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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Moonlighting
| name = Moonlighting
| Type = soundtrack
| type = soundtrack
| Artist = Various Artists
| artist = Various Artists
| Cover = Album_Moonlighting_Cover.jpg
| cover = Album_Moonlighting_Cover.jpg
| Released = 1987
| alt =
| Recorded =
| released = 1987
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
| Length = 32:11
| venue =
| Label = [[MCA Records]]
| studio =
| Producer = [[Phil Ramone]] and [[Glenn Gordon Caron]]
| genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
| Reviews =
| length = 32:11
| Compiler =
| label = [[MCA Records]]
| producer = [[Phil Ramone]] and [[Glenn Gordon Caron]]
| Last album =
| This album =
| prev_title =
| Next album =
| prev_year =
| Misc =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Moonlighting
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[Moonlighting (theme song)|Moonlighting]]
| single1date = May 29, 1987
}}
}}
}}

'''''Moonlighting: The Television Soundtrack Album''''' is the [[soundtrack]] to the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television series]] ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'' and was produced by [[Phil Ramone]] and [[Glenn Gordon Caron]]. It features songs performed on the show by series leads [[Cybill Shepherd]] and [[Bruce Willis]], alongside the series theme song performed by [[Al Jarreau]]. That single peaked at #1 on the [[Billboard Adult Contemporary]] chart on July 25, 1987.<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting_Web">{{cite web|title=Billboard |publisher=billboard.com|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/song/original-tv-soundtrack/moonlighting/1371686|accessdate=2010-05-30}}</ref> Other songs include [[Chubby Checker]]'s "[[Limbo Rock]]", [[The Isley Brothers]]'s "[[This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)]]", and "[[When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]" by [[Percy Sledge]].
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[[New Musical Express]]''
| rev1score = 3/10<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Various: ''Moonlighting - The Television Soundtrack Album'' |last=Mead |first=Helen |date=31 October 1987 |magazine=[[New Musical Express]]|page=34}}</ref>
}}

'''''Moonlighting: the Television Soundtrack Album''''' is the [[soundtrack]] to the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television series]] ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'' and was produced by [[Phil Ra200monewho]] and [[Glenn Gordon Caron]].

==Background==
The album features songs performed on the show by series leads [[Cybill Shepherd]] and [[Bruce Willis]], alongside the series theme song performed by [[Al Jarreau]] - which was the later [[Nile Rodgers]]-produced version used in Seasons 4 and 5. That single peaked at number one on the [[Billboard Adult Contemporary]] chart on July 25, 1987.<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting_Web">{{cite web|title=Billboard |publisher=billboard.com|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/song/original-tv-soundtrack/moonlighting/1371686|accessdate=2010-05-30}}</ref> Other songs include [[Chubby Checker]]'s "[[Limbo Rock]]", [[The Isley Brothers]]'s "[[This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)]]", and "[[When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]" by [[Percy Sledge]].


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
{| class="wikitable"
| extra_column = Artist(s)
!Side
| title1 = [[Moonlighting (theme song)|Moonlighting]]
!No.
| extra1 = [[Al Jarreau]]
!Title
| writer1 = [[Lee Holdridge]], Al Jarreau
!Performer
| note1 = opening and closing credits, September 1987-May 1989
!Length
| length1 = 3:00
!Featured in episode
|-
|rowspan=5|1
|1
|"[[Moonlighting (theme song)|Moonlighting (Theme)]]"
|[[Al Jarreau]]
|3:00
|All
|-
|2
|"[[Limbo Rock]]"
|[[Chubby Checker]]
|2:23
|Season 2's "My Fair David"
|-
|3
|"[[This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)]]"
|[[The Isley Brothers]]
|2:51
|Season 2's "Knowing Her"
|-
|4
|"[[Blue Moon (song)|Blue Moon]]"
|[[Cybill Shepherd]]
|2:19
|Season 2's "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"
|-
|5
|"I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out!"
|[[Cybill Shepherd]]
|2:03
|Season 2's "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"
|-
|rowspan=5|2
|6
|"[[Good Lovin' (The Young Rascals song)|Good Lovin']]"
|[[Bruce Willis]]
|3:15
|Season 3's "Atomic Shakespeare"
|-
|7
|"[[Since I Fell for You]]"
|[[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]] and [[David Sanborn]], vocal by [[Al Jarreau]]
|5:48
|Season 3's "Blonde On Blonde"
|-
|8
|"[[When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]"
|[[Percy Sledge]]
|2:48
|Season 3's "I Am Curious...Maddie"
|-
|9
|"[[Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]"
|[[Linda Ronstadt]] & [[Nelson Riddle|The Nelson Riddle Orchestra]]
|4:06
|Season 3's "Maddie's Turn To Cry"
|-
|10
|"[[Stormy Weather (song)|Stormy Weather]]"
|[[Billie Holliday]]
|3:38
|Season 3's "I Am Curious...Maddie"
|}


| title2 = [[Limbo Rock]]
==Singles chart positions==
| extra2 = [[Chubby Checker]]
{| class="wikitable"
| writer2 = [[Billy Strange]], [[Kal Mann]]
!Year
| note2 = S02E05 "My Fair David"
!Single
| length2 = 2:23
!Chart

