text: Eight years after the release of `` Angels '' , in February 2005 the British public voted it as the `` Best Single of the Past Twenty-Five Years '' at the 2005 BRIT Awards .
simplified: In February 2005 , the Brit Awards TV Show asked people to vote to answer the question `` What was the best song between 1980 and 2005 ? '' The winner was `` Angels '' by Williams .