Sad Lookin' Moon
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"Sad Lookin' Moon" is a song written by
Randy Owen Randy Yeuell Owen (born December 13, 1949) is an American country musician. He is best known for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band that saw commercial success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Alabama became the most su ...
, Teddy Gentry and Greg Fowler, and recorded by American
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group
Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
. It was released in February 1997 as the lead-off single from the album '' Dancin' on the Boulevard''. It peaked at number 2 in the United States, while it was a number-one hit in Canada.


Background and writing

Owen told ''Billboard'' that the song was written while they were in
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. "We'd been playing guitars on the bus, and I looked out the window...and said it's a sad-lookin' moon tonight,' and Teddy said, 'Wow. Let's write that song.' So Teddy, Greg, and I just went to working on it, and things just kind of fell together, as good songs and good feelings often do."


Content

The narrator thought that his ex-lover would be always his and that she would never leave. However, she left him, and now a sad lookin' moon shines down on him as he is feeling sad.


Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of ''
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'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song "demonstrates that there's still lots of creative juice flowing from country's most successful band." She says that the song includes a "strong melody, buoyed by Randy Owen's personality-packed vocal." She states that while the song contains all the familiar ingredients of Alabama, "there's a freshness and infectious excitement that's nice to hear from a band that's been churning out hits for more than 15 years."''
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'', March 1, 1997


Chart positions

"Sad Lookin' Moon" debuted at number 45 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of March 1, 1997.


Year-end charts


References

{{Alabama (band) 1990-2002 singles 1997 songs 1997 singles Alabama (American band) songs Song recordings produced by Don Cook RCA Records singles Songs written by Randy Owen Songs written by Teddy Gentry Songs written by Greg Fowler