"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" is a song from the film '' Honeysuckle Rose''. The song was written and recorded by American singer

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album '' Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of '' Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (1 ...

and released in 1980 on the '' Honeysuckle Rose'' soundtrack and later as the soundtrack's second single in January 1981. The single was Nelson's seventh number one on the country chart as a solo artist and stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.

Charts

Cover versions

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covered the song during the recording sessions for his 1983 album ''Infidels''. The song appeared as the B-side to four different international single releases in support of the album. *

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covered the song on their tenth album, ''

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''. *

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covered the song on his 2006 album ''You're Only Lonely''. * The

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included a cover of the song on the re-issue of their 1995 album '' Born to Quit''. * The ''

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'' soundtrack included a version of the song on which Nelson duets with Mark McGrath. The original, not this version, appeared in "Wings of the Dope" (the episode in which Luanne's deceased boyfriend reappears as an angel). *

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recorded a cover of the song and included it on the

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exclusive version of her 2017 release '' Windy City''.

References

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