!Position
| title3 = [[This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)]]
| extra3 = [[The Isley Brothers]]
| writer3 = [[Holland–Dozier–Holland|Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland]]
| note3 = S02E06 "Knowing Her"
| length3 = 2:51

| title4 = [[Blue Moon (1934 song)|Blue Moon]]
| extra4 = [[Cybill Shepherd]]
| writer4 = [[Lorenz Hart]], [[Richard Rodgers]]
| note4 = S02E04 "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"
| length4 = 2:19

| title5 = [[I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out]]
| extra5 = Cybill Shepherd
| writer5 = [[Herb Ellis]], [[Johnny Frigo]], [[Lou Carter]]
| note5 = S02E04 "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"
| length5 = 2:03

| title6 = [[Good Lovin']]
| extra6 = [[Bruce Willis]]
| writer6 = [[Artie Resnick]], [[Rudy Clark]]
| note6 = S03E07 "Atomic Shakespeare"
| length6 = 3:15

| title7 = [[Since I Fell for You]]
| extra7 = [[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]], [[David Sanborn]], Al Jarreau
| writer7 = [[Buddy Johnson]]
| note7 = S03E11 "Blonde on Blonde"
| length7 = 5:48

| title8 = [[When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]
| extra8 = [[Percy Sledge]]
| writer8 = Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright
| note8 = S03E14 "I Am Curious… Maddie"
| length8 = 2:48

| title9 = [[Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]
| extra9 = [[Linda Ronstadt]] & The [[Nelson Riddle]] Orchestra
| writer9 = [[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]]
| note9 = S03E13 "Maddie's Turn to Cry"
| length9 = 4:06

| title10 = [[Stormy Weather (song)|Stormy Weather]]
| extra10 = [[Billie Holiday]]
| writer10 = [[Harold Arlen]], [[Ted Koehler]]
| note10 = S03E14 "I Am Curious… Maddie"
| length10 = 3:38
}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Moonlighting: the Television Soundtrack Album''
!scope="col"| Chart (1987–88)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=284}}</ref>
|rowspan=4|1987
| style="text-align:center;"| 88
|Moonlighting
|[[Billboard Adult Contemporary]]
|rowspan=1|1<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting">{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( Moonlighiting > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))|publisher=allmusic.com|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r116573/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2010-05-30}}</ref>
|-
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/Moonlighting |title=The Official Charts Company - Moonlighting by Original Soundtrack Search |date=6 May 2013 |publisher=The Official Charts Company }}</ref>
|Moonlighting
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
|[[The Billboard Hot 100]]
|23<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting"/>
|-
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( Moonlighiting > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))|publisher=allmusic.com|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r116573/charts-awards/billboard-album|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2010-06-01}}</ref>
|Moonlighting
| style="text-align:center;"| 50
|[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]]
|32<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting"/>
|-
|[[Since I Fell for You]]
|[[Billboard Adult Contemporary]]
|10<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting"/>
|}
|}


==Album chart position==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Album
!Chart
!Position
|-
|1987
|Moonlighting
|The [[Billboard 200]]
|50<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting">{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( Moonlighiting > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))|publisher=allmusic.com|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r116573/charts-awards/billboard-album|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2010-06-01}}</ref>
|}


{{Authority control}}
==References==
<references />


[[Category:Television soundtracks]]
[[Category:Television soundtracks]]
[[Category:1985 soundtracks]]
[[Category:1987 soundtrack albums]]
[[Category:MCA Records soundtracks]]
[[Category:MCA Records soundtracks]]

Latest revision as of 04:35, 20 November 2024

Moonlighting
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Released1987
GenreSoul
Length32:11
LabelMCA Records
ProducerPhil Ramone and Glenn Gordon Caron
Singles from Moonlighting
  1. "Moonlighting"
    Released: May 29, 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
New Musical Express3/10[1]

Moonlighting: the Television Soundtrack Album is the soundtrack to the ABC television series Moonlighting and was produced by Phil Ra200monewho and Glenn Gordon Caron.

Background

[edit]

The album features songs performed on the show by series leads Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis, alongside the series theme song performed by Al Jarreau - which was the later Nile Rodgers-produced version used in Seasons 4 and 5. That single peaked at number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart on July 25, 1987.[2] Other songs include Chubby Checker's "Limbo Rock", The Isley Brothers's "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)", and "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge.

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."Moonlighting" (opening and closing credits, September 1987-May 1989)Lee Holdridge, Al JarreauAl Jarreau3:00
2."Limbo Rock" (S02E05 "My Fair David")Billy Strange, Kal MannChubby Checker2:23
3."This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (S02E06 "Knowing Her")Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie HollandThe Isley Brothers2:51
4."Blue Moon" (S02E04 "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice")Lorenz Hart, Richard RodgersCybill Shepherd2:19
5."I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out" (S02E04 "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice")Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou CarterCybill Shepherd2:03
6."Good Lovin'" (S03E07 "Atomic Shakespeare")Artie Resnick, Rudy ClarkBruce Willis3:15
7."Since I Fell for You" (S03E11 "Blonde on Blonde")Buddy JohnsonBob James, David Sanborn, Al Jarreau5:48
8."When a Man Loves a Woman" (S03E14 "I Am Curious… Maddie")Calvin Lewis, Andrew WrightPercy Sledge2:48
9."Someone to Watch Over Me" (S03E13 "Maddie's Turn to Cry")George Gershwin, Ira GershwinLinda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra4:06
10."Stormy Weather" (S03E14 "I Am Curious… Maddie")Harold Arlen, Ted KoehlerBillie Holiday3:38

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for Moonlighting: the Television Soundtrack Album
Chart (1987–88) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] 88
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 5
US Billboard 200[5] 50

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Mead, Helen (31 October 1987). "Various: Moonlighting - The Television Soundtrack Album". New Musical Express. p. 34.
  2. ^ "Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 284. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Moonlighting by Original Soundtrack Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
  5. ^ "allmusic ((( Moonlighiting > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
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