How Could An Angel Break My Heart - Toni Braxton Feat. Babyface
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- "How Could an Angel Break My Heart" is the fourth and final single from Toni Braxton's second studio album, Secrets (1996). The song, co-written by Braxton and Babyface and produced by Babyface, features Kenny G on the saxophone. At the time of this single's release, Secrets had reached eight-time platinum status by the RIAA.
The fact that the single did not manage to chart on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts was a surprise for fans and observers. However, it was potentially influenced by the fact that two of the three singles released from Secrets prior to "How Could an Angel Break My Heart" were double A-sided and their flipsides had also turned into essentially huge airplay hits. This means that at the time this single was released, Braxton had already dominated the charts with five songs from the same album, therefore radio programmers put very little emphasis on the sixth.
2024 anyone? 🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️ wishing this version on Apple Music or Spotify
Yup...90's music always the best
Been trying to find this on Spotify but can't
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Thought I was tripping we need the baby face feature 😭😭
The way babyface replies on each lyrics is just genius!
Shits amazing!
This will always be superior to the other versions!! in 2024 her music still stands 🤎
So true! Babyface really brings the best out of her.
I like this version best of all the other versions. Toni and Babyface collaborations are always on a different level😍😍😍😍😍
Right
Always!!
I couldn't agree more
This duet version in which album was released?
Amei ❤
2024 this version should be played everywhere. Too Beautiful not to be heard.❤
"I wish I didn't wish so hard, maybe I wished our love apart"...💔. Exactly how I feel in this moment. My heart is in so much pain, but I know it will get better.
I hate that I relate
Still listening to this song in 2021 and will continue. Their voices are just perfect together!
Who’s listening in 2020?!!
Meeeee!
Meeeee
I me and myself
Hey
Im here 2o2o almost gone
A good cry always makes the heart feel lighter after carrying a lot of hurt
I cried like a baby listening to this masterpiece..her vocal style is so emotional so heartfelt..my gosh.. i love Toni since her first song Another Sad Love Song.. 2022 & still an addict for her music 🥰
I like this version better than the one with Kenny G. Babyface's vocals seriously do it for me!
Me too. It's like their vocals are perfect together and it just makes the song even more heartbreaking. The pain is so real and authentic sounding, you would think they are really broken hearted. It's a struggle. Sad.
Wow! I never heard this version and it is so beautiful.
Yes it was a nice surprise to come across this version years after Secrets came out.
Yes!!!!!! I like this version.
Both very nice and different.
Man.... The entire Secrets album got me through my very first broken heart. This song in particular.... Lord have mercy I have CRIED listening to this. Wish I could tell 15 year old me I'd be ok.
That's why I'm listening to it. That first childish heartbreak lol hahaha best times
@user-hs8vs1fh7q hahaha yes! It wasn't until I was much older that I was able to see how those young heartbreaks taught me about myself and made me stronger!
Toni braxton is vocal range is absolutely amazing.her perfect R&B vocal.
2:30 Babyface's harmonies are just out of this world. There are so many songs that I loved I later found out were produced by him and also featured his vocals, like Change the world (Eric Clapton), Take a bow (Madonna), You Are my Life (Michael Jackson) and so many more.
He just has an amazing musical talent 🙏
he sings with clapton in 1 version of change the world sooooo good
Change the world in 1996 is when i finally picked up the Babyface backup vocals and down the rabbit hole i went when all these other songs i didn't notice babyface vocals earlier i started hearing them.
People overlook him when discussing the king of R&B. 😔
Who in 2028 still hear this song??
“… trying to understand… “ two gorgeous voices merge nicely
This version should have been on the album. Toni and Kenny. Just phenomenal.
Beautiful and sad at the same time. I love her voice.
Enney voice of an 👼. 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Anyways who else listening to this while this Coronavirus going on? 🥴🥴 be safe everyone ❤️
I’m wondering why babyface isn’t on original and Kenny G was.. 🤔
Coronavirus is in the way
Love this song!
You too!
Still listening 😭😭😭😭
One of my favorite songs by Toni Braxton.. Such a romantic song! It's sad we don't have great songs like this in today's world.
One of the most saddest and heartbreaking song of all of time! 😓
LOVE this version, can’t find it anywhere but here. Gotta love youtube
Babyface is a GENIUS!
