Can't Fight the Moonlight

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"Can't Fight the Moonlight"
Single by LeAnn Rimes
from the album Coyote Ugly soundtrack
B-side But I Do Love You
Released August 22, 2000 (2000-08-22)
Format
Recorded 2000; SARM West Coast, Royal Tone Studios, The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles)
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:35
Label Curb
Writer(s) Diane Warren
Producer(s) Trevor Horn
LeAnn Rimes singles chronology
"I Need You"
(2000)		 "Can't Fight the Moonlight"
(2000)		 "But I Do Love You"
(2001)

"Can't Fight the Moonlight" is a Country pop song written by Diane Warren, recorded by country pop singer LeAnn Rimes and featured on the soundtrack of the film Coyote Ugly. It is also featured in the film and is also credited as the theme of the film. Released as a single on August 22, 2000 by Rimes, the song peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, the song topped the charts in eight countries, including Australia and the United Kingdom. In the former country, "Can't Fight the Moonlight" became Australia's best-selling single of 2001.

The song was featured on Rimes' I Need You (2002) compilation album and The Best of LeAnn Rimes (2004) with the Graham Stack Radio Edit of the song (known as the "Latino Mix" internationally) featured as a bonus track on the I Need You album as well as on the sequel soundtrack to the film, More Music from Coyote Ugly (2003). The remix was also featured on her Greatest Hits (2003) album as well as on the remix edition of her Best of album.

A music video for the song was released in 2000 featuring clips taken from the Coyote Ugly film with Rimes performing at the "Coyote Ugly" bar.

Background

Rimes originally auditioned for the 2000 film Coyote Ugly to sing "Can't Fight the Moonlight" at the ending with Piper Perabo but, once Rimes watched some cuts of the film, she decided to provide the singing voice for all the songs sung by Perabo[1][2] (this would include "But I Do Love You", as well as two other tracks on the soundtrack).[3]

The song featured in the film has slightly altered lyrics[4] than that featured on the soundtrack. The song is also credited as the theme for the film.[5] Rimes' provided vocals are altered in their pitch and vocal range in comparison to Rimes' natural vocal range; and, the closing scene, wherein she and Perabo's character sing, is effectively her duetting with herself.[2]

Release

"Can't Fight the Moonlight" was first released on the soundtrack for Coyote Ugly on August 1, 2000.[3] It was released in the US on a CD single on August 22, 2000 along with the song, "But I Do Love You" (also included on the soundtrack) as the B-side track.[6] The song was later released on a maxi-single and included several remixes of the song.[7] The song was also included on Rimes' 2002 compilation album, I Need You, with the Graham Stack Radio Edit of the song included as a bonus track.[8] In 2003, the Graham Stack Radio Edit of the song would be included on the More Music from Coyote Ugly soundtrack on January 28, 2003.[9] and Rimes' Greatest Hits album on November 18, 2003.[10] In 2004, the song was included on The Best of LeAnn Rimes,[11] while the Graham Stack Radio Edit (known as the "Latino Mix" internationally) was released on the remixed edition.[12]

Composition

"Can't Fight the Moonlight" is a pop song[13] of three minutes and thirty-five seconds.[8] The song is written by American Grammy Award-winning songwriter, Diane Warren and performed by American country pop singer, LeAnn Rimes. The song is written in the key of E-flat major with Rimes' vocals spanning two octaves, from F-sharp3 to D-flat5.[14] The song is produced by Trevor Horn with executive production by Jerry Bruckheimer, Kathy Nelson and Mike Curb. Orchestral arrangements were done by David Campbell with engineering and mixing done by Steve MacMillan. Additional engineering was done by Tim Weidner, Greg Hunt, Gary Leach and Austin Deptula.[5] According to Warren it is the first song she'd written with so many key changes.[1] A review by Billboard praised producer Trevor Horn by stating "Oh-so creatively produced by Trevor Horn with guitars, lush layers of harmony, and a funky albeit delicate hip-hop track (no, really), this easy-flowing midtempo popper is a sassy number, demonstrating that Rimes has crossed the line to adult-leaning lyrics."[13]

Critical reception

Wendy Mitchell of Barnes & Noble.com praised the song calling it "ultra-catchy".[15] Heather Phares of AllMusic considered the song to be a "positively Britney Spearsian power ballad".[16] A review in Billboard about Rimes and the song stated that the song "is by far her most compelling pop offering yet–and one of the more intriguing compositions of late from songwriter superwoman Diane Warren."[13]

Commercial performance

It reached number one in the United Kingdom in November 2000. It also reached number one in Australia and went on to become the highest selling single in Australia of 2001. It went triple platinum in Australia selling over 210,000 copies. In Ireland, it reached number one and is currently the eighteenth best selling single in the history of the Irish Charts. In the U.S., it enjoyed two chart runs on the Billboard Hot 100. On its original chart run in 2000,[17] "Can't Fight the Moonlight" stalled at number seventy-one. It regained renewed interest in late 2001 and 2002, and rose up the charts to number eleven. In the U.S., the single is certified gold by the RIAA (which signifies sales of 500,000+ copies). The song spent forty-two weeks on the charts and sold 668,000 copies.[18]

As of 2014, it is Rimes' last song to chart in the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100 at number eleven. Due to Rimes' previous success in country music, even though this song was not officially released to country radio, it still made it at number sixty-one on the Billboard Country Song chart in its first release due to unsolicited airplay as an album cut.[19] It also has had the distinction of taking the longest time to reach the top 40, 29 weeks, until Of Monsters and Men's Little Talks took one week more in 2012.[20]

The single has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. It sold over 530,000 copies in the United Kingdom as stated by Britain's Official Charts Company. The song was the 12th best seller of 2000 in the UK and the 55th of the 2000 decade.[21]

Music video

A music video for the song was released in 2000 by Touchstone Pictures.[22] The video features Rimes singing at the "Coyote Ugly" bar, and dancing with Izabella Miko and the other girls who worked at the bar in the film. The video also features various scenes taken from the film.[23] The music video was included as a bonus feature on both the theatrical and uncut DVD releases of the film.[24]

Live performances

In 2001, Rimes performed the song on Music for High Places. The performance was later featured on the limited edition bonus DVD included with her Greatest Hits album.[25] Rimes also performed the song on Sessions@AOL.[26]

Track listings

Personnel

Credits for "Can't Fight the Moonlight" adapted from the liner notes of the Coyote Ugly soundtrack.[5]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[55] 3× Platinum 210,000
Belgium (BEA)[56] Platinum 50,000
France (SNEP)[57] Gold 340,000[58]
Netherlands (NVPI)[59] Platinum 60,000
Sweden (GLF)[60] Platinum 30,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[61] Gold 20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[62] Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA)[63] Gold 0

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

References

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  4. ↑ Coyote Ugly Chapter 26: "Gut Check"
    • Note: In the film instead of "It'll steal your heart tonight" the line is "It will take you in tonight" in the first verse of the song.
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  21. ↑ Radio 1 Official Chart of the Decade, as broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on Tuesday December 29, 2009, presented by Nihal
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