How Do You Talk to an Angel - Wikipedia How Do You Talk to an Angel `` How Do You Talk to an Angel '' Single by The Heights from the album The Heights ( Music from the Television Show ) Released September 5, 1992 Format CD single Recorded January 20, 1992 Genre Pop rock Length 3 : 50 Label Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Steve Tyrell ( composer ), Barry Coffing ( composer ), Stephanie Tyrell ( lyricist ) `` How Do You Talk to an Angel '' is a song written by Steve Tyrell, Barry Coffing, and Stephanie Tyrell. It was the theme for the TV series The Heights. The single was released with Jamie Walters as lead singer, and it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 14, 1992, but the series was canceled exactly one week after the song fell from its number one position. Vocalists on the single included Cheryl Pollak, Charlotte Ross, as well as Zachary Throne from the Las Vegas rock band Sin City Sinners. In 1993, the song was nominated for an Emmy Award for `` Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics ''. The Emmy went to the song `` Sorry I Asked '' by Liza Minnelli. No follow - up singles under The Heights name were ever released. Walters, the lead singer on the single and the lead actor on the show, later had a # 16 Hot 100 hit with his single `` Hold On '' in 1994. It was his only subsequent chart appearance. Contents 1 Charts 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 End of year charts 2 References Charts Weekly charts Weekly chart ( 1992 - 93 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 12 Canada Adult Contemporary Tracks ( RPM ) 12 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) 47 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 60 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 8 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 13 US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream End of year charts Year - end chart ( 1992 ) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 59 Year - end chart ( 1993 ) Position Australian ( ARIA ) chart 24 References Jump up ^ Bronson, Fred ( 2003 ). The Billboard Book Of Number 1 Hits ( 5 ed. ). Billboard Books. p. 812. ISBN 0 - 8230 - 7677 - 6. Jump up ^ Hold On - Jamie Walters Billboard.com Jump up ^ `` Australian-charts.com -- The Heights -- How Do You Talk to an Angel ''. ARIA Top 50 Singles. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- The Heights -- How Do You Talk to an Angel '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Jump up ^ Canadian Adult Contemporary peak Jump up ^ Canadian Top Singles peak Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- The Heights Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- The Heights -- How Do You Talk to an Angel '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1992 ''. Archived from the original on 2010 - 01 - 17. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 30. Jump up ^ `` ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1993 ''. ARIA. Retrieved 2014 - 12 - 09. Preceded by `` End of the Road '' by Boyz II Men Billboard Hot 100 number one single November 14, 1992 - November 21, 1992 Succeeded by `` I Will Always Love You '' by Whitney Houston This 1990s single -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_Do_You_Talk_to_an_Angel&oldid=796650123 '' Categories : 1992 singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Mainstream Top 40 ( Pop Songs ) number - one singles Television theme songs Rock ballads 1992 songs Capitol Records singles 1990s single stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2017 Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart usages for Dutch100 All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Edit links This page was last edited on 22 August 2017, at 08 : 05. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang how do you talk to an angel
Answer: Jamie Walters