100 moons lyrics

I have been an online writer for over six years. I am passionate about books, philosophy, music, and the music industry.

What Are the Best Songs About the Moon?

The word "moon" has been used in songs to convey a plethora of emotions. While in certain songs, the word is used in a literal sense, in most songs, the term is used as a metaphor to explain a broader concept or meaning. Regardless of the message conveyed, we have got to admit moon songs are a whole lot of fun.

Different Ways the Word "Moon" Is Used in Songs

Singers and songwriters have conveyed romantic sentiments and dark perspectives with the term moon. In many pop, rock, country, and R&B genres, the word "moon" is used to showcase a wide range of emotions associated with love, romance, and heartbreak. Certain songs have used the term to theatrically portray the extent one would go for love. In many music videos, the presence of the moon is used as a symbolic representation to depict a lyrical tale of truth, lies, valor, and deceit.

In certain ballads, the word "moon" is used to highlight the dark side of love. Moon songs by bands and artists in art and progressive genres bring to life dreamscape elements with fairy tale concepts. These songs glorify an unreal world that dwells in the realms of fantasia. Although the word "moon" has been used in different ways to highlight or showcase a perspective, the dramatic use of the term has appealed to a wide genre of listeners.

The list below showcases a diverse collection of songs from different genres and decades that mention "moon" in the title. Feel free to get moonstruck with your opinions and song suggestions in the comments section.

Top 10 Best Songs With "Moon" in the Title

1. “To the Moon and Back”—Savage Garden
2. “Man on the Moon”—R.E.M.
3. “Talking to the Moon”—Bruno Mars
4. “Walking on the Moon”—The Police
5. “Moonage Daydream”—David Bowie
6. “Bad Moon Rising”—Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. “Harvest Moon”—Neil Young
8. “Shoot the Moon”—Norah Jones
9. “The Moon and the Sky”—Sade
10. “Bark at the Moon”—Ozzy Osbourne

#11—20

11. “Moondance”—Van Morrison

12. “Moonlight”—Ariana Grande

13. “Can’t Fight the Moonlight”—LeAnn Rimes

14. “Pink Moon”—Nick Drake

15. “Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in Its Spotlight)”—Thin Lizzy

