"Shadows in the Moonlight" is a song written by Charlie Black and Rory Bourke, and recorded by Canadian country 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 No. 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" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Anne Murray | ||||
| from the album New Kind of Feeling | ||||
| B-side | "Yucatan Cafe" | |||
| Released | May 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Charlie Black and Rory Bourke | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Ed Norman | |||
| Anne Murray singles chronology | ||||
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"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]
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 10 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 25 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 1 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1979) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] | 4 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 23 |
Sources
edit- ^ 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 (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.