Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'

"Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'"
Single by Mark Collie
from the album Mark Collie
B-side	"Trouble's Coming Like a Train"[1]
Released	August 24, 1992
Format	CD single
Genre	Country
Length	3:40
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Mark Collie, Don Cook
Producer(s)	Don Cook
Mark Collie singles chronology
"It Don't Take a Lot" (1992) "Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" (1992) "Born to Love You" (1993)

"Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Mark Collie. It was released in August 1992 as the first single from the album Mark Collie. The song reached number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 11 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.^[2] Collie wrote the song with Don Cook.

Content

The song is a ballad, in which the narrator explains that he is upset because his lover has left him.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine gave the song a favorable review, calling it a "praiseworthy delivery of a progressively written ballad." He goes on to call it "infectious and believable." ^[3]

Music video

The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller and premiered in late 1992.

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4]	11
US Country Songs (Billboard)	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5]	99

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 99. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 85.
3. Billboard, August 15, 1992
4. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1864." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 28, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics