"Blue Angel" is a song by Roy Orbison, released as a single in August 1960.

[3][4] "Blue Angel" followed its predecessor, "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)", in very much the same style with Orbison once again able to show off his falsetto and semi-operatic vocals and also followed its theme of lost love.

[5] However, whilst "Only the Lonely" was a gloomy song of self-pity, "Blue Angel" was, according to musician and writer John Kruth, "a dollop of commercial fluff… [and that] lyrically, it was rather sappy, a trite knock-off about teen love, all too typical of its time.

"[6] Co-written with collaborator Joe Melson, Orbison recorded "Blue Angel" in early August 1960 at RCA Victor Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.

It was then quickly released as a single at the end of August with the B-side "Today's Teardrops", written by a then-relatively unknown Gene Pitney.