Wish I Had an Angel

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“Wish I Had An Angel”
“Wish I Had An Angel” cover
Single by Nightwish
from the album Once
Released September 15, 2004
Format CD
Recorded November 2003-March 2004 at
Tempputupa Studios, Finland
Genre Symphonic power metal
Length 4:06
Label Spinefarm
Producer Tero Kinnunen
Nightwish singles chronology
"Nemo"
(2004)
"Wish I Had An Angel"
(2004)
"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan"
(2004)

"Wish I Had An Angel" is a metal song recorded by Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish for their fifth studio album Once (2004). The song features both Marco Hietala's and Tarja Turunen's vocals.

Featured on the soundtrack of the film Alone in the Dark (2005), it became the group's most popular single in Europe and in the United States, next to Nemo. It made it on to two U.S. film soundtracks. In the United Kingdom, it was the band's biggest hit, reaching #60. [1]

The music video for it was directed by Uwe Boll, the director of Alone in the Dark.

[edit] Track listings

Title Writers Length
1 "Wish I Had An Angel (Album Version)" Holopainen 4:08
2 "Ghost Love Score (Instrumental Score)" Holopainen 10:07
3 "Where Were You Last Night" Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson and Alexander Bard 3:52
4 "Wish I Had An Angel (Demo Version)" Holopainen 4:08