Come Live with Me Angel

"Come Live with Me Angel" (sometimes written "Come Live with Me, Angel") is a smooth soul song by soul singer Marvin Gaye. The song was co-written by singer-songwriter Leon Ware and lyricist Jacqueline Dalya-Hilliard for the former's album Musical Massage. However, Ware gave it to Gaye as he showed interest in it, as well as the other songs Ware had written with Arthur Ross. The song first appeared on Gaye's album I Want You as the second track. Background Ware recorded the song with singer Minnie Riperton with plans to release it as a single and include it in his second album, tentatively titled after the original name of the song, which was called "Comfort". The album would later be titled Musical Massage. One day, at Gaye's house, Gaye was in a room listening to music, and Ware was in a different room playing an unreleased record on his cassette tape that had three duets Ware did with Riperton. Gaye reportedly heard it through the wall and came to Ware and asked him, "What is that you’re playing?" “It’s my new album," Ware replied. Subsequently, Ware invited Gaye to listen to the record, and soon enough, the inspired Gaye convinced Ware to give him the songs for his upcoming album, promising that he would "do the whole thing," and willingly agreed. One of the songs they had listened to was the original version of "Come Live With Me, Angel". Composition and lyrics The song is in the key of B minor. The influences of the song derived from jazz and R&B/Soul, which was Ware's usual songwriting style.