![]() ![]() ![]() While working on the song in Jamaica, Shaggy turned to Rickardo “RikRok” Ducent, the songwriter who sang the hook on “ It Wasn’t Me,” the song that became a massive global smash for Shaggy. Shaggy’s producer Shaun “Sting International” Pizzonia put together a beat that used the instantly recognizable bass-lope from the Steve Miller Band’s 1974 chart-topper “ The Joker.” Shaggy thought that bassline sounded like reggae, but he was a little stumped on what to do with the track. Shaggy’s “Angel” started off with a very familiar bassline. Shaggy wasn’t especially known for his tender relationship songs, and he wasn’t going to act needy on a song, but he still used “Angel Of The Morning” to convey his own kind of softness. She asks this person just to touch her cheek before they leave. But she goes through with it, and she soaks up every drop of affection that her partner is willing to give. ![]() The song’s narrator is having an affair, and she knows that the other person doesn’t care about her the way that she cares about the other person. Chip Taylor wrote the song, and he eventually released his own version, but most of the artists who have recorded “Angel Of The Morning” are women. In its original form, “Angel Of The Morning” is a song about a fucked-up power dynamic. ![]()
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