Moonlight Shadow

{{Short description|1983 song by Mike Oldfield}} {{other|Moonlight Shadow (disambiguation)}} {{Use British English|date=October 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox song | name = Moonlight Shadow | cover = Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield).jpg | alt = | caption = Artwork for original single | border = yes | type = single | artist = Mike Oldfield | album = Crises | B-side = * "Rite of Man" * "To France" * "Jungle Gardenia" * "Taurus 3" * "In the Pool" * "Bones" | released = {{start date|1983|5|6|df=y}} | recorded = February{{snd}}April 1983<ref name="spalding"/> | studio = Denham, England<ref name="spalding"/> | genre = * Pop rock<ref>{{cite book|first= Ezio |last= Guaitamacchi |year= 2011 |title= 1000 canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita |publisher= Rizzoli Libri |isbn= 978-88-58-61742-7 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=M3mgAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT640 |language= it}}</ref> * Europop<ref name= "Stanley 2013">{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= Progressive Rock (And Simpler Pleasures)|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=364}}</ref> | length = *{{Duration|m=3|s=37}} (album version) *5:17 (12-inch version) | label = Virgin | writer = Mike Oldfield | producer = *Mike Oldfield *Simon Phillips<ref>{{cite web|title= Singles |work= Amadian |access-date= 1 March 2009 |url= http://www.amadian.net/singles1.htm#Moonlight_Shadow}}</ref> | prev_title = Mistake | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = Shadow on the Wall | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{Extra chronology | type = single | prev_title = The Bell | prev_year = 1993 | title = Moonlight Shadow | year = 1993 | next_title = In Dulci Jubilo | next_year = 1993 }} {{External music video|{{YouTube|e80qhyovOnA|"Mike Oldfield ft. Maggie Reilly - Moonlight Shadow (Official Video)"}}}} }}

"'''Moonlight Shadow'''" is a song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included on his eighth album, ''Crises'', of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|title= Information about the single |website= Tubular-World.com |access-date= 29 March 2008 |url= http://www.tubular-world.com/singles/moonlight-shadow/index.shtml |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080829151058/http://www.tubular-world.com/singles/moonlight-shadow/index.shtml |archive-date= 29 August 2008}}</ref> The vocals were performed by Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had collaborated with Mike Oldfield since 1980. It is Oldfield's most successful single, reaching number one on numerous charts around Europe. In the UK, it reached number four during a nineteen-week chart run and was subsequently listed by the Official Charts Company as the 29th best-selling single of 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-best-selling-songs-of-1983__32721/ |title= Official Top 40 Best Selling Singles of 1983 |website= UK Official Charts.com |publisher= The Official UK Charts Company |date= 19 March 2021 }}</ref>

==Release== The single peaked at number four in the British charts, making it Oldfield's second-highest ranked single after "Portsmouth", which reached number three in 1976. "Moonlight Shadow" was successful throughout Europe; it reached number one in many countries, including Italy, Austria, Switzerland for four weeks and Norway for six weeks. It spent four weeks at number two in West Germany, reached number six in Australia, and peaked at number three in New Zealand and France. It was re-released as a maxi-CD single in 1993 to promote Oldfield's ''Elements'' box set, charting at number 52.

A 12-inch single (later reissued on a 3" CD single) featured an extended version of the song with an extra verse. The extended mix also appears on his compilation album ''The Platinum Collection''. Both the 7 inch and 12 inch singles featured the B-side "Rite of Man", which was a rare instance of Oldfield singing lead vocal.

In 1991, the song was re-released in France, and in 1993 it was featured on promos for ''Elements'' in France and Spain. The 1993 reissue included "Bones" and "In the Pool" as B-sides, which had previously been released as B-sides with "To France". Furthermore, the name of the song was used for the 2013 Universal Music compilation album of Oldfield's music, ''Moonlight Shadow: The Collection''.

==Live performances== Maggie Reilly sang "Moonlight Shadow" live when she toured with Oldfield in the 1980s. However, since then, other singers have performed the song live with Oldfield, including Anita Hegerland during the late 1980s, Pepsi Demacque at the ''Tubular Bells III'' premiere and at the Live Then & Now 1999 tour, Miriam Stockley at the Millennium concert and Nokia Night of the Proms in Germany, and Rosa Cedrón at Nokia Night of the Proms in Spain.

