Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight

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"Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight"
Single by J.C. Crowley
from the album Beneath the Texas Moon
B-side "Serenade"
ReleasedOctober 1988 (1988-10)
Genre Country
Length2:45
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) J.C. Crowley
Jack Wesley Routh
Producer(s) Josh Leo
Larry Michael Lee
J.C. Crowley singles chronology
"Boxcar 109"
(1988)
"Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight"
(1988)
"I Know What I've Got"
(1989)

"Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight" is a song recorded by American country music artist J.C. Crowley. It was released in October 1988 as the second single from his album Beneath the Texas Moon . The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1]

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1988–1989)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 13

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 92

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References

  1. "J.C. Crowley - Awards". Allmusic . Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  2. "J.C. Crowley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM . December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 29, 2013.