Shadows in the Moonlight (song)
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"Shadows in the Moonlight" is a song recorded by country
and pop music
singer Anne Murray
. Released in 1979, 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. "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, around the time it topped the country chart. The song also spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
chart in 1979.
The song was included on Murray's 1979 album New Kind of Feeling
.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
and pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer Anne Murray
Anne Murray
Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
. Released in 1979, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart that July, and was one of three chart-toppers for her during the year. "Shadows in the Moonlight" was Murray's third No. 1 single on the country chart and fourth overall (counting "You Needed Me
You Needed Me
"You Needed Me" became the second single for Irish Boyband Boyzone from their album By Request. The single became number #1 on the UK Singles Chart, beating the debut solo single of Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, outselling her by just 700 copies...
," which topped the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
in 1978).
"Shadows in the Moonlight" was released during Murray's peak as a crossover
Crossover (music)
Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers appearing on two or more of the record charts which track differing musical tastes, or genres...
artist, and the song was one of several that also charted on the Hot 100. The song peaked at #25 in July, around the time it topped the country chart. The song also spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
chart in 1979.
The song was included on Murray's 1979 album New Kind of Feeling
New Kind of Feeling
New Kind of Feeling is the thirteenth studio album by Anne Murray, issued in January 1979 on Capitol Records. The album continued her chart success from the previous year's Let's Keep it That Way, reaching number 2 and 23 on the U.S. country and pop album charts, respectively...
.
Chart performance
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 25 |
Sources
- [ New Kind of Feeling by Anne Murray] at Allmusic
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
- Whitburn, JoelJoel WhitburnJoel Carver Whitburn is an American author and music historian.Whitburn founded Record Research Inc. in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, in 1970, and put together a team of researchers to examine in detail all of Billboards music and video charts...
(1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)