"Angel" is a soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 ballad

Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...

 recorded by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 singer Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...

. The song was co-written by Aretha's sister, Carolyn

Carolyn Franklin

Carolyn Ann Franklin was an American singer and songwriter and the baby sister of musician Aretha Franklin and daughter of prominent preacher C. L. Franklin.-Biography:...

, and Sonny Saunders. Aretha co-produced the song with Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...

 and it originally appeared on Aretha's 1973 album "Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)

Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)

Hey Now Hey is a 1973 album by Aretha Franklin. It was a commercial failure, being the first Atlantic album by Franklin to miss the Top 25 of the album chart peaking at #30....

". It was released as a single in June 1973 and went on to top the US R&B Singles chart for two weeks while reaching number twenty on the Pop chart. The single sold over 900,000 copies.

Credits

• Lead and background vocals by Aretha Franklin
• Additional background vocals by Carolyn Franklin and Erma Franklin
  Erma Franklin
  Erma Franklin was an American gospel and R&B singer. She was the oldest daughter of Barbara and the Reverend C. L. Franklin and the elder sister of Aretha Franklin...
  
  
• Produced and arranged by Quincy Jones and Aretha Franklin