16. “Half Moon”—Blind Pilot

17. “Moonlight Shadow”—Mike Oldfield

18. “Moonlight Serenade”—Glen Miller

19. “Dancing in the Moonlight”—King Harvest

20. “Moonlight”—Grace VanderWaal

#21—40

21. “To the Moon”—Phora

22. “Moonshadow”—Cat Stevens

23. “Sail to the Moon”—Radiohead

24. “Neon Moon”—Brooks & Dunn

25. “Mwaka Moon”—Kalash featuring Damso

26. “Dancing with the Moonlight Knight”—Genesis

27. “Blue Moon”—Beck

28. “My Moon My Man”—Feist

29. “Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)”—AWOLNATION

30. “Send Me the Moon”—Sara Bareilles

31. “Moon Over Bourbon Street”—Sting

32. “Moonchild”—King Crimson

33. “Moonbeam Levels”—Prince

34. “Concentration Moon”—The Mothers of Invention

35. “Man on the Moon”—Kid Cudi

36. “Moon River”—Audrey Hepburn

37. “Half Moon”—Janis Joplin

38. “The Killing Moon”—Echo & the Bunneymen

39. “Midnight Moonlight”—The Firm

40. “Drunk on the Moon”—Tom Waits

#41—60

41. “Puttin’ People on the Moon”—Drive-By Truckers

42. “Moonshine”—Dennis Wilson

43. “Moonlight”—Lil Xan and Charli XCX

44. “Black Moon Creeping”—The Black Crowes

45. “Kiko and the Lavender Moon”—Los Lobos

46. “Sonny Got Caught in the Moonlight”—Robbie Robertson

47. “Moonlight Drive”—The Doors

48. “New Moon on Monday”—Duran Duran

49. “Blue Moon of Kentucky”—Bill Monre & the Bluegrass Boys

50. “Fly Me to the Moon”—Frank Sinatra

51. “Havana Moon”—Chuck Berry

52. “Moonchild”—Iron Maiden

53. “Get you to the Moon”—Kina featuring Snow

54. “Song about the Moon”—Paul Simon

55. “White Moon”—The White Stripes

56. “Moonlight”—Bob Dylan

57. “Howling at the Moon”—Milow

58. “Man on the Moon”—Phillip Phillips

59. “Mr. Moonlight”—The Beatles

60. “The Moonbeam Song”—Harry Nilsson

#61—80

61. “Shame on the Moon”—Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

62. “Sisters of the Moon”—Fleetwood Mac

63. “The Whole of the Moon”—The Waterboys

64. “Mountain of the Moon”—Grateful Dead

65. “The First Girl on the Moon”—Roxette

66. “To the Moon and Back”—Luke Bryan

67. “Desert Moon”—Great White

68. “Once in a Blue Moon”—Earl Thomas Conley

69. “Shepherds Moons”—Enya

70. “Moonshake”—Can

71. “Footprints on the Moon”—Tracy Lawrence

72. “Moon Trance”—Lindsey Stirling

73. “Does the Moon Ever Shine on You”—Toby Keith

74. “Why iii Love the Moon”—Phony Ppl

75. “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight”—Randy Houser

76. “Man on the Moon”—Britney Spears

77. “What’s Next to the Moon”—AC/DC

78. “Desert Moon”—Denis DeYoung

79. “Moon Rocks”—Talking Heads

80. “Ticket to the Moon”—Electric Light Orchestra

#81—100

81. “Moon of Dreams”—Ruslana featuring T-Pain

82. “Fall Dog Bombs the Moon”—David Bowie

83. “Hawkmoon 269”—U2

84. “Rope the Moon”—John Michael Montgomery

85. “Moonlight on Vermont”—Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

86. “Child of the Moon”—The Rolling Stones

87. “Blue Moon”—Big Star

88. “Moon in June”—Soft Machine

89. “Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)”—Ramones

90. “Blue Moon”—The Marcels

91. “Under a Glass Moon”—Dream Theater

92. “Is One Moon Enough”—Jack Johnson

93. “Virginia Moon”—Foo Fighters

94. “Everyone’s Gone to the Moon”—Jonathan King

95. “Cry for the Moon”—Epica

96. “Hypnotize the Moon”—Clay Walker

97. “Mad Mad Moon”—Genesis

98. “Under the Weeping Moon”—Opeth

99. “This is How We Walk the Moon”—Jose Gonzalez

100. “Marquee Moon”—Television

Other Notable Songs With Moon in the Title

• “Under a Paper Moon”—All Time Low
• “When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again”—Elvis Presley
• “Shoot Down the Moon”—Elton John
• “Full Moon Rising”—Neil Halstead
• “Sugar Moon”—K.D. Lang
• “Let’s Take One More Rocket to the Moon”—Erasure
• “Grapefruit Moon”—Tom Waits
• “Over the Moon”—Pretty Things
• “Full Moon”—Brandy
• “Brother Wolf, Sister Moon”—The Cult
• “Small Town Moon”—Regina Spektor
• “Bike Ride to the Moon”—XTC
• “Two Sides of the Moon”—Asia
• “Look Junior (There’s the Moon)”—T. Hughes
• “Waiting for the Moon”—Bruce Cockburn
• “Slow Dancing With the Moon”—Dolly Parton
• “Old Devil Moon”—Frank Sinatra
• “Worried Moon”—Chris Cornell
• “Moon in Shining (Somewhere Over the Sea)”—Blackmore’s Night
• “Climbing the Moon”—Eels
• “Take you to the Moon”—Big Country
• “Under the Moon”—Insane Clown Posse
• “The Shepherd and the Moon”—Aphrodite’s Child
• “Orange Moon”—Erykah Badu
• “Carolina Moon”—Gene Austin
• “Jealous Moon”—Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• “Tropic Moon”—Bruce Cockburn
• “Electric Moon”—Shakespears Sister
• “Moonglum (Friend Without and Cause)”—Hawkwind
• “There’s a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)”—B-52’s
• “Full Moon”—The Herd
• “Rope Ladder to the Moon”—Colesseum
• “Moon Through the Branches”—Hammock
• “Man in the Moon”—Erasure

