Angela (The Lumineers song)

"Angela"
Single by The Lumineers
from the album Cleopatra
Released 1 April 2016
Format Digital download
Recorded 2015
Genre
Length 3:21
Label
Writer(s)
  • Wesley Schultz
  • Simone Felice
  • Jeremiah Fraites
Producer(s)
  • Simone Felice
The Lumineers singles chronology
"Cleopatra"
(2016)		 "Angela"
(2016)

"Angela" is a song recorded by American folk rock band The Lumineers for their second studio album, Cleopatra, and released as the album's third single on 1 April 2016.

Background

The Lumineers has said that the song "Angela," is about "a small town beauty struggling to escape her past."[1] During a recent interview, The Lumineers also mentioned how the name "Angela" isn't a reference to anything specific; noting:

Something like Angela in that song, could have been Los Angeles or Francesca. It just, sometimes words and names feel vary; they feel right.[2]
— Wesley Schultz, (the band's lead vocalist).

Through Facebook, The Lumineers premiered a twenty-one second long snippet of a live performance of the song on 1 April 2016.[3]

Live performances

On 1 April, The Lumineers premiered the song "Angela," with a live performance at the iHeartRadio music theater in LA. The performance was aired on Audience Network, at 9pm on 8 April 2016.[4] The Lumineers also performed the song for KEXP at the Columbia City Theater; and on 16 April, they performed the song for The Saturday Sessions, a weekly music slot featured on the daily morning news program, CBS This Morning.[5][6]

Track listing

Digital download[7]
No. Title Length
1. "Angela"   3:21

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] 92
France (SNEP)[9] 138
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[10] 15

References

  1. ↑ http://thelumineers.com/about/
  2. ↑ http://www.sodajerker.com/episode-91-the-lumineers/
  3. ↑ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153423356016332&id=124326571331&__tn__=%2As
  4. ↑ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jY7qtFnWKGA
  5. ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/saturday-sessions-the-lumineers-perform-cleopatra/
  6. ↑ https://www.yahoo.com/news/saturday-sessions-lumineers-perform-angela-122905883.html
  7. ↑ https://www.7digital.com/artist/the-lumineers/release/angela-5251807
  8. ↑ "The Lumineers – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for The Lumineers. Retrieved April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Lescharts.com – The Lumineers – Angela" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 2016.
  10. ↑ "The Lumineers – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for The Lumineers. Retrieved April 2016.

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