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| "For an Angel" | ||||
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| Single by Paul van Dyk | ||||
| from the album 45 RPM | ||||
| Released | 5 December 1998 | |||
| Genre | Trance | |||
| Length | 7:46 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Paul van Dyk | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul van Dyk | |||
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| "For an Angel" on YouTube | ||||
"For an Angel" is a trance song by German DJ Paul van Dyk, which served as his debut track and would become his most famous work. The song was initially released in 1994 as a track on 45 RPM on the MFS record label, which was van Dyk's first studio album. It was later reworked and re-released in 1998 as the "E-Werk Remix" on Deviant Records, a homage to the E-Werk nightclub where van Dyk used to be the resident DJ. This version was number one on the UK Dance Chart for several weeks. Since its release, the track has become one of the greatest and most influential trance tracks of all time. It was voted as the eighth greatest dance record of all time by Mixmag readers.[1]
A 2009 release titled "For an Angel 2009" containing the "PvD Remix '09" and other remixes reached the top 10 in Russia and the top 40 in Germany and Austria.
In an August 2024 interview with DJ Mag, van Dyk discussed the production of "For an Angel" which he completed with a Roland Juno-60, a Roland Juno-106, a Roland JX-1 and a Roland TR-808.[2]
- ^ What is the Greatest Dance Track of All Time? Archived 18 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Mixmag (15 February 2013).
- ^ How Paul van Dyk's ‘For An Angel’ changed trance forever? Archived 12 October 2024 at djmag.com (Error: unknown archive URL) DJ Mag (8 August 2024)