An Angel

"An Angel" is a song by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. It was produced by Kathy Kelly and Hartmut Pfannmüller for their eighth regular studio album Over the Hump (1994) and features lead vocals by Angelo and Paddy Kelly. Paddy wrote the song for his mother, Barbara Kelly, who died in 1982 from breast cancer. He wrote it on the family's boat, Santa Barbara. In 2017, The Kelly Family re-recorded the song for their We Got Love.

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Over the Hump.


 * Songwriting – The Kelly Family
 * Production – Hartmut Pfannmüller, Kathy Kelly
 * Executive production – Dan Kelly, Mike Ungefehr
 * Engineering – Günther Kasper

Other versions

 * In 2006, the song was also covered by English singer Declan Galbraith and served as the first single and opening track from his second album Thank You (2006).
 * Gregor Meyle for his album Meylensteine Vol 1 (2015).
 * Silbermond lead singer Stefanie Kloß for the compilation album Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol 4 (2017)
 * In 2023, American singer Anastacia recorded a version of "An Angel" for her album Our Songs.