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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Moonlighting
| Name = Moonlighting
| Type = soundtrack
| Type = soundtrack
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| Cover = Album_Moonlighting_Cover.jpg
| Cover = Album_Moonlighting_Cover.jpg
| Released = 1987
| Released = 1987
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
| Genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
| Length = 32:11
| Length = 32:11
| Label = [[MCA Records]]
| Label = [[MCA Records]]
| Producer = [[Phil Ramone]] and [[Glenn Gordon Caron]]
| Producer = [[Phil Ramone]] and [[Glenn Gordon Caron]]
| Reviews =
| Compiler =
| Last album =
| This album =
| Next album =
| Misc =
}}
}}
'''''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 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]].
'''''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 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 ==
== Chart positions ==
=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Chart !! Position
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1987
!Side
| "Moonlighting"
!No.
| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary]]
!Title
| 1<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting1">{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( Moonlighting > 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>
!Performer
!Length
!Featured in episode
|-
|-
| "Moonlighting"
|rowspan=5|1
| [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|1
| 23<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting1"/>
|"[[Moonlighting (theme song)|Moonlighting (Theme)]]"
|[[Al Jarreau]]
|3:00
|Seasons 4 and 5
|-
|-
| "Moonlighting"
|2
| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|''Billboard'' Hot R&B Songs]]
|"[[Limbo Rock]]"
| 32<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting1"/>
|[[Chubby Checker]]
|2:23
|Season 2's "My Fair David"
|-
|-
| "[[Since I Fell for You]]"
|3
| ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary
|"[[This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)]]"
| 10<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting1"/>
|[[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 Holiday]]
|3:38
|Season 3's "I Am Curious...Maddie"
|}
|}


==Singles chart positions==
=== Album ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Chart !! Position
|-
|-
| 1987
!Year
| ''Moonlighting''
!Single
| [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
!Chart
| 50<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>
!Position
|-
|-
| 1988
|rowspan=4|1987
|Moonlighting
| ''Moonlighting''
| [[UK Albums Chart]]
|[[Billboard Adult Contemporary]]
| 5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/Moonlighting#album |title=The Official Charts Company - Moonlighting by Original Soundtrack Search |date=6 May 2013 |publisher=The Official Charts Company |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232139/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/Moonlighting |archivedate=March 3, 2016 }}</ref>
||1<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting1">{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( Moonlighting > 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>
|-
|Moonlighting
|[[The Billboard Hot 100]]
|23<ref name="Billboard_Moonlighting"/>
|-
|Moonlighting
|[[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"/>
|}
|}


== Track listing ==
==Album chart position==
{{Track listing
{| class="wikitable"
| extra_column = Performer
|-
| writing_credits = yes
!Year

!Album
| title1 = [[Moonlighting (theme song)|Moonlighting]]
!Chart
| extra1 = [[Al Jarreau]]
!Position
| writer1 = [[Lee Holdridge]], Al Jarreau
|-
| length1 = 3:00
|1987

|Moonlighting
| title2 = [[Limbo Rock]]
|The [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
| extra2 = [[Chubby Checker]]
|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>
| writer2 = [[Billy Strange]], [[Kal Mann]]
|-
| note2 = S02E05 "My Fair David"
|1988
| length2 = 2:23
|Moonlighting

|[[UK Albums Chart]]
| title3 = [[This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)]]
|5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/Moonlighting#album |title=The Official Charts Company - Moonlighting by Original Soundtrack Search |date=6 May 2013 |publisher=The Official Charts Company |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232139/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/Moonlighting |archivedate=March 3, 2016 }}</ref>
| 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 Rogers]]
| 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]]
| 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
}}


==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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Moonlighting: the Television Soundtrack Album is the soundtrack to the ABC television 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 number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart on July 25, 1987.[1] 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.

Chart positions

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1987 "Moonlighting" Billboard Adult Contemporary 1[2]
"Moonlighting" Billboard Hot 100 23[2]
"Moonlighting" Billboard Hot R&B Songs 32[2]
"Since I Fell for You" Billboard Adult Contemporary 10[2]

Album

Year Title Chart Position
1987 Moonlighting Billboard 200 50[3]
1988 Moonlighting UK Albums Chart 5[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."Moonlighting"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 RogersCybill 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 Sanborn5:48
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

References

  1. ^ "Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  2. ^ a b c d "allmusic ((( Moonlighting > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  3. ^ "allmusic ((( Moonlighiting > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  4. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Moonlighting by Original Soundtrack Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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