Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel

"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"
Single by Tavares
from the album Sky High!
A-side "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (Part 1)
B-side "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (Part 2)
Released May 1976
February 1986 (re-release)
Format 7" vinyl
Genre Disco, soul
Length 6:38
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Freddie Perren
Keni St. Lewis
Producer(s) Freddie Perren
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Tavares singles chronology
"Free Ride"
(1975)		 "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"
(1976/1986)		 "Don't Take Away the Music"
(1976)

"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" is a disco song written by Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis. It was recorded by the American band Tavares in 1976. It was released as a single from the album Sky High! and was split into two parts: the first part was 3 minutes and 28 seconds in length, while the second part was 3 minutes and 10 seconds. Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel was re-released in February 1986.

"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976. It peaked at #3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.[1] "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel", with the track "Don't Take Away the Music", spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[2] It became the group's only Gold record.

The song would also afford the group an international chart hit, reaching #1 in the Netherlands, and charting in Australia (#30), Canada (#11), the UK (#4), and South Africa (#16).[3]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia Kent Music Report 30
Canadian RPM 11
Ireland 9
Netherlands 1
New Zealand 30
South Africa 16
UK Singles Chart 4
US Billboard Hot 100 15
US Hot Dance Club Play [4] 1
US Hot Soul Singles [5] 3
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 18
US Cash Box Top 100 [6] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Rank
Canada [7] 114
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[8] 118
U.S. Cash Box [9] 33

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 567.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 254.
  3. ↑ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (T)". rock.co.za.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 254.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 567.
  6. ↑ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19760911.html
  7. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 380. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  9. ↑ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1976YESP.html

External links

Preceded by
"Trouble-Maker" by Roberta Kelly		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
(with "Don't Take Away the Music")
July 24–31, 1976 		Succeeded by
"The Best Disco in Town" by The Ritchie Family


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