I Need an Angel

"I Need an Angel" is a song by singer Daniel DeBourg released on his Tell [the World |Tell the World] album in 2002, that made number 30 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks">Adult Contemporary (chart)">Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The song was produced and written by R. Kelly.
A version performed by R. Kelly himself was included on advance copies of his 2004 double album, Happy People/U [Saved Me], but was replaced with the song "I Surrender" on the final release.
The song was remade by second-season American Idol winner Ruben Studdard in 2004, as the title track of his album I Need an [Angel |I Need an Angel]. It peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.