Best version of 'Angel of the Morning'

Impulsive choice is PP Arnold, with a nod to Joya Landis. Think the right answer is Bettye Swann.

You missed out Mary Mason, she had a UK hit with it.

read that as Marilyn Manson unfortunately

Juice

I grew up with the Juice Newton version first, so, Shaggy

what about the Pretenders?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GTdDLUsqh4

lol the first version i knew was shaggy

i'm quite fond of juice newton's version, that's my vote

Be interesting to know if it's just me, but - I'm in the UK - this is genuinely the first time I've heard the Juice Newton version.

This is kind of amazing to me. Although to be honest I have only heard two Juice Newton songs, and both seems to be pale copies of previous versions.

closer than my peeps you are to meee

Juice Newton without hesitation. I dig her early '80s hits.

plus cool name

Heard the Juice version first.

But Evie Sands has the coolest voice for this song. The day I heard her version I instantly preferred it, so she gets my vote.

imo the key part of the song is the lyric "And if we're victims of the night / I won't be blinded by the light" going into the 2nd chorus. And I really like how P.P. Arnold treats that part.

can I vote for "Billy" in the TV show Outer Range?

omg Connie Francis was offered this song first but turned it down. That's a missed opportunity.

i wanna show the nation my appreciation

voted Juice but i cosign sarahell re: Billy from “Outer Range”

Joya Landis all day long

No Skeeter Davis?!? Her version is beautiful!

Still working through it, but so far it's Merrilee Rush for me.

The Juice Newton version is kinda saccharine but it's growing on me like (sugary) ivy.

he's Jon Voight's brother and he also wrote... Wild Thing!

interesting guy

Had no idea Chip T was Jon V’s brother. Excellent stuff.

I just saw the Friends episode where Chrissie Hynde plays this song

Feel like I post this is all the time, but I have met one of Chip Taylor’s musical collaborators upon several occasions. Sometimes ask him fanboy questions and sometimes he even answers.

i have zoomed with pp arnold!

for a thing

When one Zooms or otherwise meets with PP Arnold does one call her 'PP'?

I can never quite square in my head that she sang on 'Poor Boy' by Nick Drake.

pat

she's not actually that keen on "pp", it was kind of foisted on her by management

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For some reason, I was thinking that Crystal Gayle had done this and saw that this has already been covered: Crystal Gayle: S/D, C/D, etc.

My favourite version is the one that plays in my head, where the word “angel” is replaced with “asshole.”

From the youtube description for PP Arnold's version:

Angel of the Morning versions -
1967 Evie Sands
1968 Merrilee Rush and The Turnabouts
1968 Joya Landis
1968 Percy Faith
1968 I Profeti (in Italian)
1968 P.P. Arnold
1968 Ray Conniff
1969 Skeeter Davis
1969 Bettye Swann
1970 Connie Eaton
1971 Nina Simone
1973 Olivia Newton-John
1977 Merrilee Rush
1977 Guys n' Dolls
1977 Mary Mason
1978 Melba Montgomery
1978 Pat Kelly
1981 Elisabeth Andreassen
1981 Juice Newton
1987 The Tremeloes
1995 The Pretenders
1998 Juice Newton
1998 Bonnie Tyler
1999 Thunderbugs
2002 Maggie Reilly
2003 The Shocker
2006 Lalo y los descalzos (in Spanish)
2007 Girlyman
2007 Jill Johnson
2007 Vagiant
2007 Ivana Spagna (in Italian)
2008 Angel Band
2008 Barb Jungr

Wonder why people suddenly got tired of this song 14 years ago

I voted for PP Arnold, based on listening to the versions by Merrilee Rush, Juice Newton, Arnold, and Nina Simone back-to-back last night.

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The shy Shaggy vote nearly won the day.

Pre-vote polling oversampled boomers, everyone underestimated the mighty Shaggy voter.

It wasn’t me.

EXCELSIOR worthy, if I say so myself

mmhm that shaggy tune was a jam

i remember being in a high school summer program in... 2007? one girl in the program from greece was riding with a few of us in someone's car and ended up playing the shaggy song at random (maybe on shuffle). i don't think she had heard it before but she instantly adored it and would hijack the ipod and put it on repeat every time she rode in the car with us thereafter. i think most ppl were somewhat annoyed but i thought it was amusing and didn't mind