• “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”—Glen Campbell
• “Moongirl”—Barclay James Harvest
• “Angels on the Moon”—Thriving Ivory
• “Sitting on the Moon”—Enigma
• “Mississipi Moon”—King’s X
• “Black Moon”—Black Sabbath
• “Underneath the Same Moon”—Blake Shelton
• “Moon Song”—America
• “Silver Moonlight”—Within Temptation
• “Black Moon”—Wilco
• “Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon”—The Nice
• “Under a Violent Night”—Blackmore’s Night
• “Moon Child”—M83
• “Amber Moon”—Bronco
• “I Know She Hung the Moon”—Toby Keith
• “Party on the Moon”—Vanessa Hudgens
• “Full Moon in My Soul”—Robyn Hitchcock
• “All By Yourself in the Moonlight”—Whispering Jack Smith
• “Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons”—Gorillaz
• “Dark Side of the Moon”—Lil Wayne featuring Nicki Minaj
• “Tubas in the Moonlight”—Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
• “Black Moon”—Emerson Lake and Palmer
• “Picture of the Moon”—Gary Moore
• “Dancer and the Moon”—Blackmore’s Night
• “Once in a Blue Moon”—Van Morrison
• “Moon is Rising”—Pretty Things
• “Mr. Moonshine”—Fat Mattress
• “Moon is Up”—The Rolling Stones
• “Big Sur Moon”—Buckethead
• “Son of the Red Moon”—Roger Chapman
• “Moonlight”—XXXTentacion
• “Belladonna Moonshine”—Audience
• “Paper Moon”—Our Lady Peace
• “C Moon”—Paul McCartney and Wings

• “Moon Over Miami”—Eddy Duchin
• “Full Moon Night”—Lynyrd Skynyrd
• “Surface of the Moon”—Del Amitri
• “Meet Me on the Moon”—Phyllis Hyman
• “Elvis Lives on the Moon”—Lindisfarne
• “Moondance”—Nightwish
• “Skip Softly (My Moonbeams)”—Procol Harum
• “Moonwater”—Barclay James Harvest
• “Rocket to the Moon”—Herp Albert
• “Moonshine”—Wishbone Ash
• “Moonchild”—Chris Cornell
• “Fire on the Moon”—Steve Hackett
• “Maiden of the Cancer Moon”—Quicksilver Messenger Service
• “The Finger and the Moon”—Ben Lee
• “Full Moon”—The Black Ghosts
• “Midnight Moonshine”—Cochise
• “Moon at the Window”—Joni Mitchell
• “Rocket to the Moon”—Culture Beat
• “Silvery Moon”—Sherbet
• “Man in the Moon”—Yes
• “Rope Ladder to the Moon”—Jack Bruce
• “Earth and Sun and Moon”—Midnight Oil
• “I’ll Shoot the Moon”—Tom Waits
• “Moonwatch”—Mike Oldfield
• “Under the Moon of Love”—Showaddywaddy
• “Full Moon”—The Kinks
• “Moonlight in Vermont”—Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
• “Moonshine”—Spencer Davis Group
• “Under the Cherry Moon”—Prince
• “Moonlight Night”—Shocking Blue
• “Full Moon Turn My Head Around”—Off Broadway USA
• “Moon Blue”—Stevie Wonder
• “Bad Side of the Moon”—Toe Fat
• “Moon Baby”—Godsmack

• “Sacrifice of the Moon”—Ultimate Spinach
• “Almost Full Moon”—Enigma
• “Red hot Moon”—Rancid
• “Just Like the Moon”—Brett Dennen
• “Sun and Moon”—Above & Beyond featuring Richard Bedford
• “A Better Moon”—Ian Anderson
• “Cara Let the Moon”—Blues Traveler
• “The Moon”—Flobots
• “Once in Very Blue Moon”—Nanci Griffith
• “Moon Over Marin”—Dead Kennedys
• “How High the Moon”—Les Paul and Mary Ford
• “Full Moon Ride”—Black Oak Arkansas
• “Painted Moon”—The Silencers
• “Lazy Moon”—Harry Nilsson
• “Here Comes the Moon”—George Harrison
• “Penumbra Moon”—Billy Nichollas
• “Girl in the Moon”—Icehouse
• “Life on the Moon”—David Cook
• “Shadow of the Night”—Blackmore’s Night
• “Moonlight Stroll”—Mike Oldfield
• “Bomber’s Moon”—Mike Harding
• “The Moon Was Yellow (And the Night Was Young)”—Frank Sinatra
• “Between Sun & Moon”—Rush
• “Calling the Moon”—Dar Williams
• “Under Moonshine”—The Moody Blues
• “By the Light of the Silvery Moon”—Doris Day
• “The Same Moon”—Phil Collins
• “On Moonlight Bay”—Doris Day
• “Moon in the Mirror”—Joni Mitchell
• “Moonlight Lady”—Albert Hammond
• “Total Eclipse of the Moon”—Enigma
• “Mandolin Moon”—Sister Hazel
• “Moonshine”—Curved Air
• “It’s Only a Paper Moon”—Ella Fitzgerald

