"Neon Moon" | ||||
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Single by Brooks & Dunn | ||||
from the album Brand New Man | ||||
B-side | "Cheating on the Blues" | |||
Released | February 24, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 4:20 | |||
Label | Arista 12388 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ronnie Dunn | |||
Producer(s) | ||||
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology | ||||
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"Neon Moon" is a song written by Ronnie Dunn and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in February 1992 as the third single from their debut album Brand New Man . The song became their third consecutive number one single on the country charts. [1] It was also their first single not to have an accompanying music video. In 2024, Brooks and Dunn made a remix of the song with Morgan Wallen for their album, Reboot II . This version peaked at number 24 on the Hot Country Songs chart. [2]
The song's narrator is a man who is at a bar, feeling brokenhearted because his significant other has left, so he "spend[s] most every night beneath the light of a neon moon".
In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 41 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking. [3]
Country music singer Carrie Underwood covered the song from The Last Rodeo Tour.
On December 18, 2018, American dream pop band Cigarettes After Sex released a cover version to streaming platforms.
A newly recorded version by Brooks & Dunn featuring American country singer Kacey Musgraves appeared on the duo's 2019 duet album, Reboot , released on April 5, 2019. Musgraves also performed the song on several dates of her 2018–2019 Oh, What a World: Tour. [4] [5] [6]
Kelly Clarkson covered the song with Gwen Stefani, John Legend, and Blake Shelton in the first season of The Kelly Clarkson Show as a Kellyoke which aired on November 21, 2019.
Dave Audé covered the song with Cody Belew released on June 17, 2022.
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [7] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] | 1 |
Chart (2024) | Peak position |
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] | 97 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 24 |
Chart (1992) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [10] | 25 |
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [11] | 9 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [12] | 5× Platinum | 5,000,000‡ |
with Kacey Musgraves | ||
Canada (Music Canada) [13] | 3× Platinum | 240,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [14] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |