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"Angels with Dirty Faces"
Single by Sham 69
from the album That's Life
B-side	"Cockney Kids Are Innocent"
Released	April 1978
Recorded	late 1977
Genre	Punk rock, new wave
Length	2:28
Label	Polydor (2059 023)
Songwriter(s)	Jimmy Pursey, Dave Guy Parsons
Producer(s)	Peter Wilson, Jimmy Pursey
Sham 69 singles chronology
"'Borstal Breakout'" (1978) "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1978) "'If the Kids Are United'" (1978)

"Angels with Dirty Faces" is a single by English punk rock band Sham 69 from their second studio album That's Life. The single was backed by B-side hit "Cockney Kids are Innocent". The song was released as a 7" vinyl single in 1978 and 12" single in 1982. It reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart for 10 weeks. "Angels with Dirty Faces" was written and produced by lead vocalist Jimmy Pursey, guitarist Dave Parsons of Sham 69 and Peter Wilson and it only charted in the UK. The song also features on compilations The First, the Best and the Last (1980) and The Punk Singles Collection 1977-80 (1998) and appears on live albums including Live and Loud (1987), The Complete Sham 69 Live (1989) and Live at the Roxy Club (1990). The band performed the song on the BBC television show Top of the Pops.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Angels with Dirty Faces"

Side two

1. "Cockney Kids Are Innocent

Chart performance

References

1. "Sham 69 – Angels With Dirty Faces (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
2. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 November 2014 (2014-11-27).

• 1978 singles
• Sham 69 songs
• Polydor Records singles
• 1978 songs
• Songs written by Jimmy Pursey
• Songs written by Dave Guy Parsons