In 2020 Maggie Reilly released an updated version.

==Artwork== The original cover art is an enlargement of the lower right corner of the ''Crises'' album cover by UK artist Terry Ilott. This shows a man with his foot on a ledge with the sea and sky in the background. The moon, the tower and its shadow from the album cover cannot be seen on the single cover.

The artwork for the 1993 reissue followed the style of the ''Elements'' artwork in most countries.

==Production== An early version of the song was entitled "Midnight Passion" with vocals by British singer Hazel O'Connor.<ref>{{cite web|title= Oldfield albums part 2 |publisher= Toucan Solutions |url= http://www.toucansolutions.com/oldfield/albums2.htm |archive-date= 15 February 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080215094703/http://www.toucansolutions.com/oldfield/albums2.htm}}</ref> Along with Maggie Reilly, a girlfriend of one of the roadies when Oldfield was on tour, Oldfield used a rhyming dictionary and recorded many of the lyrics word by word.<ref>{{cite web|title= Archiv Sendung vom 02.04.2008, kulturplatz, Mike Oldfield video interview |publisher= SF 1 |date= 2 April 2008 |url= http://www.sf.tv/sf1/kulturplatz/index.php?docid=20080402 |archive-date= 14 April 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080414213444/http://www.sf.tv/sf1/kulturplatz/index.php?docid=20080402 |language= de}}</ref>

According to bassist Phil Spalding the initial tracks recorded simultaneously for "Moonlight Shadow" were acoustic guitar (Oldfield), bass (Spalding), drums (Phillips) and electric guitar (Tim Renwick) in early February 1983 at Oldfield's studio in Denham, Buckinghamshire.<ref name="spalding">{{cite web|title= Mike Oldfield – Crises |publisher= Phil Spalding |date= July 2014 |access-date= 16 November 2014 |url= http://www.philspalding.com/music-and-mayhem/story/mike-oldfield-crises}}</ref> Renwick's guitar track was apparently not used in the final track.<ref name="spalding"/> The remaining tracks including the vocals and Oldfield on electric guitar were later overdubs.<ref name="spalding"/>

According to Oldfield, Virgin Records were immediately happy with the song and wanted more pieces similar to it.{{citation needed|date= January 2012}} Reilly also sang on "Foreign Affair" on ''Crises''. An unplugged mix of the song appears on the 2013 Mercury Records reissue of the ''Crises'' album.

