Moondance (Van Morrison song)

"Moondance"
Single by Van Morrison
from the album Moondance
B-side"Cold Wind in August"
ReleasedJanuary 1970 (album)
September 1977 (single)[1]
RecordedAugust 1969
StudioA & R Studios
Genre
Length4:35
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Van Morrison
Producer(s)Van Morrison and Lewis Merenstein
Moondance track listing
10 tracks
Side one
  1. "And It Stoned Me"
  2. "Moondance"
  3. "Crazy Love"
  4. "Caravan"
  5. "Into the Mystic"
Side two
  2. "Come Running"
  3. "These Dreams of You"
  4. "Brand New Day"
  5. "Everyone"
  6. "Glad Tidings"
Official audio
"Moondance" (2013 Remaster) on YouTube

"Moondance" is a song recorded by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison and is the title song on his third studio album Moondance (1970). It was written by Morrison, and produced by Morrison and Lewis Merenstein.

Morrison did not release the song as a single until September 1977, seven and a half years after the album was released. It debuted two months later where it reached #92, on the US Billboard Hot 100[2] and #91 on the US Cash Box Top 100[3] The single's B-side, "Cold Wind in August", had been released in the same year, on his latest album at the time, A Period of Transition.

"Moondance" is the song that Van Morrison plays most frequently in concert.[4]

  1. ^ "Van Morrison - Moondance".
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010 (13th Ed.). Prometheus Global Media. ISBN 978-0-89820-188-8.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
  4. ^ Becker, Gunter (14 April 2017). "The most played songs". ivan.vanomatic.de. Retrieved 4 May 2017.