© 2020 Ansel Pereira

Bruno Mars Lyrics

I know you're somewhere out there
Somewhere far away
I want you back
I want you back

My neighbors think I'm crazy
But they don't understand
You're all I had
You're all I had

At night when the stars light up my room
I sit by myself talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on the other side talking to me too
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

I'm feeling like I'm famous
The talk of the town
They say I've gone mad
Yeah, I've gone mad

But they don't know what I know
'Cause when the sun goes down
Someone's talking back
Yeah, they're talking back

At night when the stars light up my room
I sit by myself talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on the other side talking to me too
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

Do you ever hear me calling?

'Cause every night I'm talking to the moon
Still tryna get to you
In hopes you're on the other side talking to me too
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

I know you're somewhere out there
Somewhere far away

Submit Corrections

Thanks to Anoniem, Liah Midori Brooks, Ashley <3, Shaunna L, megan balingfot for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Jeff Bhasker, Ari Levine, Peter Gene Hernandez, Philip Martin Ii Lawrence, Albert Winkler

This song was first released on Bruno Mars' debut extended play, "It's Better If You Don't Understand" (2010), under Elektra Records.

This track is a power ballad about lost love. It has sincere lyrics and stripped-down production. Its instrumentation mainly comprises drums and a piano.

Being featured on the soundtrack to the Brazilian telenovela "Insensato Coração" (Irrational Heart) (2011), the song was released as a single only in Brazil on the 12th of April 2011 through Warner Music Brasil. The track charted on the Brasil Hot 100 Airplay and on the Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular at number one.

An acoustic piano version was recorded by Bruno Mars and included on the deluxe edition of the album.

"Shine On Harvest Moon" Celebrates 100 Years

Shine on Harvest Moon is one of the those great Tin Pan Alley Moon songs that were so popular in the first part of the 20th century, such as By the Light of the Silvery Moon, I want to spoon....

And the most popularized of all Moon songs

The song first made its claim to fame when Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth appeared in the elaborate Broadway theatrical production of the Follies, which opened in New York City on June 15, 1908. And, Oh, Shine On, Shine On, Harvest Moon was an instant overnight hit. It's interesting to note that the first version of this song's chorus actually was written: Since April, January, June or July, not January, February, June or July. Many have recorded this song since. Ruth Etting sang this in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 with her own twist, with the chorus changed to January, February, June or July and the first and last verse were removed.

Oliver Hardy put his own little twist into the song with reference to the earlier version of April, January, June or July. In Oliver Hardy style of course! April, January, June or July turns to January, April, June or July. You can hear an MP3 rendition of Oliver Hardy singing his version of "Shine on Harvest Moon", which he recorded in 1939 for the film Flying Deuces by clicking on the cover of the Ziegfeld Follies sheet music below. (The original sheet music of this song is owned by Paul McCartney today.)

Cover from Shine On Harvest Moon (Norworth, Bayes) (from Ziegfeld Follies) 1931

Shine On Harvest Moon

The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see,
For the moon refused to shine.
Couple sitting underneath a willow tree,
For love they did pine.
Little maid was kind-a 'fraid of darkness, so
She said, "I guess I'll go."
Boy began to sigh, looked up at the sky,
And told the moon his little tale of woe.

Oh, Shine on, shine on harvest moon, up in the sky;
I ain't had no lovin' since April, January, June or July.
Snow time ain't no time to stay outdoors and spoon,
So shine on, shine on harvest moon, for me and my gal.

Oh, can't see why a boy should sigh, where by his side
Is the girl he loves so true.
All he has to say is: "Won't you be my bride,
For I love you"
Why should I be telling you this secret,
When I know that you can guess?
Harvest moon will smile, shine on all the while,
If the little girl should answer "yes."

