"Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You"
Single by Toby Keith
from the album Blue Moon
B-side"She's Gonna Get It"
ReleasedFebruary 27, 1996
Recorded1996
GenreCountry
Length3:50
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Toby Keith
Producer(s)Nelson Larkin
Toby Keith
Toby Keith singles chronology
"Big Ol' Truck"
(1995) 		"Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You"
(1996) 		"A Woman's Touch"
(1996)

"Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You", or simply "Blue Moon", is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on February 27, 1996 as the lead single from his 1996 album Blue Moon. The song peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and reached number 9 in Canada. Keith wrote the song in 1987,[1] and first released it that year on an independent label.[2][3] It is the first lead single by Keith that does not feature as the opening track.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a perfect example of a Keith-penned weeper that is also a sensuous and languid ballad." She goes on to say that the ballad is a "perfect showcase for Keith's vocals, which have never sounded better." The song works well according to Price because of the "poignancy of the lyric and the way the production shows the strength of his voice."[4]

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Marc Ball, and premiered on CMT on March 1, 1996, when CMT named it a "Hot Shot".

Chart performance

"Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You" debuted at number 65 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of March 9, 1996.

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 9
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[6] 12
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 97
US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 16

References

  1. ^ "Nothing shaky about Keith's music success". The Times-Leader. 12 November 1996. pp. 1C. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Stages are set". Macon Telegraph. 29 March 1996. pp. 1D. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Toby Keith's 'Blue Moon' Just Wouldn't Go Away". Chicago Tribune. 31 March 1996. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  4. ^ Billboard, March 9, 1996
  5. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3017." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 1, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  6. ^ "Toby Keith Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Toby Keith Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  9. ^ "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.


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