Shadows in the Moonlight
| "Shadows in the Moonlight" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Anne Murray | ||||
| from the album New Kind of Feeling | ||||
| B-side | "Yucatan Cafe" | |||
| Released | May 1979 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Writer(s) | Charlie Black and Rory Michael Bourke | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Ed Norman | |||
| Anne Murray singles chronology | ||||
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"Shadows in the Moonlight" is a song written by Charlie Black and Rory Michael Bourke, and recorded by Canadian country and pop music singer Anne Murray. It was released in May 1979 as the second single from the album New Kind of Feeling. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that July, and was one of three chart-toppers for her during the year.[1] "Shadows in the Moonlight" was Murray's third No. 1 single on the country chart and fourth overall (counting "You Needed Me," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978).
"Shadows in the Moonlight" was released during Murray's peak as a crossover artist, and the song was one of several that also charted on the Hot 100. The song peaked at #25 in July and spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.[2]
Chart performance
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 10 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 25 |
| Preceded by "She Believes in Me" by Kenny Rogers |
Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single June 16, 1979 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Lead Me On" by Maxine Nightingale |
| Preceded by "Amanda" by Waylon Jennings |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single July 21, 1979 |
Succeeded by "You're the Only One" by Dolly Parton |
| Preceded by "You're the Only One" by Dolly Parton |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 4, 1979 |
Succeeded by "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" by Johnny Cash |
Sources
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 242.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 176.
- ↑ "Anne Murray – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Anne Murray.
- ↑ "Anne Murray – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Anne Murray.
- ↑ "Anne Murray – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Anne Murray.
