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Angel

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This song is a refreshing mix of reggae and hip-hop, great beat, great vocals....for all who love music. The album Shaggy leans towards the postive and is very uplifting...not only for the young...Im thirtyfour and usually listen to Enya and classical music. I heard this on the radio and was immediatly moved by it.

To all who doubt- I loved this song when I first heard it! You will absolutely love this song, and better yet, it has NO bad language or curses! This single is the thing to buy if you like good music.

Why? I'll let you know. I was at the cemetary, visiting my father's grave, feeling awfully sad. Then, I went back to my car, turned the ignition on, and this song came on . . . and I didn't feel so sad anymore. So, I just had to have it and it's taken me some time to find it too. Love it!

I really enjoy this song, Shaggy has a great voice. I like all kinds of music. I noticed the first time I heard it that it is very similiar to a country song by Juice Newton "Angel of the Morning". ....

I remember very distinctly when this single was released in 2001. I was living in the Bay Area (California) at the time, going to school. The song was all over the radio and was played frequently at the UC Berkeley gym where I would work out after class most days of the week. I didn't have any sort of portable music player at the time (I think in fact that people were still listening to CDs on those compact players that were inconvenient to bring to the gym) so I was pretty much subjected to whatever was currently being played on local radio. I often heard then-new U2 from the album All That You Can't Leave Behind as well as Fatboy Slim and a lot of random hip-hop. This song fit nicely into the mix, although I started to grow a little tired of it at the time due to the constant overplay it received. And then it started being played less, and I graduated and moved on.

The thing is, though, that a really good, catchy song never exactly leaves you. Fast forward a decade to 2011 and I found myself for some reason humming this one to myself as I was looking for upbeat songs to put on the iPod I take with me to the gym. Well of course, it only makes sense, that's the association I have. So I pulled it up on youtube and listened to it again with a whole new set of ears so to speak. No longer was this the flavor-of-the-month, the song that was a little too persistent on the radio. By now it's been a bit forgotten, times have changed, and it can stand on its own for me as just a song and no more.

As such, it's a great song. Shaggy managed to pull off quite a feat here - taking some existing material and reshaping it into something that is new, current and real. He merged a classic song ("Angel of the Morning") with a cheesy Steve Miller sample and a set of lyrics about commitment through adversity to create a song far greater than the sum of its parts. The song feels real and relatable, especially for anyone who has been in a committed relationship through hard times. It also manages to be upbeat and relaxed, not feeling forced in any way. Simply put this song is a real gem, a moment when a bunch of influences and experiences have magically come together to create one of those perfect musical moments. It certainly deserved all the radio play it got in its time, although overplaying anything is not a good way to go.

The rest of this particular single is interesting but nonessential. The remix is good, the instrumental track is fine, and the live version works...but the original is really all you need. It's one of those songs that stands the test of time, and I am sure that when I heard it a decade or two decades into the future I will still love it just as much as I do now.

Rayvon's hauntingly beautiful voice just makes this song. Shaggy is alright too. It is just a great song.

This song has great lyrics, great vocals, great beat. This is a very happy, positive song. Very nice.

4 versions (Album version, Remix, Instrumental, Live) to the song "Angel"

Hi,my name is Nickey I live in Floresville,Texas and I love Shaggy.My favroite songs are It Wasn't Me and Your My Darling Angle.