Oldfield later sampled the drums from "Moonlight Shadow" for the song "Man in the Rain" on his 1998 album, ''Tubular Bells III''.<ref>{{cite web |title= Rare Tracks Part 1 |website= Ommadawn.net |access-date= 29 March 2008 |url= http://amarok.ommadawn.net/mike/discog/extras/raretracks.htm |archive-date= 8 February 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120208105947/http://amarok.ommadawn.net/mike/discog/extras/raretracks.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Lyrical content== It has been suggested that the lyrics of the song are a reference to the murder of John Lennon, despite the fact that the events in the song do not correspond with those of Lennon's murder.<ref>{{cite web|title= Is Moonlight Shadow about the murder of John Lennon? |website= Experts123.com |access-date= 3 July 2011 |url= http://www.experts123.com/q/is-moonlight-shadow-about-the-murder-of-john-lennon.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) |website= Tubular.net |access-date= 3 July 2011 |url= http://tubular.net/faq/#4.2}}</ref> Lennon was shot four times just before 11 pm, whereas in the song the time is 4 am and the number of shots is six. Also, the night Lennon was shot (8 December 1980) was a new moon, so there was no moonlight,<ref>{{cite web|title= Moon Phases December 1980 |website= Calendar-12.com |access-date= 11 November 2017 |url= https://www.calendar-12.com/moon_calendar/1980/december}}</ref> and in the song, it is Saturday night, while Lennon was killed on a Monday night. When asked whether "Moonlight Shadow" is a reference to John Lennon's murder in a 1995 interview, Oldfield responded: {{Blockquote| Not really... well, perhaps, when I look back on it, maybe it was. I actually arrived in New York that awful evening when he was shot and I was staying at the Virgin Records house in Perry Street, which was just a few blocks down the road from the Dakota Building where it happened, so it probably sank into my subconscious. It was originally inspired by a film I loved – ''Houdini'', starring Tony Curtis, which was about attempts to contact Houdini after he'd died, through spiritualism... it was originally a song influenced by that, but a lot of other things must have crept in there without me realising it. |Mike Oldfield<ref>{{cite web|first= Gareth |last= Randall |title= Gareth Randall Interviews Mike Oldfield |date= 1 June 1995 |access-date= 1 May 2014 |url= http://tubular.net/articles/95_06.shtml |archive-date= 18 December 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081218062944/http://tubular.net/articles/95_06.shtml |url-status= dead}}</ref>}}The song's closing verse, ‘Caught in the middle of a hundred and five, the night was heavy and the air was alive’ left many people confused regarding its meaning. Oldfield explained on his website in 1995, "Well, it was a hundred and five people, just signifying a large amount of people, and presumably it was a hundred and five rather than a hundred and four or whatever because ‘five’ rhymed with the next line!" In the extended version of the song, there is a final verse with several extra lines, one of which is ‘The crowd gathered just to leave him’. This helps explain where the large amount of people fit into the song.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moonight Shadow (Mike Oldfield) {{!}} Jon Kutner |url=https://www.jonkutner.com/moonight-shadow-mike-oldfield/#:~:text=The%20song's%20closing%20verse,%20'Far,people,%20just%20signifying%20a%20large |access-date=2025-01-31 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Video== There are two versions of the video: the full-length original, and a shorter one which omits a verse. The reason for the shorter version was for the requirements of some TV broadcasters, and the way both versions are edited suggests that Oldfield's touring guitarist "Ant" (Anthony Glynne) performs the second, overdriven half of the guitar solo, which is not the case. Also in the video is Oldfield's touring drummer, Pierre Moerlen, miming the part played by Simon Phillips on the recording. The music video was directed by Keith McMillan and shot on location at Hatfield House and Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, England (the band are seen performing in Brocket Hall's ballroom and the girl, played by Francesca Gonshaw, runs in through the door and up the staircase in Brocket's hallway).<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title= The Wind Chimes |year= 1988 |first= Mike |last=Oldfield |type= VHS rear cover credits |publisher= Virgin Vision |id= VVD 353}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|first= Mark |last= Powell |title= Crises |year= 2013 |others= Mike Oldfield |type= liner notes book |publisher= Mercury Records |id= 37 4044-8}}</ref>

==Track listing== * '''7-inch vinyl''' # "Moonlight Shadow" (7" mix) – 3:37 # "Rite of Man" – 2:21

* '''12-inch vinyl''' # "Moonlight Shadow" (Extended version) – 5:18 # "Rite of Man" – 2:21

* '''West German vinyl''' # "Moonlight Shadow" – 3:37 # "Moonlight Shadow" (Extended version) – 5:18 # "Rite of Man" – 2:21 # "To France" – 4:43 # "Jungle Gardenia" – 2:45 # "Taurus 3" – 2:25

* '''1988 CD''' # "Moonlight Shadow" (Extended version) – 5:18 # "Rite of Man" – 2:21 # "To France" – 4:44 # "Jungle Gardenia" – 2:44

* '''1993 CD''' # "Moonlight Shadow" – 3:35 # "Moonlight Shadow" (Extended version) – 5:18 # "In the Pool"* – 3:40 # "Bones"* – 3:19 (*: original B-sides for the 1984 "To France" single) ==Personnel== * Maggie Reilly – vocals * Mike Oldfield – guitar, Fairlight CMI * Phil Spalding – bass * Simon Phillips – Tama drums

