"Angry" is a popular

Popular music

Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

 song, with lyrics by Dudley Mecum

Dudley Mecum (songwriter)

Dudley Mecum was an American pianist, vocalist and songwriter. He was based in Chicago and had a musical group, Dudley Mecum's Wolverines. In the 1920s he also performed with a number of other ensembles such as Merritt Brunies and his Friar's Inn Orchestra. Mecum co-wrote the song "Angry" Merritt...

 and music by Henry Brunies, Merritt Brunies

Merritt Brunies

Merritt Brunies , was an American jazz trombonist and cornetist.Brunies was born into a well-known musical family in New Orleans, Louisiana; among its members were George Brunies and Albert Brunies...

, and Jules Cassard, written in 1925

1925 in music

-Events:* February 25 - Art Gillham - The Whispering Pianist records the first electrical recordings to be released for Columbia using the Western Electric system ....

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The song is considered a barbershop quartet standard and was used as the signature song of popular big band

Big band

A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...

 bandleader leader Harry Lawrence "Tiny" Hill

Tiny Hill

Harry Lawrence “Tiny” Hill was a band leader of the Big Band era. During the height of his career Hill was billed as “America’s Biggest Bandleader” because of his weight of over . His signature song was “Angry” which he first recorded in 1939 on Columbia records Vocalion label...

. Hill made three recording of the song, the first being on Okeh Records

Okeh Records

Okeh Records began as an independent record label based in the United States of America in 1918. From 1926 on, it was a subsidiary of Columbia Records.-History:...

 #4957 in 1939. Hill's later recording were both released on Mercury Records

Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

in 1946 #1053 and #6001.