Yes yes yes and baby face set it totally off❤❤❤❤
Agree ...
Yes he is.
And After Kenny G!!!
yes! This version WAY better than original imo
Who listening 2019 like me here ❤️👍
I'm still listening and loving this song for real
"Love it,
Feel it,
Hurts me,
Took my heart,
And put it back in broken .
But will forever beat for you.
"I still love you,
STILL.
X
Beautifully sad
MEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Always
It amazes me how well they blend together and come together
This song was already beautiful with Toni and Babyface, but OMG, the way they used the guitar in this song just put a bow on this gift. Perfection!!!!!!
Both versions are beautiful. She can sing it by herself very well. This song puts into words how much it hurts to have your heart broken.
I sing my daughter to sleep with this song ever time. Even when she is fussy in the car I just put this on and she is quite and in tune. Only 3 months. She loves this song truly. My mother did the same with me ❤️
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I literally just sang my 4 year old to sleep with this song. Glad she decided to go to sleep before I started to cry.
Babyface voice in this song just melt me away 😍😘💯
why isn't this version on Spotify! 😫😫😫😫
I know right!
Yeah... not on Apple Music too 🥴
2023 still in love with this collab. My goodness ❤
I've never gotten tired of this song.. Such a beautiful voice 💜
Love this song listen to it with my x wife
You okay
Everytime I hear this I start crying...
I still cry while trying to sing this
Y'all I'm TEARS!!! I can't. Mommie and Daddy killed this song omggg 😭
Absolutely
Mommy and daddy…too cute
I was watching the Braxton family values and Toni spoke to babayface saying that she does not feel like doing music records anymore she feels like she has nothing more to give.But i know she still has her talent she should not let today artists and current music style get her way,she is the real RNB diva we know and grew up listening to.
Yes I am aware and I am glad that she made a comeback.
Happy Anniversary my love soulmate life and everything Good in this world, 22 years of being in love with you has not grown weak nor dim, only stronger my heart beats for Us! I love Us and always will forever pray our love keeps overcoming every heart break this world cause Us. You are my Hero Daddy and cant wait till eternity comes so I can show you what your life means to me... please forgive me for the times we've been torn apart and know I've never enjoyed a second of time without you next to me. Duh BabyDoll it's like being drugged through the fire.
Who still listening to this 2023
A song you wish would never end...❤️
Oh my heart is breaking...I've got 3:07-3:59 on repeat -most beautiful part of the song
My heart hurts I love this s 2020
I've also repeated that part countless times. That part is so heartfelt ♥️♥️♥️♥️. Toni and Babyface are simply MAGICAL together
True... Love it
It's unexplainable when you going through the situation . It wants to make you give it one more chance but I gotta walk away from this shit fr
Destini X Shakur I get it! Every time I went back it was to another heartbreak. It’s not worth it. When it’s “The One” it won’t feel that way. Put you first, protect your ❤️. Be hopeful that one day all of those broken pieces will heal and be put back together again.
Oh my god! I've never heard this version before.. I'm in love with this song all over again.
I felt the same way.
LYRICS
I heard he sang a lullaby
I heard he sang it from his heart
When I found out thought I would die
Because that lullaby was mine
I heard he sealed it with a kiss
He gently kissed her cherry lips
I found that so hard to believe
Because his kiss belonged to me
How could an angel break my heart
Why didn't he catch my falling star
I wished I didn't wish so hard
Maybe I wished our love apart
How could an angel break my heart
I heard her face was white as rain
[Babyface] Your face is white as rain
Soft as a rose that blooms in May
[Babyface] Soft as a rose in May
He keeps her picture in a frame
[Babyface] I keep your picture
And when he sleeps he calls her name
[Babyface] I only call out your name
I wonder if she makes him smile
[Babyface] She doesn't make me smile
The way he used to smile at me
[Babyface] I only smile at you
I hope she doesn't make him laugh
[Babyface] She doesn't make me laugh
Because his laugh belongs to me
[Babyface] My laugh belongs to you
How could an angel break my heart
[Babyface] You are my heart
Why didn't he catch my falling star
[Babyface] I will catch your star
I wished I didn't wish so hard
[Babyface] Don't wish so hard
Maybe I wished our love apart
[Babyface] Love falls apart
How could an angel break my heart
[Babyface] Your tender heart
Oh
[Babyface] My love
My
[Babyface] I know that
Soul
[Babyface] I know your
Is
[Babyface] Is dying
Dying
[Babyface] I know your soul is crying
It's crying
[Babyface] I know that you've been dying
I'm trying
[Babyface] Trying to understand
To understand
Please help me
[Babyface] Please help me
How could an angel break my heart
[Babyface] I'd never break your heart
Why didn't he catch my falling star
[Babyface] I'd catch your falling star
I wished I didn't wish so hard
[Babyface] You never wished too hard
Maybe I wished our love apart
[Babyface] We're not apart
How could an angel break my heart
[Babyface] Oooh yeah
Man this song gotta hit deep to anyone who's ever lost someone. Or anyone just having a hard time in general.