(repeat chorus)

100 Moons Lyrics – Savannah Saturn

Singer: Savannah Saturn
Title: 100 Moons

Will you pick me up, whenever I’m down (whenever I’m down)
I just want you to stick around (stick around)
And if you leave so let it be (let it be)
I just want you to stay with me

Will you pick me up, whenever I’m down (whenever I’m down)
I just want you to stick around (stick around)
And if you leave so let it be (let it be)
I just want you to stay with me
Find more lyrics at indolirik.jspinyin.net

100 Moons – Terjemahan / Translation

Apakah Anda akan menjemput saya, setiap kali saya turun (setiap kali saya turun)
Saya hanya ingin Anda bertahan (menempel)
Dan jika Anda pergi jadi biarkan (biarlah)
Aku hanya ingin kamu tinggal bersamaku

Apakah Anda akan menjemput saya, setiap kali saya turun (setiap kali saya turun)
Saya hanya ingin Anda bertahan (menempel)
Dan jika Anda pergi jadi biarkan (biarlah)
Aku hanya ingin kamu tinggal bersamaku
Find more lyrics at indolirik.jspinyin.net

Lyrics Savannah Saturn – 100 Moons

Kindly like and share our content. Please follow our blog to get the latest lyrics for all songs.

We don’t provide any MP3 Download, please support the artist by purchasing their music 🙂

2011 single by Bruno Mars

For other uses, see Talking to the Moon (disambiguation).

2011 single by Bruno Mars

"Talking to the Moon" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). The song was first unveiled on Mars's debut extended play, It's Better If You Don't Understand (2010), as its last track. It was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Albert Winkler, and Jeff Bhasker, while production was handled by the Smeezingtons in collaboration with Bhasker. "Talking to the Moon" is a pop and R&Bpower ballad about a failed relationship, solitude, and sadness. Instrumentally, the track relies on drum percussion and piano.

"Talking to the Moon" received mixed reviews from music critics. Some praised its slow pace and lyrics, while others criticized its overwhelming production. The song was announced as a single only in Brazil, on April 12, 2011, through Warner Music Brasil, following its appearance on the soundtrack of the Brazilian telenovelaInsensato Coração (2011). The song charted on the Brasil Hot 100 Airplay, where it spent several weeks at number one, and on the Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular. It was certified twice platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was performed during Mars's debut world tour, The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour (2010–2012), on the Hooligans in Wondaland Tour (2011) and during a show on the South American leg of the 24K Magic World Tour (2017–2018).

Background and production[edit]

"Talking to the Moon" was first recorded by Bruno Mars for his debut EP, It's Better If You Don't Understand, which was released on May 11, 2010 under Elektra Records.^[1] When asked about the lyrical content of the record, Mars stated that "[he] just [writes] songs that [he] strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies. And [he is] singing the s*** out of them."^[1] During an interview, Mars explained that after writing and producing songs for other artists, he thought that he could write a song for himself. He started writing the lyrics of "Talking to the Moon" while playing the piano.^[2] The track was included five months later on his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, released on October 4, 2010 under the Elektra and Atlantic labels.^[3] Mars also recorded an acoustic piano version included on the deluxe edition of the album.^[4] Ari Levine described how the song was conceived in an interview for Sound on Sound:^[5]

We only had the first verse and the horns. We then had three different bridges and we spent a lot of time trying to find out which one was the best. Jeff Bhasker is a fantastic musician, and he helped write that track. I think we tried to arrange and produce this in four different ways, mostly trying to figure out what kind of drums to put on.

"Talking to the Moon" was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, Levine, Bhasker, and Albert Winkler, and produced by the former three, under their alias, the Smeezingtons, while Bhasker co-produced the song. Levine and Mars played all the instruments on the track and recorded them; Levine was as well responsible for engineering the song at Levcon Studios in California. The mixing of the track was done at Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles by Manny Marroquin, with Christian Plata and Erik Madrid serving as assistants. It was mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California.^[6]

Composition[edit]

	"Talking to the Moon" A 20-second sample of the song in which Mars sings "In hopes you're on the other side talking to me too/ Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?/Ohoooo...".
Problems playing this file? See media help.

