases in support of the album.
* Cross Canadian Ragweed covered the song on their tenth album, Happiness and All the Other Things.
* Raul Malo covered the song on his 2006 album You're Only Lonely.
* The Smoking Popes included a cover of the song on the re-issue of their 1995 album Born to Quit.
* The King of the Hill soundtrack included a version of the song on which Nelson duets with Mark McGrath. The original, not this version, appeared in "Wings of the Dope" (the episode in which Luanne's deceased boyfriend reappears as an angel).
* Alison Krauss recorded a cover of the song and included it on the Target Corporation exclusive version of her 2017 release Windy City.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 245.
2. ^ "Willie Nelson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
3. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. July 17, 2013.

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Willie Nelson singles

1950s|

* "No Place for Me"
* "Man With the Blues" / "The Storm Has Just Begun"
* "What a Way to Live"

1960s|

* "Nite Life"
* "The Part Where I Cry" / "Mr. Record Man"
* "Willingly"
* "Touch Me"
* "Wake Me When It's Over"
* "Half a Man" / "The Last Letter"
* "Am I Blue"
* "I Never Cared For You"
* "Pretty Paper"
* "San Antonio Rose"
* "I Love You Because"
* "The Party's Over"
* "Blackjack County Chain"
* "Johnny One Time"
* "Bring Me Sunshine"

1970s|

* "Fire and Rain"
* "Yesterday's Wine"
* "Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)"
* "Bloody Mary Morning"
* "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
* "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time"
* "Georgia on My Mind"
* "Blue Skies"
* "All of Me"
* "Whiskey River"
* "September Song"
* "White Christmas"

1980s|

* "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
* "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"
* "Midnight Rider"
* "On the Road Again"
* "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"
* "Mona Lisa"
* "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"
* "Always on My Mind"
* "Let It Be Me"
* "Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning"
* "Little Old Fashioned Karma"
* "Why Do I Have to Choose"
* "Take It to the Limit"
* "Without a Song"
* "City of New Orleans"
* "Forgiving You Was Easy"
* "Living in the Promiseland"
* "Heart of Gold"
* "Spanish Eyes" (with Julio Iglesias)
* "Twilight Time"
* "Nothing I Can Do About It Now"
* "There You Are"
* "Mr. Record Man"

1990s|

* "Ain't Necessarily So"
* "Graceland"

2000s|

* "Mendocino County Line" (with Lee Ann Womack)
* "Wurlitzer Prize" (with Norah Jones)
* "Beer for My Horses" (with Toby Keith)
* "The Harder They Come"
* "You Don't Know Me"
* "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other"
* "Gravedigger"

2010s|

* "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die"
* "Just Breathe"
* "Grandma's Hands" (with Mavis Staples)
* "The Wall"
* "It's All Going to Pot"
* "Summer Wind"
* "Vote 'Em Out"
* "Forever Country"

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