On Sept. 5, 1992, the worlds of music and television collided with the release of “How Do You Talk to an Angel.”
The soft rock ballad, performed by a fictional band called The Heights, had made its small-screen debut nine days earlier on the premiere episode of Fox’s The Heights. But what began as the theme song for a short-lived TV series became a bona fide chart phenomenon—one that Far Out recently ranked as the best No. 1 single by a fictional band.
“The show’s title theme, ‘How Do You Talk to an Angel,’ was so well-loved by listeners that it didn’t take long for people to adopt the song and begin listening to it as a part of their everyday lives,” the magazine wrote. “When you listen, it’s easy to see why. This soft rock song is sweet-sounding, catchy, and uses an endearing brass section to really draw in the listener. Out of all the tracks on this list, The Heights offering is by far one of the most versatile and nicest to listen to.”
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Written by Barry Coffing, Stephanie Tyrell, and Steve Tyrell, who also served as producer, the song was performed by the show’s cast including Jamie Walters, Charlotte Ross, Shawn David Thompson, Cheryl Pollak, and Zachary Throne. Another soapy offering from legendary television mogul Aaron Spelling, the series followed the trials and tribulations of a band, but it failed to capture the same trendy energy that made Spelling’s other shows, like Beverly Hills, 90210, massive successes.
But even though the series was a dud, its theme song was not.
“It’s very strange to have the record explode,” Spelling told The Hollywood Reporter at the time. “I guess this is the cart pulling the horse. We went in with the other thing in mind. We thought the show might help the record.”
Following its premiere, the track debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on Oct. 3, 1992, and reached No. 1 on Nov. 14, 1992, where it stayed for two weeks, effectively ending Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” 13-week streak.
“One thing I’m really proud of about the song is that it knocked off ‘End of the Road,'” Steve Tyrell told Billboard, per Songfacts. “At the time, that was the biggest record of all time and our little song from a TV show cruised right on up there and knocked it out of No. 1.”
Overall, “How Do You Talk to an Angel” spent 10 weeks inside the Top 10, 13 within the Top 20, and 20 weeks total on the chart. But its music life extended well beyond the outlet’s all-genre chart.
In 1993, “How Do You Talk to an Angel” earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics.
Despite the song’s massive success, the fictional band never released another commercial single. In fact, the show’s run ended just weeks after its theme song reached No. 1, with Fox canceling the series after its brief 13-episode run.
Walters, however, went on to carve out a solo music career. He even landed another song on the chart with “Hold On” in 1994, which climbed to No. 16. Around the same time, the musician-slash-actor appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210, as Ray Pruit, one of Donna Martin’s infamous boyfriends who was also a budding musician.
“At first [Ray] was the underdog,” Walters said. “And then they started twisting him into this abusive evil boyfriend.” He added that Ray’s story arc was interfering with his rock career, saying, “I’m trying to sell tickets on tour, and teenage girls are holding up signs saying, ‘Leave Donna alone.’”
Today, Walters is a full-time firefighter and paramedic with the Los Angeles area fire departments. But his days as a teen idol and No. 1 rock star continue to be celebrated more than three decades later.
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