Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground

"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" is a song from the film Honeysuckle Rose. The song was written and performed by Willie Nelson and released in January 1981 as the soundtrack's second single. 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.[1]

"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"
Single by Willie Nelson
from the album Honeysuckle Rose
B-side"I Guess I've Come to Here in Your Eyes"
ReleasedJanuary 1981
GenreCountry
Length4:27
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Willie Nelson
Producer(s)Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson singles chronology
"On the Road Again"
(1980)		 "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"
(1981)		 "Mona Lisa"
(1981)

Charts
Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1[3]

Cover versions
  • Bob Dylan 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.
  • Cross Canadian Ragweed covered the song on their tenth album, Happiness and All the Other Things.
  • Raul Malo covered the song on his 2006 album You're Only Lonely.
  • The Smoking Popes included a cover of the song on the re-issue of their 1995 album Born to Quit.
  • The King of the Hill 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).
  • Alison Krauss recorded a cover of the song and included it on the Target Corporation exclusive version of her 2017 release Windy City.

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 245.
  2. "Willie Nelson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0312&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0312.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0312



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