"Talking to the Moon" is a "soaring" pop and R&Bpower ballad.^[7][8][9] It has a stripped-down production, and instrumentation consisting primarily of drums and a piano.^[10] According to the digital sheet music, the song was written in the key of C♯ minor and was set in a four-fourtime signature with a ballad tempo of 73 beats per minute. Mars's vocal range spans from G♯₃ to C♯₅, and the song follows the chord progression E–G♯₇–C♯m–B–A.^[11] Natalie Li from The Harvard Crimson felt the song has an "electro twist".^[9] Sasha Frere-Jones wrote for The New Yorker that the single relies on a "gorgeous wall of backing harmony".^[12]

The song's lyrics describe feelings of loneliness, loss, and hope in the chorus: "Talking to the moon/Try to get to you/In hopes you're on the other side/Talking to me, too".^[10] As the song continues, it shows the singer's vulnerable side with soft, sincere lyrics about a lost love that has now gone, according to Alex Young of Consequence of Sound.^[13]Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Scott Mervis described Mars's vocals on the track as "yearning".^[8] Sherri Thornhill of Yahoo!, believed the lyrics reveal the singer's hope that "his former flame is talking to the moon just as he is."^[14] A similar opinion was shared by Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Tyrone Reid, noticing Mars "waxing poetic about love and longing".^[15]

Critical reception[edit]

The song received mixed reviews from music critics. Alex Young of Consequence of Sound gave the song a positive review writing that the song "may be the best of this collection [album]", adding that "this track is primed for radio; a soft, sincere piano-driven song about a lost love that has now gone [...] belts the vulnerable Mars."^[13]Yahoo!'s music critic, Sherri Thornhill, praised the song, calling it a "beauty" and "relatable", since the lyrics show the "heartbroken lover['s]" wish that his former lover is doing the same as he is – talking to the moon.^[14] The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's reviewer, Tyrone S. Reid, considered the song "beautifully written, waxing poetic about love and longing – a forte that the singer employs with great results in his work."^[15] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly called "Talking to the Moon" "woebegone", adding that "a malt-shop heart beats beneath [its] digital skin".^[16] Emily Yang of The Signal stated that Mars "focuses on the slow pace of the drums and piano to convey his sorrow. He sings of loneliness which is almost palpable in the chorus."^[10]

On the other hand, Bill Lamb of About.com wrote that it "is possibly the weakest track simply because the heavy production threatens to overwhelm the centerpiece of Bruno Mars' singing because it is a big power jazz ballad that would work well from the stage."^[17] In the same vein, Mike Diver of BBC Music considered the song "a ballad devoid of detectable emotion".^[18] The same perspective was replicated by Jamie Milton from musicOMH, who called it a "over-sentimental ballad".^[19]The Scotsman compared "Talking to the Moon" to the "Gary Barlow stirring-yet-banal mould", dubbing it "a slowed-down, doleful version of "Billionaire" (2011).^[7]

Commercial performance[edit]

Following the track's inclusion on the soundtrack of Insensato Coração, which generated most of the song's success Warner Music Brasil decided to release it as an official single in Brazil on April 12, 2011.^[20] After its release, "Talking to the Moon" charted on two Brazilian charts – Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular and the Brasil Hot 100 Airplay with it reaching the top position in both cases. The song spent nine weeks at number one on the latter chart,^[21] while it topped the former chart for 22 weeks.^[22][23][24] It became the fourth song with the most weeks spent at the top of Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular and^[24] on Brasil Hot 100 Airplay it ranked seventh with the most weeks at number one as of 2012.^[25] In 2017, "Talking to the Moon" debuted on the Japan Hot 100 at number 45.^[26] In April 2021, the song received a resurgence on TikTok, which it led to enter various charts, such as Australia and Switzerland.^[27][28][29] "Talking to the Moon" was certified two times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and gold by IFPI Denmark.^[30][31]

Other usage and live performances[edit]

The song was used on the soundtrack of Brazilian telenovela Insensato Coração.^[20] It was also used in the movie, A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures, with it being as well included on the movie soundtrack as a bonus song.^[32] An acoustic piano version of "Talking to the Moon" was included on the charitycompilation album, Songs for Japan, released on March 25, 2011.^[33] "Talking to the Moon" was featured in the movie Think Like A Man, released in 2012, where the song was attributed to Mars in the final credits.^[34] In 2020, American R&B band MICHELLE and American singer Catie Turner covered "Talking to the Moon", in different instances, as part of the tenth anniversary of Mars's debut album.^[35][36] It was the fourteenth song on the set list of his debut world tour, The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour (2010–2012) and was also, sometimes, sung as an encore on the Hooligans in Wondaland Tour (2011).^[37][38][39] It was also performed during a show on the South American leg of the 24K Magic World Tour (2017–2018).^[40]

Personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Doo-Wops & Hooligans.^[6]

Charts and certifications[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]