“Angel” peaked at #5 on Billboard’s R&B chart in 1983, being the second single released from Baker’s debut album.

It was written by Anita Baker, Sandra Sully & Patrick Moten (who co-produced the song along with Otis Smith).

Biographer Chris Rizik aligns the response to this song as the catapult for Baker’s career:

a jazzy, mellow cut that became a smash on Black radio and created an immediate buzz for the unheard of singer and record label. It also attracted the attention of Elektra Records, which signed Baker to her first major label deal.