Just heard this version for the first time. My heart melted😭😭😭
I wish I didn't wish so hard ...
this song makes me cry like a baby. I can't figure it out.
Same
Still makes me cry! One of the few that does!
Nesa Joyner , I know girl.
Omg ikr!
Same
My story is unreal, hurtful, unbelievable. Song brings tears all the time.
The best! 90's music was the bomb.
Her distinctive contralto vocal range is so mesmerizing,
Who listening n 2018
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Nigel Poole Vlogs That is the first time I ever heard it with Babyface singing back to her. I. Love. It.
November 2018 ❤️
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How can a person not listen when the music is true & healing...it's classic. It only gets better with age...2018
This isn't a remix this is the actual first version of the song that was made since it was written by both of them but somewhere along the line they felt babyface's vocals interfered too much with her singing and it didn't quite deliver the intended message so they had Kenny G. Play his parts and add more sadness to her storyline and that was the version that made the album. There were some albums released with both versions and those albums excluded a track called "Spanish Guitar" as well as some albums also had a bonus track of unbreak my heart (the house remix) which also went on to win multiple awards and sell a bunch of copies on its own. I own the album with both these versions and later my sister left the original album in my house with the Spanish guitar track on it so I lucked out.
Erick Stengel Thank you. I like Babyface's vocals but they do interfere with the desperate sadness of Toni Braxton's part.
hipnhappenin you are welcome, like I said I found out by doing research and I happen to know one of the engineers who worked on this album and that's how I learned of the story to release it one way and then re-release it the other way. But it's cool that you can hear both versions and by just removing his vocals the song takes on a whole new approach and not to take anything away from. babyface's talent cause the guy is a musical genius but some songs just aren't meant to be duets.
Erick Stengel love Toni braxton, loooove my Libra's
OMG thank you for this explanation cause i was wondering how did babyface get replace by kenny g on this song.. this version was my 1st time hearing this song and so when i saw that on the actual album it was kenny g i was mad cause this version is better and btw his vocals dont interfered with her its a call and response type of song.. which i felt they did perfectly cause its not always easy especially the way they did it. PERFECTION every time i hear THE REAL VERSION.. no shade to kenny g tho..babyface just did better thats all..
He even sings/sounds a lil bit like her towards the end... Woo, another male Toni impersonator! Like Famous, who really knows her voice. He stole the show for a bit, I really think he a learned a thing or two from her! They sound incredible together. There are people who keep saying Toni is a low mezzo, which I find offensive. Toni is a legitimate Contralto, her heavy and dark chest voice has a like tenor quality. When she sings with her tenor duet partner you can hear that her voice is comparable, it's got a similar weight. Even in Cher's early days singing alongside her husband, Sonny you can hear the richness and the heavy sound in her chest voice.
Anyway l love Toni with Babyface, they always sound amazing together. Babyface has always praised Toni's unique, dark voice which is so conversational, affecting and shows pain and heartache so well. This version is amazing and I think it should have been released as a radio single. I've only heard Kenny G version before until now. what a shame.
So beautiful and sexy! Got to love Toni Braxton's voice. And babyface's voice singing in the background makes this song even more sexy. I wish we still had music like this in today's world. This type of music never gets old even when I get older.
hurts every time I hear it ='(
I love this song it brings tears to my eyes
I like to think this song represents the POV of someone who got their heart broken (Toni), and another person who's in love with them secretly who witnessed this from the sideline (Babyface).
