Angel / Into The Groove (1985)

(Front cover of the 12" featured "Angel", Back cover featured "Into The Groove")

FORMATS: 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl

HISTORY AND NOTES: "Angel" was the third single from the Like A Virgin album and Madonna's fifth Top 5 hit. Unfortunately, "Angel" tends to be one of Madonna's more overlooked hits from the 80's. Part of the reason for this might be that its B-Side ("Into The Groove") would turn out to be one of the biggest hits of Madonna's career, even though it was not a proper single in its own right (except overseas).

"Angel" was commercially released in both 7" and 12" vinyl formats. The 7" featured the album Edit of "Angel" (which was just an early fade) as well as the Dance Mix Edit, while the 12" featured the full-length Extended Dance Mix as well as the non-album song "Into The Groove". "Into The Groove" was being featured in the film Desperately Seeking Susan, in which Madonna had also appeared. At the time, the song was not featured on the soundtrack, so the only way to obtain "Into The Groove" was on the "Angel" 12" vinyl.

Popularity of "Into The Groove" allowed it to appear on several Billboard charts either alongside or in place of "Angel", except on the Hot 100 where "Angel" charted by itself. "Into The Groove" is definitely Madonna's biggest hit to have never charted on the Billboard Hot 100. With "Into The Groove" on the B-Side, sales of the 12" vinyl propelled both tracks to the #1 spot on the Maxi-Singles Sales chart. "Into The Groove" also received enough R&B airplay to make an appearance on the R&B Singles chart hitting the Top 20. In 1987, "Into The Groove" was featured on Madonna's remix album You Can Dance; in 1990 it was featured on The Immaculate Collection; and in 2009 it was featured on Madonna's career-spanning retrospective album Celebration. "Angel" has yet to be featured on any of Madonna's compilation albums.

CERTIFICATION: Gold


TRACKLISTINGS:

7" Vinyl
A Angel (Edit)
B Angel (Dance Mix Edit)

12" Vinyl
A Angel (Extended Dance Mix)
B Into The Groove


CHARTS: 

(The following entries charted solely as "ANGEL")

THE BILLBOARD HOT 100
Debut Date: April 27, 1985
Peak Date: June 29, 1985
Peak Position: #5
Week-by-week Rundown: 48-41-32-25-19-14-11-9-6-5-10-17-26-38-57-79-98-// (17 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: August 17, 1985

The Billboard Hot 100 Top 10: June 29, 1985 (the week that “Angel” peaked at #5)
1. Bryan Adams “Heaven”
2. Phil Collins “Sussudio”
3. Duran Duran “A View To A Kill”
4. Prince And The Revolution “Raspberry Beret”
5. Madonna “Angel”
6. Survivor “The Search Is Over”
7. Tears For Fears “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”
8. Eurythmics “Would I Lie To You?”
9. Howard Jones “Things Can Only Get Better”
10. Mary Jane Girls “In My House”

HOT 100 SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: May 25, 1985
Peak Date: July 6, 1985
Peak Position: #9
Week-by-week Rundown: 23-20-13-12-11-11-9-14-21-27-// (10 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: July 27, 1985

HOT 100 AIRPLAY
Debut Date: May 11, 1985
Peak Date: June 22, 1985
Peak Position: #4
Week-by-week Rundown: 28-23-17-9-7-5-4-5-9-24-// (10 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: July 13, 1985

HOT R&B / HIP-HOP SINGLES AND TRACKS
Debut Date: June 1, 1985
Peak Date: June 15, 1985
Peak Position: #71
Week-by-week Rundown: 89-76-71-71-92-92-// (6 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: July 6, 1985

ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Debut Date: May 11, 1985
Peak Date: June 29, 1985
Peak Position: #5
Week-by-week Rundown: 32-23-18-13-12-7-6-5-9-9-11-18-22-26-33-37-39-// (17 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: August 31, 1985

                                                                                                                          

(The following entries charted as both "ANGEL" / "INTO THE GROOVE")

HOT DANCE MUSIC / CLUB PLAY
Debut Date: June 1, 1985
Peak Date: June 29, 1985
Peak Position: #1 (1 week)
Week-by-week Rundown: 40-17-3-2-1-2-2-5-14-27-39-// (11 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: August 10, 1985

HOT DANCE MUSIC / MAXI-SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: June 8, 1985
Peak Date: June 15, 1985
Peak Position: #1 (7 weeks)
Week-by-week Rundown: 10-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-3-4-4-8-20-27-41-// (17 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: September 28, 1985

                                                                                                                          

(The following entries charted solely as "INTO THE GROOVE")

HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SINGLES AND TRACKS
Debut Date: June 29, 1985
Peak Date: July 27, 1985
Peak Position: #19
Week-by-week Rundown: 66-55-34-22-19-19-23-36-68-95-// (10 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: August 31, 1985

HOT R&B SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: July 20, 1985
Peak Date: July 27, 1985
Peak Position: #25
Week-by-week Rundown: 29-25-27-25-// (4 weeks total)
Final Date on Chart: August 10, 1985

Note: "Into The Groove" charted on Hot R&B Singles Sales due to its inclusion on the "Angel" 12" Vinyl. For some reason, "Angel" was not listed on this chart entry even though it was the A-Side on the commercial single. This was probably because "Into The Groove" was the bigger R&B hit and R&B-based record stores reported their sales as such to Billboard.

HOT R&B AIRPLAY
Debut Date: July 13, 1985
Peak Date: July 20, 1985
Peak Position: #19
Week-by-week Rundown: 20-19-19-24-// (4 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: August 3, 1985