Shoot for the Moon (song) explained

Shoot for the Moon
Cover:Shoot_for_the_Moon_-_Poco.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Poco
Album:Ghost Town
B-Side:The Midnight Rodeo (In the Lead Tonight)
Released:December 1982
Recorded:2:44
Genre:Pop
Label:Atlantic
Producer:John Mills
Prev Title:Midnight Rain
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Days Gone By
Next Year:1984

"Shoot for the Moon" is a 1982 song by Poco, written by Rusty Young. It was the second of three singles released from their Ghost Town LP, and the bigger hit of the two which reached the charts.

The song reached #50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #44 on Cash Box[1] during the late winter of 1983. It also peaked at #10 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2] Unlike most of their other hits, the song did not chart in Canada.

Billboard highlighted the song's "dreary optimism" and "four–part harmonies."[3]

Chart history

Chart (1982-83)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 50
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] 10
US Cash Box Top 100[6] 44

Notes and References

  1. http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/_0s_files/19830305.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 5, 1983
  2. http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1983-03-19 Adult Contemporary Archive, March 19, 1983
  3. Billboard. Top Single Picks. November 13, 1982. 2023-02-08. 75.
  4. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
  5. http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1983-03-19 Adult Contemporary Archive, March 19, 1983
  6. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 5, 1983 . August 2, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150602214831/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19830305.html . June 2, 2015 . dead .