Nice
Soul dying, I know the feeling.
This song had me bent over in tears when I first heard it for the first time
OMG I haven't listened to this song in like 20 years and it still makes me cry....
This is me currently . It's been DECADES! I cant believe this song came to my spirit
@@destinixshakur "That Somebody Was You" is another one.....
Baby-face smashing the beautiful love songs as usual
It's sad and embarrassing to still love someone after so long that broke your heart, but hey I guess with time I'll get there someday 🤷♀️love gotta be the weirdest thing
For the longest time, I really thought this was the original version of this song. I wish this was made available in Spotify because I like this one better.
A hidden gem....with some different music....
This song is very beautiful
Who B listening in 2019?
I just started back listening to her. This still sounds good.
2020 i am still listening
this song rings true for me and my one true love 😥😥💕💕
Tb sings from the soul which is rare in today's commercialised music era. I love the lyrics of this song as it often helps me think of many great things in life!
Always loved this version.
Mannnnn, this is an iconic duo 💕
I've played this song about 20times today, this hurt is different!!💔
Oh my Goodnees when music sing is so beautifull you don't want to Say anything else than listen and enjoy
❤️will always remember this song it will Never be forgotten . They both slayed this song .
#ThatPart‼️💝💝💝
I did not know about this version. Babyface can do it all... and he giving Affirmations!!!
The best yet!! Please bring back music like this
Isso não é música . Isso é uma obra prima da canção internacional ! Direto de Brasília para o mundo em plena pandemia. Que Deus nos livre logo desse vírus maldito !
Omg this song is beautiful yet sad af...omg... My heart hurts so bad😭
I love this song. How could an angel break my ❤. Great song. I've listened to it since 2003.
Flawless music at it's best perfection from Toni & Kenneth
2019 and still listening to this jam
You all listening to this song and it depresses you.. Im remembering the love of my life who is now married to someone else and living the entire lyrics...
lilMissF0F0 awe I'm so sorry 😐😐
lilMissF0F0
I'm so sorry
Well if you want to be even more depressed you can listen to their album together "Love Marriage and Divorce"
lilMissF0F0 you got away girl may all the luck come to you sister 💓💓
iseeyou : I see you too
I do love this song
POWER VOICES...LOVING THIS TWO..STILL PLAYING IT IN 2013
brigitte weku
This song makes me cry...heartbreaks are not it😒
Sing this at a karaoke and I dare you to not catch tears halfway through... This song had me thinking about a breakup I went through and I was trembling to my core and singing through tears. This song is so rich with emotion
Still my favorite version!
no lie but this song got me feeling some type of way🙍😟😳😳😤
Emotions , every time i hear this.
Very emotional!
I am listening in 2023 and my name really is Angel. I bought this CD way back then when it first came out. I've always been a huge fan of Toni Braxton listening!
2022 and still cry with this song and version of it. ❤❤❤
for me too,,
really my tears fallen, DON'T know the feelings I had!!
Baby face is a musical god🎹🎹
Who’s still listening in 2019...LOVE THIS SONG BEAUTIFUL
4 days in to the new year (2020) and I’m here. I always used to wonder why others listened to songs like these and commented but now I know and understand. I now know what it feels like....😢
Its rare to find a song as good as this nowadays. 90's kid here 😊
Us 90s kids r best, we know good music when we hear it.
Best version!!! So nostalgic
Apart from the vocals. The arrangement and espically the lyric is genius. To write something so expressive and connecting is beautiful.
musical genius
I LOVE this version whos listening in 2017 !
Me. I'm listening.
Obi Braxton me
Will Always love this song! I can honestly say I will listen to it in 2027 if I am still on this Earth!
Obi Braxton I love Toni!!!!! Only 18 but love all of her music and this is by far one of my favorites
Obi Braxton
Meeeee
How have I gone my whole life without ever hearing this version of this song 😱😱😱
Heard this song in 2014 for the first time. And all I could say is wow. Toni Braxton and Kenny Baby Edmond should actually be married and were there not that much worldly influence/pressure they probably would be. Enjoy my online Friend 😀
Toni Braxton ...i love you😭
Hi
i love this song sooo much