Lyrics to Moon Tunes

Popular Moon Songs

Sometimes just invoking the image of the Moon in the name of a band is enough to capture attention such as the French group, "Fool Moon," or the group "Moon Riders". The Moon will continue its serenade, whether the music is Jazz inspired or Bluegrass; classical music, rock or punk; from Frank Sinatra's, "Fly me to the Moon," to Elvis Presley's, "Blue Moon". Whether the Moon sings in Sir Thomas of Peeping's medieval ballard "Uponst Thy Glorious Moon I Hath Gazed", or Cat Steven's "Moonshadow," the Moon shines on, and always in a fresh new form. Here are some of those Moon tunes:

 

A Collection of Moon Tunes:

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Classical

  1. Aria of the Moon - Petr Cvikl (Czech Musician)
  2. Aries Moon - Dennis Ruff (1938)
  4. Boro Budur in Moonlight- Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
  5. Moonlight Sonata- Ludwig Von Beethoven (1801)
  6. Moon Love - Andante Cantabile, Adapted from the Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony 2nd Movement
  7. Tears of the Moon- Final Fantasy
  9. To the Moonlight- Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)

Ballads and Folk Music

 

  1. Calling the Moon- Dar Williams (folk/pop)
  2. Yareyahk (Moon) - Jewish Folk Song by Israel Gimel

  3. Nasyon Nagy Hold ("Very Big Moon"). A Hungarian peasant folk song

  4. The Golden Moon- Septimus Winner (1855)

  5. The Moon and St. Christopher- Mary-Chapin Carpenter

  6. The Rising of the Moon- Irish Folk Music

  7. Uponst Thy Glorious Moon I Hath Gazed- Sir Thomas of Peeping.

    (A medieval ballard later changed to Lament of the Black Eyed Troubadour.)

 

 

Pop and Rock

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  1. A Better Moon - Ian Anderson (1998)
  2. A Crater To Cough In - Circle Takes The Square
  4. Bad Moon Rising- Creedance Clearwater Revival (1969)
  5. Bad Side of the Moon- Elton John (Music), Bernie Taupin (Lyrics)
  6. Bark at the Moon- Ozzie Osborne
  8. Black Moon- Emerson, Lake and Palmer, by Mike Le Voi (1992)

  9. Blue Moon- Originally Written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (1934). Remake by The Marcels, 1961.