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1983) !Peak<br/>position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book|title= Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |last= Kent |first= David |author-link= David Kent (historian) |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, NSW |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}</ref> |align="center"|6 |- {{single chart|Austria|1|artist=Mike Oldfield|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=Mike Oldfield|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- |Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite web|title= UK, Eurochart, Billboard & Cashbox No.1 Hits |website= MusicSeek.info |url= http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1983.htm |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060614052149/http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1983.htm |archive-date= 14 June 2006}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=189|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Mike Oldfield|page=189|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=3 July 2022|language=fi}}</ref> |align="center"|2 |- |France (IFOP)<ref>{{cite web|title= Accès direct aux Artistes (O) |website= InfoDisc |access-date= 27 December 2017 |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_O.php |id= Select "Mike Oldfield" from the artist drop-down menu |language= fr}}</ref> |align="center"|3 |- |Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|title= The Irish Charts – All there is to know |website= Irishcharts.ie |access-date= 31 May 2014 |id= Search "10 July 1983" then click "find it" |url= http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/number_one}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |Italy (''Musica e dischi'')<ref>{{cite web|title= Cerca titoli in classifica |website= Musica e dischi |access-date= 19 March 2023 |url= http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |language= it |id= Enter ''Mike Oldfield'' into the Arista field, select ''Singoli'' from the Tipo field, then click ''Cerca''}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|2|year=1983|week=29|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Mike Oldfield|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|3|artist=Mike Oldfield|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|Norway|1|artist=Mike Oldfield|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- |South Africa (Springbok Radio)<ref>{{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (O) |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= 4 June 2013 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(O).html}}</ref> |align="center"|7 |- |Spain (AFYVE)<ref name="Salaverri2005">{{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |date= September 2005 |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Madrid |isbn= 978-84-8048-639-2 |language= es |url= http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=Mike Oldfield|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Mike Oldfield|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|UK|4|date=19830702|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|West Germany|2|artist=Mike Oldfield|songid=975|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |}

{|class="wikitable" !Chart (2025) !Peak<br/>position |- |Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-airplay|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista airplay|publisher=OLiS|language=pl|access-date=20 January 2025|type=Select week 11.01.2025–17.01.2025.}}</ref> |align="center"|59 |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1983) !Position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1983 |publisher= Kent Music Report |via= Imgur |access-date= 5 August 2020 |url= https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg}}</ref> |align="center"|52 |- |Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jahreshitparade 1983 |publisher= Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien |access-date= 1 May 2014 |url= http://www.austriancharts.at/1983_single.asp |language= de}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten 1983 |publisher= Ultratop. Hung Medien |access-date= 1 May 2014 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1983 |language= nl}}</ref> |align="center"|7 |- |France (IFOP)<ref>{{cite web|title= TOP – 1983 |website= Top-france.fr |access-date= 1 May 2014 |url= http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1983.htm |language= fr}}</ref> |align="center"|31 |- |Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983 |publisher= Dutch Top 40 |access-date= 1 May 2014 |url= http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1983 |language= nl}}</ref> |align="center"|5 |- |Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten – Single 1983 |publisher= Single Top 100. Hung Medien |access-date= 1 May 2014 |url= http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1983&cat=s |language= nl}}</ref> |align="center"|11 |- |New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1983 |publisher= Recorded Music NZ |access-date= 14 September 2020 |url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1983-12-31}}</ref> |align="center"|44 |- |Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|title= Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1983 |publisher= Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien |access-date= 1 May 2014 |url= http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1983 |language= de}}</ref> |align="center"|2 |- |UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite book|editor-first= Peter |editor-last= Scaping |year= 1984 |title= BPI Year Book 1984 |chapter= Top 100 singles: 1983 |publisher= British Phonographic Industry |pages= 42–43 |isbn= 0-906154-04-9}}</ref> |align="center"|29 |- |West Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jahrescharts – 1983 |publisher= Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment |access-date= 1 May 2014 |url= http://www.officialcharts.de/year.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1983&x=23&y=12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153107/http://www.officialcharts.de/year.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1983&x=23&y=12 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 14 July 2014 |language= de}}</ref> |align="center"|3 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Mike Oldfield|title=Moonlight Shadow|award=Gold|relyear=1983|certyear=2024|id=4352-2671-1|access-date=27 April 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|artist=Mike Oldfield|title=Moonlight Shadow (single)|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|certref=<ref name="Salaverri2005"/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Mike Oldfield|title=Moonlight Shadow|award=Silver|relyear=1983|certyear=1983|id=4352-2671-1|access-date=10 July 2020}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}

