| "Shame on the Moon" | ||||
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| Single by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | ||||
| from the album The Distance | ||||
| B-side | "House Behind the House" | |||
| Released | November 30, 1982 | |||
| Genre | Rock, country rock | |||
| Length | 4:55 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rodney Crowell | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Iovine | |||
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band singles chronology | ||||
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"Shame on the Moon" is a song written and recorded by Rodney Crowell on his 1981 self-titled album. It was covered by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band as the lead single from their 1982 album The Distance.
Glenn Frey joined Seger on background harmony vocals on the song. The song spent four weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and topped the adult contemporary chart.[1] The song also went to number 15 on the country chart in early 1983, marking Seger's only Top 40 entry on that chart.[2]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 218.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 308.