Angel

July 20th 1985 Madonna's Angel single fell to number 26 from number 19 the previous week during its 13th week on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Released April 10th 1985, it climbed the chart and on it's tenth week on the chart, "Angel" reached a peak position of number five. The song tied Madonna with the late Olivia Newton-John, as the female artist with the most consecutive top-five hits on the Hot 100 at that time. The song debuted at number 40 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart on June 1, 1985, and reached the top after three weeks.

In Canada, the song debuted May 4, 1985. After eight weeks, the song reached a peak of five on the chart. The song was released in the United Kingdom with "Burning Up" as its B-Side, and debuted at number ten on the UK Singles Chart on September 9, 1985. It reached a peak of five next week, and was present for a total of 12 weeks on the chart. In Australia, "Angel" charted solely and as a combined single with "Into the Groove" and both versions topped the Australian ARIA Top 50 singles chart chart for four consecutive weeks. It was the second highest selling single of 1985 in Australia. The song reached the top 20 in the charts of Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and the European Hot 100 Singles.

The fans showed our love for the song then and it remains an cult favourite amongst fans to this day. Having only ever been performed once on tour in 1985 during The Virgin Tour, here's hoping we might see it performed on The upcoming Celebration Tour.

I still think not making a video for Angel during the mid January 1985 Hawaii shoot with the late @herbritts was another huge missed opportunity. The beautiful video that could have been shot.....

Photo by @herbritts. Makeup by @francescatolot

Hair by Julien d'Ys and styled by Tina Bossidy (thanks for info @sashacharninmorrison )