Wish I Had an Angel

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"Wish I Had An Angel"
Single by Nightwish
from the album Once
B-side	"Ghost Love Score" (orchestral version) "Where Were You Last Night" (Ankie Bagger cover)
Released	15 September 2004 (2004-09-15)
Genre	Symphonic metal power metal
Length	4:03
Label	Spinefarm
Songwriter(s)	Tuomas Holopainen
Producer(s)	Tuomas Holopainen TeeCee Kinnunen
Nightwish singles chronology
"Nemo" (2004) "Wish I Had An Angel" (2004) "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" (2004)
Music videos
"Wish I Had an Angel" (first version) on YouTube
"Wish I Had an Angel" (second version) on YouTube

"Wish I Had An Angel" is the ninth single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, the second from their fifth album Once. The song features vocals by then-vocalist Tarja Turunen and bassist Marko Hietala. The song was still performed live after Turunen's departure with Anette Olzon, before her departure, and current vocalist Floor Jansen afterwards. Featured on the soundtrack of the film Alone in the Dark, it became the group's most popular single in Europe and in the United States, next to "Nemo".^{[citation needed]} It made it onto two U.S. film soundtracks. It reached #60 in the UK Singles Chart, the highest of any of the band's singles in the UK.^[1]