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#ThrowbackThursday Orville Burrell, better known as Shaggy, was born in Jamaica but moved aged 18 to New York, where he soon joined the US marines and went on to serve in Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War. He then turned his attention to music, releasing this international hit – along with It Wasn't Me – from his fifth album, Hot Shot, at the turn of the century. Sharing the vocals is Rayvon, who was born in Barbados but raised in Brooklyn. Angel is said to sample The Joker by Steve Miller Band; I'm not convinced it isn't a re-recording rather than a sample, but what do I know. The melody, meanwhile, comes from the chorus of "Angel of the Morning", a 1967 composition by American singer-songwriter Chip Taylor, who died last month aged 86. Find a lovely live performance of this here: https://youtu.be/CFcVaErgrVA https://youtu.be/6Um0OSJUxlM