Angels Cry (song)

"Angels Cry"
Song by Mariah Carey
from the album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2009
Recorded2009
Studio
  • Boom Boom Room (Burbank, California)
  • Honeywest (NYC, New York)
  • Soapbox Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)
GenreCrunk&B
Length4:02
LabelIsland Def Jam
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Carey
  • Stewart
  • Wright

"Angels Cry" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009). It was written and produced by Carey, Tricky Stewart and James "Big Jim" Wright, with additional songwriting from Crystal Johnson. On the album's track listing, "Angels Cry" is preceded by a one-minute, four second prelude called "Angel (The Prelude)", which consists of Carey performing purely in her whistle register. The prelude then leads into "Angels Cry", a song about trying to fix a broken relationship because true love only happens once.