Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin' explained

Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'
Cover:Mark Collie - Even the Man single cover.png
Type:single
Artist:Mark Collie
Album:Mark Collie
B-Side:"Trouble's Coming Like a Train"[1]
Released:August 24, 1992
Genre:Country
Length:3:41
Label:MCA
Producer:Don Cook
Prev Title:It Don't Take a Lot
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Born to Love You
Next Year:1993

"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.

Content

The song is a ballad, in which the narrator explains that he is upset because his lover has left him.

Critical reception

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]

Music video

The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller and premiered in late 1992.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 99. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 85.
  3. Billboard, August 15, 1992
  4. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992. RPM. December 19, 1992. August 15, 2013.