"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.
| "Shoot for the Moon" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Poco | ||||
| from the album Ghost Town | ||||
| B-side | "The Midnight Rodeo (In the Lead Tonight)" | |||
| Released | December 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 2:44 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rusty Young | |||
| Producer(s) | John Mills | |||
| Poco singles chronology | ||||
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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 edit
| Chart (1982-83) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 50 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] | 10 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[6] | 44 |
References edit
- ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 5, 1983[permanent dead link]
- ^ Adult Contemporary Archive, March 19, 1983
- ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. November 13, 1982. p. 75. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Adult Contemporary Archive, March 19, 1983
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 5, 1983". Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
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