Fallen Angel (Poison song)

"Fallen Angel"
Single by Poison
from the album Open Up and Say... Ahh!
B-side"Bad to Be Good"
ReleasedJuly 6, 1988
Recorded1988
StudioConway (Hollywood, California)
GenreGlam metal[1][2][3]
Length3:56
LabelEnigma; Capitol Records
Songwriter(s)Dall; Deville; Michaels; Rockett
Producer(s)Tom Werman
Poison singles chronology
"Nothin' But a Good Time"
(1988)
"Fallen Angel"
(1988)
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
(1988)

"Fallen Angel" is the second single from Open Up and Say...Ahh!, American glam metal band Poison's second studio album. The B-side of the seven inch was "Bad to Be Good". Released as a single in 1988 on Capitol Records, the track reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #32 on the Mainstream Rock charts and has since gone Gold in the US.[4] This made it the only single from the album not to reach the Top Ten. It also charted at number 21 on the Australian charts and number 59 on the UK Singles chart.[5]

  1. ^ "36 Essential '80s Pop Metal Tracks". Stereogum. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  2. ^ "Poison's 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' Turns 30: Bret Michaels Reflects on the 'Therapeutic' Smash", Billboard, retrieved 2021-05-30, the adrenalized pop-metal anthems "Nothin' But a Good Time" and "Fallen Angel"
  3. ^ Greene, Andy (2019-12-05). "Flashback: Poison's 1988 Hair-Metal Opera 'Fallen Angel'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  4. ^ "Allmusic (Poison charts and awards) Billboard singles".
  5. ^ "Poison The Official Charts Company". Official Charts.