"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" is a song from the film '' Honeysuckle Rose''. The song was written and recorded by American singer

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restr ...

and released in 1980 on the '' Honeysuckle Rose'' soundtrack and later as the soundtrack's second single in January 1981. The single was Nelson's seventh number one on the country chart as a solo artist and stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.

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Cover versions

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covered the song during the recording sessions for his 1983 album ''Infidels''. The song appeared as the B-side to four different international single releases in support of the album. * Cross Canadian Ragweed covered the song on their tenth album, '' Happiness and All the Other Things''. *

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covered the song on his 2006 album ''You're Only Lonely''. * The

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included a cover of the song on the re-issue of their 1995 album '' Born to Quit''. * The ''

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'' soundtrack included a version of the song on which Nelson duets with Mark McGrath. The original, not this version, appeared in "Wings of the Dope" (the episode in which Luanne's deceased boyfriend reappears as an angel). *

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recorded a cover of the song and included it on the

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exclusive version of her 2017 release '' Windy City''. * Lukas Nelson Live at the Hollywood bowl on

's 90th birthday. * English singer-songwriter Beth Rowley included a version of the song on her 2008 album, '' Little Dreamer (Beth Rowley album)''.

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