Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel

This article is about the song by Tavares. For the Bro'Sis song, see Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (Bro'Sis song).
"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"
side-A label
Side A of the US single
Single by Tavares
from the album Sky High!
A-side"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (Part 1)
B-side"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (Part 2)
ReleasedMay 1976
February 1986 (re-release)
GenreR&B[1]
Length6:47 (album version) 3:28 (single version 1) 3:10 (single version 2)
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Freddie Perren
Keni St. Lewis
Producer(s)Freddie Perren
Tavares singles chronology
"Free Ride"
(1975) 		"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"
(1976) 		"Don't Take Away the Music"
(1976)

"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" is a disco song written by Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis. It was recorded by the American band Tavares in 1976. It was released as the first single from their fourth album, Sky High! (1976), and was split into two parts: the first part was 3 minutes and 28 seconds in length, while the second part was 3 minutes and 10 seconds. "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" was re-released in February 1986.

"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976. It peaked at number three on the Hot Soul Singles chart.[2] "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel", with the track "Don't Take Away the Music", spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[3] It became the group's only Gold record.

The song would also afford the group an international chart hit, reaching number one in the Netherlands, and charting in Australia (30), Canada (11), the UK (4), and South Africa (16).[4]

In 2000, Italian a cappella group Neri per Caso released an Italian language version of the song, titled Sarà (Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel).

  1. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 583. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 567.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 254.
  4. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (T)". rock.co.za.