Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel

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"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" is a disco song written by Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis. It was recorded by the American band Tavares in 1976. It was released as a single from the album Sky High! and was split into two parts: the first part was 3 minutes and 28 seconds in length, while the second part was 3 minutes and 10 seconds. "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" was re-released in February 1986.
"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976. It peaked at number 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel", with the track "Don't Take Away the Music", spent two weeks at number 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It became the group's only Gold record.
The song would also afford the group an international chart hit, reaching number 1 in the Netherlands, and charting in Australia (30), Canada (11), the UK (4), and South Africa (16).
==Chart performance==
===Weekly charts===
Chart (1976) 	Peakposition
Australia KMR 	30
Canadian RPM 	11
Ireland 	9
Netherlands 	1
New Zealand 	30
South Africa 	16
UK Singles Chart 	4
US Billboard Hot 100 	15
US Hot Dance Club Play 	1
US Hot Soul Singles 	3
US Adult Contemporary 	18
US Cash Box Top 100 http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19760911.html	10
===Year-end charts===
Chart (1976) 	Rank
Canada 	114
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) 	118
US Cash Box Top 100http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1976YESP.html	33
==See also==
*List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1976
==References==
==External links==
* 
*[ Song Review] at Allmusic
*Song Info at Discogs
Category:Tavares (group) songs
Category:1976 singles
Category:1986 singles
Category:Billboard Dance Club Songs number-one singles
Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
Category:Disco songs
Category:Soul songs
Category:Songs written by Freddie Perren