“I’m No Angel” is a song by the American rock band the Gregg Allman Band. It was the lead single from their studio album of the same name, released on Epic Records.
The song was an unexpected hit, gaining heavy album-oriented rock airplay and reaching number one on Billboard’s Album Rock Tracks chart.
A C-B flat-F progression, the song’s lyrics were inspired by a T-shirt writer Phil Palmer saw an infant wearing which said “Daddy’s No. 1 Angel”. Due to a fold in the shirt, Palmer initially read it as “Daddy’s No Angel”.
Despite its much-cited suitability for Allman in light of his hellraiser persona, the song had been introduced in 1982 by Bill Medley on his 1982 album Right Here And Now.
The track features Allman’s gruff vocals in a Bruce Springsteen sound-alike way, New Orleans music-based statement of boasting yet acknowledging of fault-strewn purpose:
Laden with 1980s production touches from Rodney Mills such as heavy keyboards and drums, the record helped revive Allman’s image with 1980s pop and rock audiences, and may have even indirectly contributed to the Allman Brothers Band’s successful reformation two years later.
Allman’s former wife Cher identified with the song as well, and performed it in the high-profile opening slot of her 1989-1990 Heart of Stone Tour.
In subsequent years, “I’m No Angel” had been part of Allman’s solo concert repertoire, and has also been played by the Allman Brothers Band, with most of the pop gloss of the original recording eliminated.
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Lyrics to “I’m No Angel”
No I’m no angel, No I’m no stranger to the street
I’ve got my label, So I won’t crumble at your feet
And I know baby, So I’ve got scars upon my cheek
And I’m half crazy, Come on and love me baby
So you find me hard to handle, well I’m easier to hold
So you like my spurs that jingle and I never leave you cold
So I might steal your diamonds I’ll bring you back some gold
I’m no angel
No I’m no angel, No I’m no stranger to the dark
Let me rock your cradle, Let me start a fire with your spark
Oh come on baby, Come and let me show you my tatoo
Let me drive you crazy, Come on and love me baby
So you don’t give a darn about me, I never treat you bad
I won’t ever lift a hand to hurt you & I’ll always leave you glad
So I might steal your diamonds I’ll bring you back some gold
I’m no angel
No I’m no angel, No I’m no stranger to the dark
Let me rock your cradle, Let me start a fire with your spark
Oh come on baby, Come and let me show you my tatoo
Let me drive you crazy, Come on and love me baby
Songwriter: Martin Christopher “Bap” Kennedy
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Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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