On December 30, 2014, a country music station in Cincinnati played "Concrete Angel" and dedicated it to the memory of Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teenager who had committed suicide the night before, and urged listeners to get help if they or someone they knew was being emotionally or physically abused or had suicidal thoughts.
"Concrete Angel" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 30, 2002. It peaked at number 5.
The song is a power ballad, centering on a main theme of child abuse and in a different context such as bullying. The narrator tells a story about 7-year-old named Angela Carter.
When the video was originally released, it featured the phone number for the American Child Abuse Hotline and encouraged viewers to report abuse.
The music video received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video.