Moonlight Feels Right

"Moonlight Feels Right"
Single by Starbuck
from the album Moonlight Feels Right
B-side "Lash LaRue"
Released April 1976
Format Vinyl
Recorded 1975
Genre Pop rock, soft rock[1]
Length 3:38
Label Private Stock
Writer(s) Bruce Blackman
Producer(s) Bruce Blackman
Starbuck singles chronology
"Moonlight Feels Right"
(1976)		 "I Got to Know"
(1976)

"Moonlight Feels Right" is the debut single recorded by the American band Starbuck. Written and produced by Bruce Blackman, the song was released in the first week of April 1976. The song features a prominent marimba solo by co-founding band member Bo Wagner.

"Moonlight Feels Right" was a major American hit, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Cash Box chart, and number one on Record World. It is ranked as the 34th biggest US hit of the year. On the Canadian chart, the song peaked at number three in early August 1976. It is ranked as the 51st biggest Canadian hit of 1976.

The song was featured in the Farrelly Brothers 2003 comedy film Stuck On You, starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia KMR [2] 25
Canadian RPM [3] 3
New Zealand [4] 21
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 3
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[6] 2
U.S. Record World 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Rank
Australia [7] 175
Canada[8] 51
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 34

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  3. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 25, No. 19, August 07 1976". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2704
  5. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1976-06-19
  6. ↑ "Cash Box Top Singles - 1976". tropicalglen.com. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  8. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

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