"Angels with Dirty Faces" was released as the album's third single as part of a
double A-side with "
Stronger". The double A-side was made available as a CD single,
cassette tape and
12-inch single on 11 November 2002. An Audio Drive
remix of the song appears on the 12-inch and CD releases, the latter of which features the music video.
Critical response The song received generally positive reviews from critics.
NME critic Barry Nicholson suggested it was the better track from the double A-side and commended its "sleek garage sexiness". He additionally praised the song as smooth and tantalising. Julie Macaskill of
Daily Record commended the song's pop and R&B mixture, which she noted as "proof that there is nothing sweeter than the Sugababes".
Commercial performance "Angels with Dirty Faces" appeared on singles charts as part of its double A-side release with "Stronger". In the 23 November 2002 issue of the
UK Singles Chart, the single debuted and peaked at number seven, It appeared in the chart for thirteen weeks, The A-side single Stronger peaked at the top of the UK Airplay charts on 07 December 2002, while Angels With Dirty Faces didn't reach the top 200, instead becoming a club hit. The double A-side peaked at number thirty-four on the
Australian Singles Chart, where it charted for nine weeks. On the
New Zealand Singles Chart, it debuted on 23 February 2003 at number forty-three and peaked at number twenty-four sixteen weeks later. The single spent a total of eighteen weeks on the chart, and gave the Sugababes their third consecutive top forty hit in the country. ==Promotion==