“Angel” is Track 11 on Tusk (1979), Fleetwood Mac’s 12th album.
About the Song
About: Mick Fleetwood
In a contemporary documentary, Stevie noted that this upbeat rock ‘n’ roll song somehow ended up with an eerie undertone.
Stevie: “A song about Mick. Not so much my love affair with him. I was always taken with his style, and in those days he would walk in the room and I would just look up. ‘I still look up when you walk in the room… I try not to reach out.’ It’s all about him and his crazy fob watch and his really beautiful clothes. He’s a very stylish individual and I was just this little California girl who’d never really known anybody like him.”
Chart Performance
In the summer of 1980, “Angel” was released as a single in The Netherlands and New Zealand. “Sisters of the Moon” was the b-side track.
Angel (Guitar Mix)
This unreleased outtake of “Angel” features more guitar, alternate lead vocals, and different harmonies.
Ooh…ooh…ooh
Sometimes the most beautiful things
The most innocent things
And many of those dreams
Pass us by
Keep passing me by
You feel good
I said it’s funny that you understood
I knew you would
When you were good
You were very, very good
So I close my eyes softly
’till I become that part of the wind
That we all long for sometime, yeah
And to those that I love like a ghost through a fog
Like a charmed hour and a haunted song
And the angel of my dreams
Angel of my dreams
He said you feel good
I said it’s funny that you understood
I knew you would
When you were good, baby
Mmm, you were very good
I still look up
When you walk in the room
I’ve the same wide eyes
Now they tell the story
I try not to reach out
When you turn around you say hello
And we both pretend
No great pretender
So I close my eyes softly
’till I become that part of the wind
That we all long for sometime, yeah
Well, to those that I love like a ghost through a fog
Like a charmed hour and a haunted song
And the angel
Angel of my dreams
Angel, mmm, of my dreams…
I still look up
I try hard not to look up, ooh yeah
That girl was me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Track a ghost through the fog
Yeah, yeah, yeah
A charmed hour and a haunted song
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Go track a ghost through the fog, baby
Yeah
Well, track a ghost through the fog, baby
Oh, you try hard
But you’ll never catch me, yeah
Ooh…well that girl was me
I know you’ll try hard
But you’ll never catch me
(Stevie Nicks) 1979 Welsh Witch Music Admin. by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (BMI)
