Angels (Within Temptation song)

"Angels" is a song by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation from their third studio album, The Silent Force. It was released as the third single from the album on 13 June 2005, also accompanying a music video. The video earned the band a Golden God Award in the following year.[1][2]

"Angels"
Single by Within Temptation
from the album The Silent Force
B-side"Say My Name"
Released13 June 2005
Recorded2004
Genre
Length4:02
LabelRoadrunner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Daniel Gibson
Within Temptation singles chronology
"Memories"
(2005)		 "Angels"
(2005)		 "What Have You Done"
(2007)
Music video
"Angels" on YouTube

Track listing
CD single (two-track)
  1. "Angels" – full-length version – (4:02)
  2. "Say My Name" – new track – (4:06)
CD single (three-track)
  1. "Angels" – full-length version – (4:02)
  2. "Say My Name" – new track – (4:06)
  3. "Forsaken" – Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands – (4:54)
CD multi single (five-track) – BeNeLux and Germany
No.TitleLength
1."Angels (full-length version)"4:02
2."Say My Name (non-album track)"4:06
3."Forsaken (Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands)"4:54
4."The Promise (Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands)"7:59
5."Angels (Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands)"4:12
CD multi single (five-track) and DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Angels (full-length version)"4:02
2."Say My Name (non-album track)"4:06
3."Forsaken (Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands)"4:54
4."The Promise (Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands)"7:59
5."Angels (Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands)"4:12
6."The Promise (Live Live In 013, Tilburg and Paradiso, Amsterdam)" 
7."Angels (Live Live In 013, Tilburg and Paradiso, Amsterdam)" 
8."Forsaken (Live Live In 013, Tilburg and Paradiso, Amsterdam)" 
9."Angels (videoclip)" 
10."Within Temptation in Dubai" 

Music video

The video is shot in a desert in Spain. It tells the story of a group of vigilante angels who make it their mission to wipe out evil.

Sharon den Adel is a woman who has been seemingly abandoned on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. She accepts a lift from a priest, who takes her back to his home. The priest is in fact a demonic serial killer, who adopts different disguises to get to his victims. All of these disguises are trustworthy people, like a doctor, a police officer, a clown, judge, or a priest.

As Sharon stumbles upon a board full of newspaper clippings in the killer's home, which are about his previous victims, he seemingly overpowers her with chloroform. He takes a tied up Sharon to the middle of the desert to bury her alive. However, Sharon immediately awakens as the other angels approach (the other band members) and is revealed to also be one of the angels, who was left at the side of the road as bait for the serial killer, during which time the rest of the vigilantes appear and the killer is confronted with the spirits of his victims, who destroy him. The vigilantes then move onto their next target.

The theme to the 1979 film Phantasm was sampled.

Charts
gollark: For example, if the US government looks bad because unemployment is up 10 million, they can just buy 10 million employment from, say, Saudi Arabia, which has unelected leaders who don't really care, and their unemployment looks fine!
gollark: It makes sense, if you think about it. Some countries have lots of money and want to optimize for good-looking statistics. Some need money and don't really care what their unemployment figure is.
gollark: That would be unethical.
gollark: But nobody is actually forced to work anywhere else, that would be unethical.
gollark: If one country sells 10 million employment, their unemployment goes up by 10 million and whoever buys it has a 10 million reduction in unemployment.

References
  1. http://au.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/metal-hammer-s-golden-gods-awards-winners
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2014-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Austriancharts.at – Within Temptation – Angels" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Within Temptation – Angels" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  5. "Within Temptation: Angels" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Within Temptation – Angels". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  7. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Within Temptation" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  8. "" (in Dutch). Mega Top 50
  9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Within Temptation – Angels" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  10. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2005". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
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