Angel (Jimi Hendrix song)

"Angel" is a song by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix, featured on his 1971 posthumous studio album The Cry of Love. Written and self-produced by Hendrix, he recorded it for his planned fourth studio album just months before he died in September 1970.

"Angel"
German single picture sleeve
Single by Jimi Hendrix
from the album The Cry of Love
A-side"Freedom" (US)
B-side"Night Bird Flying" (UK)
Released
  • March 8, 1971 (1971-03-08) (US)
  • 1971 (UK)
Recorded
  • July–August 1970
  • October 1970 (Mitchell drum overdub)
StudioElectric Lady, New York City
GenreRock
Length4:25
Label
  • Reprise (US)
  • Track (UK)
Songwriter(s)Jimi Hendrix
Producer(s)

In 1971, "Angel" was included on the first posthumously-released Hendrix album, The Cry of Love. The same year, the song was also released as a single A-side in the United Kingdom and as a B-side in the United States.

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