==Appearances and influence in other media== "Moonlight Shadow" appeared on the soundtrack of the Italian comedy ''Vacanze di Natale'' (1983).<ref>{{cite web|title= Vacanze di Natale |access-date= 17 October 2011 |url= http://www.vacanzedinatale.it}}</ref> It is also the theme song for Dave Angel, Eco-Warrior, a character in the BBC TV comedy series ''The Fast Show''.<ref>{{cite web|title= Dave Angel – Eco Warrior |publisher= BBC Online |date= 21 January 2003 |access-date= 22 December 2012 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow/characters/dave_angel.shtml}}</ref>

==Groove Coverage version== {{Infobox song | name = Moonlight Shadow | cover = Groove Coverage - Moonlight Shadow.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Groove Coverage | album = Covergirl | released = 2002 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 2:52 | label = {{unbulleted list|Zeitgeist (Universal)|Suprime:Music}} | writer = Mike Oldfield | producer = | prev_title = Are U Ready | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = God Is a Girl | next_year = 2002 | misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|5gHGIY1Q-yU|"Groove Coverage - Moonlight Shadow (Official Video)"}}}} }}

In 2002, a cover by Groove Coverage peaked at No. 3 in the German Top 10 (simultaneously, a similar version of Oldfield's "To France" by Novaspace was in the German Top 30). "Moonlight Shadow" appeared on Groove Coverage's debut album, ''Covergirl''. The vocals are by Melanie Munch, who is known by her stage name Mell. Aside from the single remixes, the album also contains a piano version, featuring piano by Verena Rehm.

===Track listings=== ====CD single==== #"Moonlight Shadow" (Radio version) – 2:52 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Original radio edit) – 2:54 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Extended version) – 6:56 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Rocco remix) – 6:58 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Warp Brothers remix) – 7:37 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Video) – 2:53

====Maxi single==== #"Moonlight Shadow" (Radio version) – 2:52 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Original radio edit) – 2:59 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Extended version) – 6:58 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Rocco remix) – 6:58 #"Beat Just Goes" – 3:53

====Remix single==== '''A-side''' #"Moonlight Shadow" (Extended version) '''B-side''' #"Moonlight Shadow" (Club version) #"Beat Just Goes" (Club mix)

====US maxi single==== #"Moonlight Shadow" (Josh Harris Radio Edit) – 3:46 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Josh Harris Club Mix) – 7:21 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Josh Harris Dub) – 6:39 #"Moonlight Shadow" (French Club Mix) – 6:36 #"Moonlight Shadow" (French Short Cut) – 3:05 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Plastic Men UK Mix) – 6:16 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Warp Brothers Remix) – 7:36 #"Moonlight Shadow" (North Starz Remix) – 6:57 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Alternate Radio Version) – 2:51 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Original Mix) – 2:53 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Extended Mix) – 6:54 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Rocco Remix) – 6:56 #"Moonlight Shadow" (A cappella) – 1:50 #"Moonlight Shadow" (Pure & Direct Version) – 4:17

====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (2002–2007) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Australia|39|artist=Groove Coverage|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|Austria|5|artist=Groove Coverage|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|50|artist=Groove Coverage|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|Germany|3|artist=Groove Coverage|song=Moonlight Shadow|songid=5251|access-date=30 October 2018}} |- {{single chart|Hungarydance|25|year=2007|week=29|access-date=19 January 2024}} |- {{single chart|Hungary|36|year=2003|week=36|access-date=19 January 2024}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|68|artist=Groove Coverage|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|52|artist=Groove Coverage|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=1 May 2014}} |- {{single chart|UK|100|date=20030518|artist=Groove Coverage|song=Moonlight Shadow|access-date=14 October 2020}} |}

====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (2002) !Position |- |Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jahreshitparade 2002 |website= Austriancharts.at. |publisher= Hung Medien |access-date= 1 May 2020 |url= http://www.austriancharts.at/2002_single.asp |language= de}}</ref> |align="center"|31 |- |Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jahrescharts – 2002 |website= Offiziellecharts.de |publisher= GfK Entertainment Charts |url= https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2002 |archive-date= 9 May 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150509005459/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2002 |language= de}}</ref> |align="center"|19 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{YouTube|9uYF95jR_ME|"Moonlight Shadow (Remastered 2013)"}} * {{YouTube|ktHi3OKfgqc|"Moonlight Shadow (12" Single / Remastered 2013)"}} * {{YouTube|ewymU7oBK6s|"Moonlight Shadow (2013 Unplugged Mix)"}}

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