"Lips of an Angel"
Single by Hinder from the album Extreme Behavior
Released	2006 January 20, 2007
Format	Digital download, CD single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Post-grunge
Length	4:21
Label	Universal
Writer	Hinder, Brian Howes
Producer	Brian Howes
Certification	Platinum (ARIA) Gold (RIANZ)
Hinder singles chronology
"Get Stoned" (2006) "Lips of an Angel" (2006) "How Long" (2006)

"Lips of an Angel"
Single by Jack Ingram from the album This Is It
Released	- 2006
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Country music
Length	3:45
Label	Big Machine Records
Writer	Hinder, Brian Howes
Jack Ingram singles chronology
"Love You" (2006) "Lips of an Angel" (2006) "Measure of a Man" (2007)

Lips of an Angel is a power ballad by Oklahoma City rock band Hinder and cowritten by Brian Howes. It was the second single off of the Extreme Behavior album, and has been the band's breakthrough single, having reached #3 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the top three of the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was later covered by country musician Jack Ingram.

The lyrics deal with a singer describing his feelings when his assumed ex-girlfriend calls him late at night. They are both in terrible relationships at the time, however the singer tells of how his feelings are still predominantly with her, and it seems hers are also still with him. More than once, a reference to the call being secret is made, and the singer expresses concern of a fight ensuing as a result. The song concludes just as it began, with the singer questioning to why she is calling so late. Austin Winkler from Hinder said on American Top 40 that the song is not about cheating and also that it is based on a past experience of the lead singers Austin Winkler's. According to American Top 40 this song wasn't even supposed to be on the album but on a b-side.

On October 11, 2006, Lips of an Angel took over the number one spot on the Canadian BDS chart from The Killers. On January 29, 2007, it took over the number one spot on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart from Evermore. The song remained at the top spot for seven straight weeks, until Australian band Silverchair debuted at number one on March 19.

Cover version

Texas country music artist Jack Ingram, who is on Big Machine Records, released a version of the song to country music radio stations in late 2006. Ingram's version, the lead-off to his 2007 album This Is It, reached a peak of #16 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in April of 2007.

This version is often derided -- so much so that, in Nashville, Tennessee, the flagship morning show on a Top 40 radio station, WRVW's Woody and Jim in the Morning, made fun of the cover by having the show's singers sing four presently popular songs with a country flair, while pretending that they were being played on the city's three main country music stations, WSM-FM, WSIX, and WKDF. The four songs were The Pussycat Dolls' "Buttons," Ludacris' "Money Maker", Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous", and Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack." [1] The duo did it again later in the Summer, replaying the "SexyBack" "cover," but also debuting three new "covers," Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend", Fergie's "Fergalicious", and Pink's "[[U + Ur Hand]]", although the chorus was tweaked to say "It's just you and your horse tonight." [2]

Hinder

Jack Ingram

Succession (Hinder)

References

External links

• Hinder's official website

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