In this song, a lonely guy gets a welcome visitor: an "undercover angel" who makes love to him in his sleep. It might be a dream, or perhaps a vivid fantasy, but it seems very real. Alan O'Day described it as a "nocturnal novelette."
Alan O'Day was a successful songwriter before becoming a solo artist and releasing "Undercover Angel" as his first single. He had written hits for Bobby Sherman ("The Drum" - 1971), Cher ("Train of Thought "- 1974), and The Righteous Brothers ("Rock And Roll Heaven" - 1974), but most notably, penned the #1 hit "Angie Baby" for Helen Reddy in 1974. That song also dithers between fantasy and reality.
O'Day drew inspiration from a 1975 song called "He Did Me Wrong, But He Did It Right" by Patti Dahlstrom. In that song, a woman falls for a guy with "an undercover double life" who is also "under covers late at night." This gave O'Day the idea to play on the double meaning of "undercover."
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