"Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" | ||||
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Single by Mark Collie | ||||
from the album Mark Collie | ||||
B-side | "Trouble's Coming Like a Train" [1] | |||
Released | August 24, 1992 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:41 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mark Collie, Don Cook | |||
Producer(s) | Don Cook | |||
Mark Collie singles chronology | ||||
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"Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Mark Collie. It was released in August 1992 as the first single from the album Mark Collie . The song reached number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 11 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. [2] Collie wrote the song with Don Cook.
The song is a ballad, in which the narrator explains that he is upset because his lover has left him.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine gave the song a favorable review, calling it a "praiseworthy delivery of a progressively written ballad." She goes on to call it "infectious and believable." [3]
The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller and premiered in late 1992.
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] | 11 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] | 5 |
Chart (1992) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [6] | 99 |
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