Moonlight Desires

"Moonlight Desires"
Single by Lawrence Gowan
from the album Great Dirty World
ReleasedMarch 1987 (1987-03)
RecordedProducers Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreSoft rock
Length4:13
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Lawrence Gowan
Producer(s)David Tickle
Lawrence Gowan singles chronology
"Cosmetics"
(1985) 		"Moonlight Desires"
(1987) 		"Awake the Giant"
(1987)

"Moonlight Desires" is a song by Scottish-born Canadian musician Lawrence Gowan. Released in March 1987 as the lead single from his third studio album, Great Dirty World, it reached number ten in Canada. Yes’s Jon Anderson, walking by the studio, heard the song being played, entered and asked if he could add a harmony vocal, and made it up on the spot.[citation needed] This single had a b-side called "Jet White," which was recorded in 1982 and originally appeared on Gowan's self-titled debut album.

Music video

The video was directed by Rob Quartly and was filmed in Mexico, with several of the scenes being filmed at Teotihuacan.[1]

The song was used to soundtrack a key scene in the 2019 film Black Conflux.[2] It is also used in the Degrassi television movie School's Out (1992),[3] and as a title for the nineteenth episode of the fourth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation (2005).

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[4] 2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 10

References

  1. ^ Is this Live?: Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic : the Nation's Music... by Christopher Ward - Page 149
  2. ^ Brad Wheeler, "Moonlight desires, granted: Behind the greatest soundtrack moment in recent Canadian film history". The Globe and Mail, July 3, 2021.
  3. ^ School's Out (1992), retrieved 4 August 2023
  4. ^ "RPM Weekly Chart: Adult Contemporary (May 30, 1987)". RPM. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  5. ^ "RPM Weekly Chart: Top Singles (May 30, 1987)". RPM. Retrieved 20 June 2018.


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