Wild Angels (Martina McBride song)

"Wild Angels" is a song written by Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison and Harry Stinson, and performed by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in November 1995 as the second single and title track from McBride's album of the same name. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, giving McBride her first Number One hit on that chart.^[1]

Content

The song is about a female who looks at her relationship and concludes that there must be "wild angels" watching over her and her lover to keep them together.

McBride's daughter, Delaney, who was a baby at the time, can be heard laughing in the song's intro. According to her Greatest Hits album, McBride had a difficult time recording Delaney. She also praised the production of Paul Worley and Ed Seay, notably Lonnie Wilson's drum fills and Joe Chemay's bass guitar. Worley described the dual electric guitar tracks, with Dan Dugmore on the right channel and Dann Huff on the left, as "amazing".^[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Thom Oliphant and premiered in late 1995.

Chart performance

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	5
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	70
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	31

Preceded by "Bigger Than the Beatles" by Joe Diffie	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single March 2, 1996	Succeeded by "I'll Try" by Alan Jackson

References

1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 262. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Greatest Hits (CD booklet). Martina McBride. RCA Records. 2001. 67012.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2910." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 11, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
↑ "Martina McBride – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Martina McBride.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

Martina McBride singles

The Time Has Come	"The Time Has Come" "That's Me" "Cheap Whiskey"

The Way That I Am	"My Baby Loves Me" "Life #9" "Independence Day" "Heart Trouble" "Where I Used to Have a Heart"

Wild Angels	"Safe in the Arms of Love" "Wild Angels" "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town" "Swingin' Doors" "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road"

Evolution	"A Broken Wing" "Valentine" (with Jim Brickman) "Happy Girl" "Wrong Again" "Whatever You Say"

Emotion	"I Love You" "Love's the Only House" "There You Are" "It's My Time"

Greatest Hits	"When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues" "Blessed" "Where Would You Be" "Concrete Angel"

Martina	"This One's for the Girls" "In My Daughter's Eyes" "How Far" "God's Will"

Timeless	"(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" "I Still Miss Someone" (featuring Dolly Parton)

Waking Up Laughing	"Anyway" "How I Feel" "For These Times"

Shine	"Ride" "I Just Call You Mine" "Wrong Baby Wrong"

Eleven	"Teenage Daughters" "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" "Marry Me" (featuring Pat Monahan)

Reckless	"Reckless" "Just Around the Corner"

Guest singles	"Still Holding On" (with Clint Black) "Practice Life" (with Andy Griggs "Trip Around the Sun" (with Jimmy Buffett)

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