Angel Eyes (Home and Away)

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"Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"
Single by Wet Wet Wet
from the album Popped In Souled Out
ReleasedNovember 1987
Length
  • 5:16 (album version)
  • 4:30 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Michael Baker
  • Axel Kroll
Wet Wet Wet singles chronology
"Sweet Little Mystery"
(1987) 		"Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"
(1987) 		"Temptation"
(1988)

"Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" is the third single from Scottish band Wet Wet Wet's first album, Popped In Souled Out (1987). It was released in November 1987. The lyrics in the chorus make reference to two Hal David and Burt Bacharach compositions "Walk On By" and "The Look of Love", and quote an entire verse of the Squeeze single "Heartbreaking World". Some later issues of this single (including all of the US issues) accordingly credit the Squeeze lyricist Chris Difford as a co-author.

"Angel Eyes" reached number five in the UK Singles Chart in January 1988 and also peaked at number nine in Ireland. Later in the year, the song charted in other countries, becoming a top-five hit in Belgium, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile. An earlier version of the song, entitled "Home and Away", was on the 1986 Glasgow band's compilation cassette Honey at the Core.

Track listings[edit]

CD:

  1. "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" (full length version)
  2. "We Can Love"
  3. "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" (original demo version)
  4. "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" (7-inch version)

MC:

  1. "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"
  2. "We Can Love"
  3. "Home & Away"
  4. "Angel Eyes" (extended version)

7-inch:

  1. "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"
  2. "We Can Love"

12-inch:

  1. "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"
  2. "We Can Love"
  3. "Home & Away"

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wet Wet Wet – Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ^ "European Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 3. 9 January 1988. p. 19.
  3. ^ "Wet Wet Wet – Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Angel Eyes". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 11, 1988" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Wet Wet Wet – Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Wet Wet Wet – Angel Eyes (Home and Away)". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  8. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website – SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (W)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Wet Wet Wet – Angel Eyes (Home and Away)". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Hot Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 3. 21 January 1989. p. 18.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Wet Wet Wet – Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1988" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  14. ^ "1988 Year End Eurocharts" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 52/1. 1 January 1988. p. 30. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Single top 100 over 1988" (PDF). Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  16. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1988" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  17. ^ "British single certifications – Wet Wet Wet – Angel Eyes (Home and Away)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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