Every song in The Harlem Angels was written and recorded for the series. Nothing is licensed in from anywhere else, and nothing is borrowed.

It began with “Rise Up.” The song belongs to the book as much as to the catalog: the girls work on it inside the story, and its lyric is printed in the pages of Origin Story. It is usually the first Harlem Angels song people hear.

What you can hear now:

• Ten songs, playable in full on the Music & Videos page
• A catalog of ten finished recordings to date
• Original writing and recording throughout, made for the series
• Eight of the songs also have their own animated music video

“Rise up, rise up, don’t let ’em tell you no,
Rise up, rise up, got places left to go,
They say it can’t be done, but watch us, watch us soar —
Three girls from Harlem, gonna open every door.”“Rise Up”