Angel Say No

"Angel Say No"
Single by Tommy Tutone
from the album Tommy Tutone
B-side"The Blame"
Released1980
GenreNew wave, pop rock
Length3:10
LabelColumbia
Songwriters
Producers
  • Ed Thacker
  • Brian Leshon
  • Phil Jost
Tommy Tutone singles chronology
"Angel Say No"
(1980)		 "867-5309/Jenny"
(1981)

"Angel Say No" is a song by American rock band Tommy Tutone and the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album (1980). A new wave song, it peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1980.

Composition

Mark Deming of AllMusic wrote the song "recalls Tom Petty's earlier sides with its lean but muscular arrangement and pleading lyric". The lyrics find the narrator urging a woman to heed his warnings.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Angel Say No"3:10
2."The Blame"3:02

Personnel

Tommy Tutone
Production

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 10038

References

  1. 1 2 "Tommy Heath leads Tommy Tutone". Charleston City Paper. December 15, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ Rutherford, Kevin (April 3, 2018). "Rewinding the Charts: In 1982, Tommy Tutone Dialed Up a No. 1 Hit With '867-5309/Jenny'". Billboard. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  3. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Tommy Tutone Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Tommy Tutone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2025.