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"An Angel"
"An Angel"
Single by The Kelly Family
from the album Over the Hump
Released	June 28, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Pop; folk;
Length	3:44
Label	Kel-Life
Songwriter(s)	The Kelly Family
Producer(s)	Kathy Kelly; Hartmut Pfannmüller;
The Kelly Family singles chronology

"An Angel" is a song by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. It was produced by Kathy Kelly and Hartmut Pfannmüller for their eighth regular studio album Over the Hump (1994) and features lead vocals by Angelo and Paddy Kelly. Paddy wrote the song for his mother, Barbara Kelly, who died in 1982 from breast cancer. He wrote it on the family's boat, Santa Barbara. In 2017, The Kelly Family re-recorded the song for their We Got Love.

Track listings

CD maxi single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"An Angel"	3:45
2.	"Break Free"	2:38

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Over the Hump.^[1]

Songwriting – The Kelly Family
Production – Hartmut Pfannmüller, Kathy Kelly
Executive production – Dan Kelly, Mike Ungefehr
Engineering – Günther Kasper

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "An Angel"
Chart (1994–1995)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[2]	1
Germany (GfK)^[3]	2
Ireland (IRMA)^[4]	5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[5]	40
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[6]	2
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	69

Year-end charts

1994 year-end chart performance for "An Angel"
Chart (1994)	Position
Germany (Official German Charts)^[8]	45

1995 year-end chart performance for "An Angel"
Chart (1995)	Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[9]	9
Germany (Official German Charts)^[10]	43
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	27

Certifications

Certifications for "An Angel"
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[12]	Platinum	50,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[14]	3× Gold	800,000^[13]
Poland (ZPAV)^[15]	Platinum	50,000^‡
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

In 2006, the song was also covered by English singer Declan Galbraith and served as the first single and opening track from his second album Thank You (2006).
Gregor Meyle for his album Meylensteine Vol 1 (2015).
Silbermond lead singer Stefanie Kloß for the compilation album Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol 4 (2017)
In 2023, American singer Anastacia recorded a version of "An Angel" for her album Our Songs.^[16]