Stars & Moon

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"Stars & Moon"
Stars & Moon Breathe Carolina.jpg
Single by Breathe Carolina with Shanahan featuring Haliene
ReleasedDecember 14, 2015 (2015-12-14)
Genre Progressive house [1]
Length5:00
Label Enhanced Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Breathe Carolina
  • Shanahan
Breathe Carolina singles chronology
"Platinum Hearts"
(2015)
"Stars & Moon"
(2015)
"Ruins"
(2016)

"Stars & Moon" is a song by American electronic music group Breathe Carolina and EDM artist Shanahan. The song features American electropop singer Haliene and was released on December 14, 2015 via Enhanced Music. [2] [3]

Contents

Background and composition

"Stars & Moon" was written by Keith Varon, Kelly Sweet, Jake Shanahan and Tommy Cooperman while production was handled by Breathe Carolina and Shanahan. The track runs at 128 BPM and is in the key of B major. [4] A remixes EP was released digitally on February 26, 2016. [5]

Reception

Rehan Luthra of We Rave You stated, "this production is bolstered by unmatchable new and creative sounds, glossed with the stellar vocals of Haliene." [6] Brian Bonavoglia of ThisSongSlaps called the track a "euphoric progressive anthem." [1]

The song went on to receive over 5 million streams on Spotify and has received heavy rotation on BPM (Sirius XM) Dance radio. [7] The track went on to be featured in Enhanced Best of 2015, a compilation album released by Enhanced. [8]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Stars & Moon"5:00
2."Stars & Moon" (Radio Mix)3:21
Stars & Moon Remixes
No.TitleLength
1."Stars & Moon" (APEK Remix)3:24
2."Stars & Moon" (Xilent Remix)3:17
3."Stars & Moon" (LTN Remix)3:20
4."Stars & Moon" (Y&V Remix)3:50

Charts

Chart performance for "Stars & Moon"
Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay ( Billboard ) [9] 26

Release history

Release history for "Stars & Moon"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousDecember 14, 2015Enhanced [2]
United StatesFebruary 17, 2016 Dance radio [7]

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References

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  7. 1 2 @BreatheCarolina (February 18, 2016). "BIG shout out to @GeronimoBPM @mrcalidre @sxmElectro @SIRIUSXM for adding "Stars & Moon" to rotation!" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  8. "Enhanced Best of 2015, Mixed by Will Holland by Various Artists on Apple Music". Apple Music . December 25, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  9. "Breathe Carolina Chart History (Dance Mix/Show Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2022.