The best‑known version of the song often remembered as “You Are My Special Angel” was sung by Bobby Helms in 1957, under the title “My Special Angel.”

The song was written by Jimmy Duncan and first recorded by the Sonny Land Trio, but it became a major hit when country and pop singer Bobby Helms recorded it, reaching the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the U.S. country chart in 1957. Later, other artists such as Malcolm Vaughan in the UK and The Vogues in the 1960s also recorded popular cover versions, but Helms’s recording is the one most people associate with the line “you are my special angel.”