"Somebody Else's Moon" is a song written by

Tom Shapiro Tom Curtis Shapiro (born in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorpo ...

and Paul Nelson, and recorded by American

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singer

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. It was released in March 1993 as the third single from his album, '' In This Life.'' The song reached the Top 5 on the U.S. ''

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chart and peaked at number 11 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 73 on the chart dated April 3, 1993. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and peaked at number 5 on the chart dated July 3, 1993.

Charts

References

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