  10. Brain Damage- Pink Floyd (1973) from the Dark Side of the Moon Album. Starts out "The Lunatic is in my head".
  11. "C" Moon- Paul McCartney (1972)
  12. Can't Fight the Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes
  13. Casablanca Moon- Slapp Happy (1974)
  14. Child Of The Moon - The Rolling Stones .
  15. Children Of The Moon - Alan Parsons (from the albumn "Eye In The Sky")
  17. Clouds across the moon - by The Rah Band
  18. Dance By The Light Of The Moon- by The Olympics (1960)
  19. Dancin in the moonlight - by the Irish band "Thin Lizzy" (watch the video)
  22. Destination Moon - They Might Be Giants (sequenced by Jim Alexander)
  23. Dracula Moon- Joan Osbourne
  25. Everyone's Gone To The Moon -Johnathan King (1968)
  27. Full Moon - Kinks
  28. Full Moon- Sonata Artica
  29. Moonchild- Chris Cornnell
  31. Goodnight Moon - by Shivaree
  32. Hallowed Moon - John Mills-Cockell
  33. Harvest Moon- Neil Young
  34. Heading For the Moon- Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt, & A. Stead (1986)
  36. Here Comes the Moon- George Harrison
  38. Kiko and the Lavender Moon- Los Lobos (1992)
  39. Last Man on the Moon by SR-71 (from the album "Now You See Inside")
  40. Light Of The Moon - by the Pretenders
  41. Low Red Moon - Belly
  42. Luna- Smashing Pumpkins
  44. Man on the Moon- R.E.M. (1992)
  45. Man on the Moon Video - Watch Bruce Springsteen/REM play the song (YouTube)
  46. Mandolin Moon - Sister Hazel
  47. Midnight Moonlight- Grateful Dead
  48. Mississippi Moon- Grateful Dead
  50. Moon At The Window - Joni Mitchell (1982) - Listen to the song (YouTube)
  51. Moon Crazy - Blue Oyster Cult (from the Mirrors album 1978)
  52. Moon Glow - Rod Stewart
  54. Moon On Ice - Yello
  56. Moonchild- Chris Cornnell
  57. Moonchild- Iron Maiden
  58. Moonchild- King Crimson
  59. Moondance- Van Morrison
  60. Moonlight and Vodka- Chris de Burgh, From Man on the Line (1984)
  62. Moonlight Memories of You - Barry Manilow
  63. Moonlite Mile - Rolling Stones
  64. Moonlight Sonata- Daryl Hall and John Oats
  65. Moon Rocks - by the Talking Heads
  66. Moonshadow- Cat Stevens
  67. Moonstone- Cat Stevens
  70. Mr. Moonlight- Beatles (1965), originally written by Dr. Feelgood & the Interns
  71. Mr. Moonlight- Foreigner
  72. Mountains of the Moon- Grateful Dead (1969)
  74. Party on the Moon - Vanessa Anne Hudgens
  75. Picture Of The Moon - By Gary Moore
  76. Picasso Moon- Grateful Dead (1989)
  77. Power Of Moonlite - By Tiger Army
  78. Same Side Of The Moon - By Corine May
  79. Shadow on a Harvest Moon -by Everything But The Girl
  80. Shame On The Moon- Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band's (1983)
  81. Shepard Moon- Eric Clapton
  82. Shoot Down the Moon- Elton John (Music), Bernie Taupin (Lyrics)
  83. Shy of the Moon- Wallflowers
  84. Sister Moon - Sting (1987) , from the album Nothing Like the Sun (A&M)
  85. Sisters of the Moon - Stevie Nicks
  86. Song About the Moon- Paul Simon (1981)
  87. Standing on the Moon- Grateful Dead (1989)
  88. Surfer Moon - Brian Wilson, Beach Boys (1963) from the album Surfer Girl.
  89. Tears from the Moon - Conjure One & Sinead O'Connor
  90. The Moon - Cat Power
  92. The Moon is Down- Gentle Giant (1971)
  93. The Moon Just Turned Blue - by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  94. The Same Moon- Phil Collins
  96. The Woman In The Moon - by Barbra Streisand
  99. Ticket to the Moon- Electric Light Orchestra (1981)
  100. Tubas in the Moonlight- Bonzo Dog Band (1968)
  101. Under A Glass Moon - Dream Theater
  102. Under A Raging Moon - Roger Daltry (1985)
  103. Under The Cherry Moon - Prince
  106. We Went To The Moon in 1969 - By Evan Stevens
  107. Who Made The Moon - by The Little River Band
  108. Wrong side of the moon- Squeeze
  109. Yellow Moon- Grateful Dead
  110. Yellow Moon- Neville Brothers (1989)
  111. Yuri G- PJ Harvey (A song about a girl obesessed with the moon)
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Bluegrass and Country

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  2. Blue Moon of Kentucky- Bill Monroe (1947
  3. How Light the Moon- Bill Monroe
  5. Kentucky Moon- Neil Diamond
  6. Moon Over Kentucky Jim Mankey and Ron Mael
  7. Neon Moon- Brooks & Dunn
  8. Slow Dancing with the Moon- Mac Davis (sung by Dolly Parton)

