Neon Moon

"Neon Moon"
Single by Brooks & Dunn
from the album Brand New Man
B-side "Cheating on the Blues"
Released February 24, 1992
Format CD Single, 7"
Genre Country
Length 4:21
Label Arista 12388
Writer(s) Ronnie Dunn
Producer(s) Don Cook
Scott Hendricks
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology
"My Next Broken Heart"
(1991)
"Neon Moon"
(1992)
"Boot Scootin' Boogie"
(1992)

"Neon Moon" is a song written by Ronnie Dunn and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in February 1992 as the third single from their debut album Brand New Man. The song became their third consecutive Number One single on the country charts.[1] It was also their first single not to have an accompanying music video.

Content

The song's narrator is a man who is at a bar, feeling lonely because his woman has left, so he spends "most every night beneath the light of a neon moon."

Chart positions

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 25
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 9

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2135." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 23, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  3. "Brooks & Dunn – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brooks & Dunn.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  5. "Best of 1992: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
Preceded by
"There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio"
by Aaron Tippin
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

May 9-May 16, 1992
Succeeded by
"Some Girls Do"
by Sawyer Brown
Preceded by
"Past the Point of Rescue"
by Hal Ketchum
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

May 23-May 30, 1992
Succeeded by
"Take It Like a Man"
by Michelle Wright
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