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"Broken Down Angel" is a song and single by Scottish rock group Nazareth. It was first released in 1973.

Background

The song features Dan McCafferty on lead vocals, Darrell Sweet on percussion, Pete Agnew on bass guitar and Manny Charlton on electric guitar. They wrote the track collectively. It was taken from their 1973 album Razamanaz, and proved to be popular on their tours undertaken in 1973. The same year it was featured on a live album, BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert. The song was the first of eleven of Nazareth's singles to appear in the UK Singles Chart. It reached number 9 in 1973, staying on the chart for 11 weeks.

Charts

References

1. "Broken Down Angel". Discogs. 23 March 1973. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
2. "Billboard". Billboard. August 1973.
3. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 19. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Broken Down Angel". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

• 1973 songs
• 1973 singles
• Nazareth (band) songs
• Song recordings produced by Roger Glover
• Mooncrest Records singles
• Songs written by Dan McCafferty
• Songs written by Darrell Sweet (musician)
• Songs written by Manny Charlton