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Oldies

  1. . Alleghany Moon- - Margi Harrell

  2. Blue Samoan Moon - Meanie and Figuroa
  3. Bluebirds In The Moonlight- Dick Jurgens
  4. By the Light of the Silvery Moon- Ray Noble & Snookie Lanson
  5. Carolina Moon- Scrappy Lambert (1929)
  6. Destination Moon - by Dinah Washington (watch the video)
  7. Drifting Under A Summer Moon- Connecticut Collegians (1932)
  9. Half-Moon - Words and Music by: E.M. Welton (Published by A.W. Perry's Sons of Sedalia Missouri 1934)
  10. Hanalei Moon (Hawaian music) & one of my favorite places to be - on the isle of Kaua'i
  11. In the Evening by the Moonlight - James Bland, (Sequenced by Robert Goldstick)
  12. It's Only a Paper Moon - Harold Arlen, Billy Rose, E.Y. Yip, and Harburg
  13. It's Only a Paper Moon- Originally Written by Harold Arlen, Billy Rose, E.Y. Yip; (Leon Parker Remake)
  14. Keep Sweeping The Cobwebs Off The Moon- Nick Lucas (1927)
  15. Moon of Manakoora -Loesser & Newman (sung by Dorothy Lamour in the movie Hurricane)
  16. Moon Over Miami - Copyright Leslie/Burk (1935)
  17. Moonglow- Benny Goodman
  18. Moonlight Gambler- Frankie Laine
  19. Moonlight and Roses- Raymond Paige
  20. Moonlight Bay- Words by Edward Madden. Music by Percy Wenrich (1912)
  21. Moonlight On The Mississippi- Music by: Grace LeBoy, Arranged by: Gus Kahn (1913)
  22. Moonlight Swim- Elvis Presley
  26. Shine on Harvest Moon- Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth (1908)
  27. The Moon Is Here- Bill McCurdy and Dan A. Lanning (about 1930)
  28. The Silver Moon - J. Chadwick (1838)
  30. Wabash Moon- Kozel- Egner-Birchill-Hausen (1931)

 

Real Oldies

Parlor Songs About the Moon (1800's-1920's)

 

  1. Teasing Moon - Music by: Henry Marshall, Lyrics by: Stanley Murphy (1913)
  2. Underneath The Cotton Moon - Music by: George W. Meyer, Lyrics by: Sam M. Lewis (1913)
  3. Underneath The Mellow Moon - Wendell W. Hall (1922)


Contemporary

  1. East of the Sun and West of the Moon- B.Bowman (sung by Sarah Vaughan)
  2. Fly me to the Moon- Frank Sinatra
  5. In the Misty Moonlight - Jerry Wallace (1964)
  6. Moon River- Henri Mancini (1961)
  7. Moonlight Becomes You- Johnny Mcaffee
  8. Moonlight Seranade- Glenn Miller (1939)
  9. Orchids in the Moonlight- Youmans
  10. That Old Devil Moon- E.Y. Yip, Harburg and Burton Lane(Sung by Frank Sinatra)

Jazz

  1. Blue Moon- Jazz Ballad Originally Written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (1934).
  2. A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder- Connee Boswell (1931)
  3. Chinese Moon -Leo Reisman (1926)
  4. How High the Moon- written by N.Hamilton and M.Lewis (sung by Gloria Gaynor)
  5. Maybe It's The Moon- Gene Austin & His Orchestra (1931)
  6. Moon Mist- Duke Ellington
  7. Moonlight In Vermont- Blackburn & Seussdorf
  8. Quiet As The Moon - Dave Brubeck


Smooth J azz

  1. Moon Shadow - Patti LaBelle
  2. Moon Tune- David Sanborn and Bob James
  3. Tequila Moon - Jessy J (smooth jazz)

 

