Thank You for Hearing Me: “A Hundred Thousand Angels”

Composed by Andrew Frederick Blissett/Lucinda Mary Drayton, MCPS

4 versions

3:20

She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty album

Produced by "Gibheannaigh"

(Source: She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty)

Musicians

Sinéad O'Connor	vocals
Pat Donne	additional vocals , additional programming
John McPhillips	guitars and brass arrangement
Serge Stavila	tenor sax
Barry McBrien	trombone
Rab C. Miller	vibrations +
Pat Donne	additional vocals

Credits

Recorded by Graham Bolger at Bow Lane
Mixed by Pat Donne at That Room
Mastered by Fergal Davis

3:23 radio mix

“A Hundred Thousand Angels” promo single

Produced by Rob Ó Géibheannaigh

(Source: A Hundred Thousand Angels)

Musicians

(Source: A Hundred Thousand Angels)

Sinéad O'Connor	vocals
Naimee Colman	additional vocals
Graham Bolger	programming , instrumentation

Credits

Mixed by Danton Supple and Graham Bolger
Recorded and mixed at Bow Lane Studios
Mastered by Robyn Robins at M.A.D.

3:59 Dub Linn mix

“A Hundred Thousand Angels” promo single

Produced by Rob Ó Géibheannaigh and Graham Bolger

(Source: A Hundred Thousand Angels)

Musicians

(Source: A Hundred Thousand Angels)

Sinéad O'Connor	vocals
Pat Donne	additional vocals , additional programming
John McPhillips	guitars and brass arrangement
Serge Stavila	tenor sax
Barry McBrien	trombone
Rab C. Miller	vibrations +
Pat Donne	additional vocals

Credits

Recorded by Graham Bolger at Bow Lane
Mixed by Pat Donne at That Room
Mastered by Fergal Davis

3:21 F.L.N.D.U.A.R. mix

“A Hundred Thousand Angels” promo single

Produced by Rob Ó Géibheannaigh

(Source: A Hundred Thousand Angels)

Musicians

(Source: A Hundred Thousand Angels)

Sinéad O'Connor	vocals
Naimee Colman	additional vocals
Graham Bolger	programming , instrumentation

Credits

Mixed by Danton Supple and Graham Bolger
Recorded and mixed at Bow Lane Studios
Mastered by Robyn Robins at M.A.D.

Lyrics

(Source: as heard)

	Do you hear me calling you?
	The voice of a mother and a father and a child?
	Would you recognize the truth?
	Do Can you feel the love that's falling from my eyes?

	Take just a minute,
	come and rest you by my side.
	Let me tell you your own story,
	Let me walk you through your lives.
	Only a second,
	That's all it takes to realise
	There's a hundred thousand angels by your side.
	There's a hundred thousand angels by your side.

	Do you hear me talk to you?
	I whisper through doorways and pathways of your mind.
	Clear like the morning dew
	And fresh from my journey 'cross an ocean of blue.

	Take just a minute.
	Come and rest you by my side.
	Let me tell you your own story,
	Let me walk you through your lives.
	Only a second,
	That's all it takes to realise
	There's a hundred thousand angels by your side.
	There's a hundred thousand angels by your side.
	There's a hundred thousand angels here tonight.

Notes

Liner notes

All proceeds from this track will go to the charity Barnardos in conjunction with the Health Promotion Unit, the Department of Health and Children Ireland.

(Source: She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty)

Liner notes

This single is one of several initiatives of the National Alcohol Awareness Campaign (2001-2003) implemented by the Health Promotion Unit of the Department of Health and Children.

Our thanks to Sinéad O'Connor for agreeing to sing a hundred thousand angels. This track also features on her album she who dwells....

All proceeds from this single go to Barnardos, Ireland's leading children's charity.

(Source: A Hundred Thousand Angels)

Originally recorded by Bliss, a new-age/inspirational UK band fronted by Lucinda Drayton. It's the title track on their second album, and the original is completely different from Sinéad's covers--it's quite similar to Sinéad's "Silent Night," in that it features just a voice and ethereal keyboards.

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