Released September 5, 1992 Recorded January 20, 1992 Length 3:50 | Format CD single | |
"How Do You Talk to an Angel" is a song written by Steve Tyrell, Barry Coffing, and Stephanie Tyrell. It was the theme for the TV series The Heights. The single was released with Jamie Walters as lead singer, and it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 14, 1992, but the series was canceled exactly one week after the song fell from its number one position. Vocalists on the single included Cheryl Pollak, Charlotte Ross of NYPD Blue and Glee fame, as well as Zachary Throne from the Las Vegas rock band, Sin City Sinners.
In 1993, the song was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics". The Emmy went to the song "Sorry I Asked" by Liza Minnelli.
No follow-up singles under The Heights name were ever released. Walters, the lead singer on the single and the lead actor on the show, later had a #16 Hot 100 hit with his single "Hold On" in 1994. It was his only subsequent chart appearance.