Token Angels

"Token Angels"
"Token Angels"
Single by Wendy Matthews
from the album Émigré
Released	3 September 1990
Genre	Pop
Length	4:53
Label	RooART
Songwriter(s)	Roger Mason
Producer(s)	Ricky Fataar
Wendy Matthews singles chronology

Released3 September 1990

GenrePop

Length4:53

LabelRooART

"Token Angels" is a song by Australian recording artist Wendy Matthews. It was released in September 1990 as the lead single from her debut solo studio album, Émigré.^[1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1991, the song won the ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - Single.

Matthews subsequently included the song on her 1999 greatest hits album, Stepping Stones, and her 2007 compilation album, The Essential Wendy Matthews.

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v t e Wendy Matthews
Discography
Albums	Émigré (1990) The Way It Has to Be (1991) Lily (1992) The Witness Tree (1994) Ghosts (1997) Beautiful View (2001) Café Naturale (2004) She (2008) The Welcome Fire (2013)
Soundtracks	Dancing Daze (1986) Illusion (1986) You've Always Got The Blues (1988)
Compilations	Stepping Stones: The Best of Wendy Matthews (1999)
Notable singles	"Dancing Daze" "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" (with Absent Friends) "Token Angels" "Woman's Gotta Have It" "Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)" "The Day You Went Away" "Friday's Child" "If Only I Could" "Standing Strong" "Love Will Keep Me Alive" "Then I Walked Away" "Beloved" "I've Got to Have You" "Day by Day"
Related articles	Models (Out of Mind, Out of Sight) Absent Friends (Here's Looking Up Your Address)

v t e ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist
Album	...Ish by 1927 (1989) Tales of the City by Rockmelons (1989) Matchbook by Ian Moss (1990) Safety in Numbers by Margaret Urlich (1991) Baby Animals by Baby Animals (1992) Marvin the Album by Frente! (1993) Get on Board by The Badloves (1994) Frogstomp by Silverchair (1995) Tu-Plang by Regurgitator (1996) Savage Garden by Savage Garden (1997) Left of the Middle by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) The Living End by The Living End (1999) Reflector by Killing Heidi (2000) Since I Left You by The Avalanches (2001) Polyserena by George (2002) Innocent Eyes by Delta Goodrem (2003) Get Born by Jet (2004) The Sound of White by Missy Higgins (2005) Wolfmother by Wolfmother (2006) Sneaky Sound System by Sneaky Sound System (2007) Lessons to Be Learned by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) Ladyhawke by Ladyhawke (2009) Moonfire by Boy & Bear (2011)
Single	"That's When I Think of You" by 1927 (1989) "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss (1990) "Token Angels" by Wendy Matthews (1991) "Early Warning" by Baby Animals (1992) "Ordinary Angels" by Frente! (1993) "Lost" by The Badloves (1994) "Tomorrow" by Silverchair (1995) "It's Alright" by Deni Hines (1996) "Shut My Eyes" / "Eight Step Rail" by The Superjesus (1997) "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) "Lucky Star" by Alex Lloyd (1999) "Get Set" by Taxiride (1999) "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue (2000) "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches (2001) "Get Free" by The Vines (2002) "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem (2003) "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet (2004) "O Yeah" by End of Fashion (2005) "Forever Young" by Youth Group (2006) "Just a Song About Ping Pong" by Operator Please (2007) "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) "My Delirium" by Ladyhawke (2009) "Feeding Line" by Boy & Bear (2011)
Release	I Believe You Liar by Megan Washington (2010) Falling & Flying by 360 (2012) Flume by Flume (2013) The New Classic by Iggy Azalea (2014) Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett (2015) Glorious Heights by Montaigne (2016) Night Thinker by Amy Shark (2017) "Dazed & Confused" by Ruel (2018) "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I (2019) 14 Steps to a Better You by Lime Cordiale (2020) Budjerah by Budjerah (2021) King Stingray by King Stingray (2022) Midnight Driving by Teenage Dads (2023)

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