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In 2011, Robbie Williams said he wrote "Angels" with collaborator [[Guy Chambers]] in 25 minutes about his aunt and uncle. By his account, he and Chambers were sitting outside a cafe watching a water fountain, which inspired them to write the chorus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robbiewilliams.com/ |title=Home |publisher=RobbieWilliams.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-29}}</ref> In 2016, Williams said: "It was the first of our songs that we wrote together. We could tell and hoped and prayed that we got something incredibly special. After we wrote the song ... I hailed a cab down. [The taxi driver] played it and said 'that is great, that is, Robbie, 'that is gonna be number one', and you know what: it never was number one."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtlxl.nl/?&_ga=1.46985639.1696943651.1478038349#!/rtl-late-night-301978/579a3ceb-4116-4ed0-9b3d-4e5b2cdd831f|title=RTL XL|publisher=}}</ref> Williams has expressed irritation that some assumed Chambers was the sole author, saying: "It pees me off because everyone thinks Guy penned '[[Let Me Entertain You (Robbie Williams song)|Let Me Entertain You]]' and 'Angels', but they're my songs."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/take-that-robbie-joins-top-songwriters-vying-for-special-brit-486817.html|title=Take That! Robbie joins top songwriters vying for special Brit - News, Music|date=2005-01-02|accessdate=2011-09-29|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref><!--Stop! DO NOT remove the sourced information below without first contributing to the discussion on the article's talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Angels_(Robbie_Williams_song) -->
Irish singer-songwriter Ray Heffernan asserts that he wrote the first version of "Angels" in Paris in 1996, after his partner had a miscarriage.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPJZz86Wdgk|title=Ray Heffernan talks about Angels|last=brunolavelle|first=|date=1 December 2006|publisher=|via=YouTube|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref> According to Heffernan, he met Williams in a pub by chance in Dublin. He showed him an incomplete version of the song, and
When Heffernan learnt that a version of "Angels" would appear on Williams' debut album ''[[Life thru a Lens]]'', he accepted an offer from Williams's management to buy the rights for £7,500.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/incoming/incoming_dailyfeed/i-played-robbie-this-song-id-been-working-on-it-was-called-angels-26801044.html |title=I played Robbie this song I'd been working on. It was called Angels |publisher=independent.ie |date= |accessdate=2017-08-21}} </ref> Williams said: "We could have gone to court, and it all would have been down to whether what way the judge wakes up that day out of bed ... So I gave him some money, and he went away."<ref name="auto1" /> In 2011, Heffernan said: "For a long time, I was angry about this, but as you get older you see things differently ... the 'Angels' connection has opened doors to publishing companies and earned me a few quid."<ref name=":0" /> Heffernan is thanked in the UK CD2 single liner notes.<ref>Angels, UK CD2, liner notes</ref>
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