New Age

  1. Dancing On A White Moon - Tangerine Dream (1987) from the soundtrack "Shy People"
  2. Down to the Moon- Andreas Vollenweider
  3. Early Moon and Firelight- Carol Nethen
  4. Full Moon- Kitaro
  6. Lullaby For Two Moons - David Bryan (from the albumn On a Full Moon)
  8. Midnight Howl- Robin Bullock
  9. Midnight Moon - Paul Hardcastle
  10. Midnight On A Full Moon- Mannheim Steamroller
  11. Moon- George Winston
  12. Mondtanz - Blackmore's Night
  13. Moondance- Kitaro
  14. Moondance- Puck Fair
  15. Moon And The Sky - Erasure
  16. Moon Cradle- Lorenna McKennitt
  17. Moon Dance- Andreas Vollenweider
  18. Moon Dreams - Miles Davis
  19. Moon Dust- Tom Barabas
  21. Moonlight Shadow- Mike Oldfield
  22. Moonlight, Wrapped Around Us - Andreas Vollenweider
  23. On A Full Moon - David Bryan (from the albumn On a Full Moon)
  24. Paris Moon - Blackmore's Night
  25. Penumbra Moon - Justin Hayward
  27. Reflected Moon - Paul Horn
  28. Shadow of the Moon - Blackmore's Night
  29. Shy Moon - Caetano Veleso
  31. Silver moon by David Sylvian and Japan (from the album "Gone to Earth" - 1986, a beautiful, artistic and haunting song)
  32. Sorrows Of The Moon - by Celtic Frost
  33. Teahouse Moon - Enya (Irish musician)
  34. The Moon at Noon - W.A. Mathieu
  35. The Snake and the Moon - Dead Can Dance

  37. Under a Violet Moon- Blackmore's Night

  38. Under the Moon - Michael D. Walthius
  39. Water Moon- Andreas Vollenweider
  40. White Moon - Kuzmin Vladimir (Russian Musician)"

 

Punk Rock

  1. Moonage Daydream- David Bowie (Originally released under the pseudonym Arnold Corns)
  2. Tahitian Moon- Porno for Pyros
  3. Moonlight Lady - Iggy Pop

 

Operetta

  1. Moonbeams - Carl Davis (Composed to be played with the silent movie Broken Blossums)
  2. Neath the Southern Moon - From Naughty Marietta
  3. Song to the Moon - Antonin Dvorak (from the opera "Rusalka")
  4. The Moon and I - Gilbert and Sullivan

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Childrens (Big and Small)

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  1. Catch The Moon - by Lisa Loeb & Elizabeth Mitchell

  2. Dreamy Moon - Walter Smith (Waltz - Lullaby).
  3. Jump My Way To The Moon by Canadian Songwriter Penny Will
  4. Over the Moon and Far Away- Lullaby - 1986 Sarina Jansson, Arrangement by John Mills-Cockell.


 

 

Miscellaneous

 

  1. Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do) - by Christopher Cross, from Dudley Moore's hit movie, "Arthur"

      1981. The song starts When you get lost between the moon and New York City
  2. Dancing On The Moon (With You In My Arms) - original music by Murray Mencher & Charles (Charlie) Tobias, July 21, 1935 for the "Color Classic" sci-fi themed cartoon by Dave and Max Fleischer of Dave Fleischer Studios. In this musical cartoon various animal newlyweds take a rocket ship excursion to the moon, where they dance the night away to "Dancing on the Moon (With You In My Arms)."
  4. Memories in the Moonlight - from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats"
  5. Moonfall - Rupert Holmes (Musical)
  6. Moonlight Lady - by The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band [Can I say more] (watch the video)
  7. Moon Pie - Bill Kuykendall (1996 Blues song)
  8. Luna Purgare are Spiritus Nostri loco ("Moon Purges the Crazy Spirits"). A Gregorian chant

    by songwriting team Faubius and Faubius
  9. Moon Raker- Song from the James Bond Movie, "Moon Raker"
  10. Moonlight Rag- Great Ragtime Music, by Henry Lodge (1913)
  11. Once in A Blue Moon - by Sydney Forest from the movie Simply Irresistible
  12. Pink Moon - by Nick Drake
  13. Sailor Moon Theme Song- From the Japanese Comic Strip Series "Sailor Moon"
  14. Sun and Moon- From the play "Miss Saigon" (Music by Claude Michel Schonburg, Lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. and Alain Boublil)
  15. The Moon Mirrored in Spring- Beautiful Chinese Song by Yu Lina
  16. Twas in the Moon of Winter Time - Music by Huron, (A French Canadian Carol)
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Thanks goes to everyone who has contributed to this list. I really appreciate your contribution!!

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