<P> `` Angel '' is a song by Canadian singer - songwriter Sarah McLachlan about the heroin overdose death of Jonathan Melvoin ( 1961 - 1996 ) , the Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboard player . as McLachlan explained on VH1 Storytellers . The song first appeared on Surfacing , the Canadian singer 's 1997 album . It is sometimes mistitled as `` In the Arms of an Angel '' or `` Arms of the Angel '' . </P>
<P> `` Angel '' is a song by Canadian singer - songwriter Sarah McLachlan about the heroin overdose death of Jonathan Melvoin ( 1961 - 1996 ) , the Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboard player . as McLachlan explained on VH1 Storytellers . The song first appeared on Surfacing , the Canadian singer 's 1997 album . It is sometimes mistitled as `` In the Arms of an Angel '' or `` Arms of the Angel '' . </P>
who sung in the arms of an angel
who sung in the arms of an angel
Canadian singer - songwriter Sarah McLachlan
Canadian singer - songwriter Sarah McLachlan