Shadows in the Moonlight

Single by Anne Murray

This article is about Anne Murray's song. For Robert E. Howard's short story about an adventure of Conan the Cimmerian, see Shadows in the Moonlight (story).

"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
| "I Just Fall in Love Again"
(1979)  | "Shadows in the Moonlight"
(1979)  | "Broken Hearted Me"
(1979)

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"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" 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[edit]

### Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1979)  | Peak
position

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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

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US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] | 4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 23

## Sources[edit]

* New Kind of Feeling by Anne Murray at Allmusic

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 242.
2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 176.
3. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
4. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
5. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
6. ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
7. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

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Anne Murray

Studio albums|

* What About Me
* This Way Is My Way
* Honey, Wheat and Laughter
* Straight, Clean and Simple
* Talk It Over in the Morning
* Anne Murray / Glen Campbell
* Annie
* Danny's Song
* Love Song
* Highly Prized Possession
* Together
* Keeping In Touch
* There's a Hippo in My Tub
* Let's Keep It That Way
* New Kind of Feeling
* I'll Always Love You
* Somebody's Waiting
* Where Do You Go When You Dream
* The Hottest Night of the Year
* A Little Good News
* Heart over Mind
* Something to Talk About
* Harmony
* As I Am
* You Will
* Yes I Do
* Croonin'
* Anne Murray
* What a Wonderful World
* Country Croonin'
* I'll Be Seeing You
* Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends

Christmas albums|

* Christmas Wishes
* What a Wonderful Christmas
* Anne Murray's Christmas Album

Compilations|

* Snowbird
* Country
* A Country Collection
* Anne Murray's Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits Volume II
* 15 of the Best
* The Best... So Far
* All of Me

No. 1 singles|

* "Snowbird"
* "Sing High, Sing Low"
* "A Stranger in My Place"
* "It Takes Time"
* "Talk It Over in the Morning"
* "I Say a Little Prayer/By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
* "Cotton Jenny"
* "Danny's Song"
* "What About Me"
* "A Love Song"
* "He Thinks I Still Care"
* "Son of a Rotten Gambler"
* "You Won't See Me"
* "You Needed Me"
* "I Just Fall in Love Again"
* "Shadows in the Moonlight"
* "Broken Hearted Me"
* "Daydream Believer"
* "Lucky Me"
* "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
* "Could I Have This Dance"
* "Blessed Are the Believers"
* "We Don't Have to Hold Out"
* "It's All I Can Do"
* "Another Sleepless Night"
* "Hey! Baby"
* "Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye"
* "A Little Good News"
* "Just Another Woman in Love"
* "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" (with Dave Loggins)
* "Time Don't Run Out on Me"
* "Now and Forever (You and Me)"

Other songs|

* "Thirsty Boots"
* "Put Your Hand in the Hand"
* "Night Owl"
* "Robbie's Song for Jesus"
* "Everything's Been Changed"
* "Send a Little Love My Way"
* "Just One Look"
* "Day Tripper"
* "Uproar"
* "Sunday Sunrise"
* "The Call"
* "Golden Oldie"
* "Things"
* "Walk Right Back"
* "Hold Me Tight"
* "That's Not the Way (It's S'posed to Be)"
* "I Don't Think I'm Ready for You"
* "Who's Leaving Who"
* "Are You Still in Love with Me"
* "Anyone Can Do the Heartbreak"
* "Perfect Strangers"
* "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Kenny Rogers)
* "Feed This Fire"
* "Bluebird"
* "I Can See Arkansas"
* "Make Love to Me"
* "The Wayward Wind"
* "Born to Be with You"
* "Over You"
* "That's What My Love Is For"
* "That's the Way It Goes"
* "What a Wonderful World"

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