Aerosmith – Angel
About The Song
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler wrote this song with Desmond Child, who is one of the most successful songwriters of his time. Child’s next composition for the band was “Angel,” which unlike “Dude” sounded nothing like Aerosmith. It’s a relationship song with none of the bawdy humor you would expect from the band. With Tyler pleading, “Come and save me tonight,” there is a wuss factor to it that horrified longtime fans. Tyler knew he was compromising, and won’t be putting the song on his highlight reel anytime soon. As John Kalodner explained in the band’s biography Walk This Way: “Tyler says that I ruined his career by making him write ‘Angel’ with Desmond.”
There was a huge upside to the song: It was released in 1988 as the third single from the band’s 1987 album, Permanent Vacation. It quickly climbed to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, which at the time was their highest-charting single ever.
