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"Angel Of Harlem" - U2
from the album Rattle and Hum (1988)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #14 (two weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 8

Today's song of the day comes from Irish rock legends U2, whose rockumentary soundtrack Rattle and Hum had already placed "Desire" into the top 3 on the American pop chart in the winter of 1988. The second single from the set was the retro-sounding ode to Billie Holiday, "Angel Of Harlem". Written by the band and produced by Jimmy Iovine, the single was dominated by the Memphis Horns who accompanied the band as they recorded at Sun Studios in Nashville...

U2 - Angel Of Harlem by jpdc11

"Angel Of Harlem" became the second top-40 pop hit from the album in the States in February of 1989. The song was huge on rock radio here, staying at #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart for six weeks, and four weeks at #3 on the Modern Rock list. The track also crossed over to the Adult Contemporary (or 'easy listening') chart at #38. Internationally, the song topped the pop chart in Canada and New Zealand, and made the top 10 in the UK (#9), the Netherlands (#8), and their native Ireland (#3).

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Here's the band in Sun Studios recording the track...