Full Moon (song)

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"Full Moon"

Single by Brandy
from the album Full Moon
Released	June 18, 2002 (North America)
Format	Vinyl single, 7" single, CD single
Recorded	2001; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Genre	R&B
Length	4:08 (album version) 3:58 (radio edit)
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Mike City
Producer(s)	Mike City
Chart positions
#15 (United Kingdom) #18 (United States) #26 (France) #27 (Italy)
Brandy singles chronology
"What about Us?" (2002)	"Full Moon" (2002)	"He Is" (2002)

"Full Moon" is an R&B song written and produced by Mike City for Brandy's same-titled third studio album, Full Moon (2002). It was released as the album's second single in the second quarter of 2002 (see 2002 in music), and received a positive reception from music critics. However, the song's impact on worldwide charts was moderate: While "Full Moon" peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 15 on the UK singles chart, it reached the top 30 in Italy and France only.

1 Song information
2 Charts
3 Formats and tracklistings
- 3.1 International CD single
- 3.2 US CD single
4 Official versions

[edit] Song information

In opposition to Darkchild's prevailing influence on Full Moon, the album's title track was solely written and produced by Mike City, another longtime Brandy contributor. Distancing itself from the previous single "What About Us?, the beat driven up-tempo song focuses on a less futuristic and more urban arrangement, involving strings, trombones and a piano instead of estranged sound effects. The lyrics of the song deal with the circumstances of an unexpected love at first sight, describing Brandy's point of view, when she meets her "object of desire" during a party.

After the single's maxi CD release, rapper Fat Joe was commissioned by Atlantic Records to hook up for an official remix version of "Full Moon". The rapper was famous for his song "What's Luv?" at this time.

Rare gigs and promo appearances - based on Brandy's heavy pregnancy at this time - caused, that "Full Moon" wasn't as successful as her lead single. Nevertheless the song comparatively big success on the charts with a peak position of number 18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 16 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Outside the U.S. "Full Moon" entered the top thirty on the majority of the charts it appeared on, but it failed to match the success of its predecessor "What About Us?".

[edit] Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	43
Dutch Singles Chart	51
French Singles Chart	26
German Singles Chart	54
Italian Singles Chart	33
Swedish Singles Chart	53
Swiss Singles Chart	72
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	18
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	16
UK Singles Chart	15
World R&B Top 30 Singles	16