Scorpions – Send Me An Angel

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Scorpions - Send Me An Angel

1990 - The Berlin Wall demolition began.

1991 - The Cold War came to an end after years of political unrest & proxy wars.

In the midst of this wave of crumbling geopolitical & ideological barriers, came the Scorpions’ Crazy World album.

Released in 1990, this was the band’s 11th studio recording & remains till date their most successful album (more than 7M copies sold worldwide).

The album contains two of the band’s most iconic tracks – "Wind of Change" & "Send Me an Angel". Whilst "Wind of Change" celebrates the band’s inspirational 1989 trip to Moscow and has become a worldwide anthem of hope and peace, "Send Me an Angel" records a more personal inner journey.

"Send Me an Angel" is the last song on the album. There are various interpretations for this rock ballad – as the lyrics have various cosmological & biblical references.

It is almost a silent prayer to help one’s journey towards the ‘dawn’ of light, the ‘promised land’, in the face of opposition & hardship posed by many a ‘storm’ & ‘thorn’.

It is a guide to help one through a dark bleak period in one’s life & offers hope of a better tomorrow. The message is to trust one’s inner voice, listen to it and let it guide one through life’s turbulent winds.

No matter the intended interpretation set out by the band, this beautiful ballad remains one of the most soul-stirring songs, not only from the Scorpions, but of all-time.

The song is composed by Rudolf Schenker & written and sung by Klaus Meine. It was released as the album’s fourth single in 1991, with the emblematic angel’s burning wings image.

In 1994 heavy-metal band Black Sabbath released their seventeenth studio album Cross Purposes – the album had the same image of the angel’s burning wings from the single-cover of "Send Me an Angel".

This has been often discussed in music circles, but neither band has provided any clarification on the matter."Send Me an Angel" reached #8 on Billboard Hit Singles in 1991.

Klaus Meine was voted #22 on ‘Hit Parader’s Top Heavy Metal Vocalists of All-Time’ in 2006. His almost perfect voice lends a powerful, yet soft, honest delivery to this track. He is one of the oldest members of the band, along with Rudolf Schenker, who started the band in 1965.

The Scorpions have sold more than 100M records worldwide. They started as a hard rock band from Germany, but their success has traversed the globe.

They completed 50 years of being a band in 2015. They are still performing and touring the world – their ‘Crazy World Tour’ dates for 2017 have been announced.

Scorpions – Send Me An Angel - Lyrics

Release Date - September 17th, 1991

Album - Crazy World

The wise man said just walk this way

To the dawn of the light

The wind will blow into your face

As the years pass you by

Hear this voice from deep inside

It's the call of your heart

Close your eyes and your will find

The passage out of the dark

Here I am

Will you send me an angel

Here I am

In the land of the morning star

The wise man said just find your place

In the eye of the storm

Seek the roses along the way

Just beware of the thorns

Here I am

Will you send me an angel

Here I am

In the land of the morning star

The wise man said just raise your hand

And reach out for the spell

Find the door to the promised land

Just believe in yourself

Hear this voice from deep inside

It's the call of your heart

Close your eyes and your will find

The way out of the dark

Here I am

Will you send me an angel

Here I am

In the land of the morning star

Here I am

Will you send me an angel

Here I am

In the land of the morning star