TALKING TO THE MOON
BRUNO MARS
SONGWRITER: PHILIP
LAWRENCE; JEFF BHASKER; BRUNO MARS; ARI LEVINE & ALBERT WINKLER
COUNTRY: HAWAII; U. S. A.
ALBUM: DOO-WOOPS & HOOLIGANS
LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2010
Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985),
known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, record
producer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer. He is known for his stage
performances, retro showmanship, and for performing in a wide range of musical styles,
including pop,
R&B,
funk, soul,
reggae, hip hop,
and rock.
Mars is accompanied
by his band, the Hooligans, who play a variety of instruments, such as electric
guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, and horns, and also serve as backup singers
and dancers.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii,
Mars moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a musical career. After being
dropped by Motown Records,
Mars signed a recording contract with Atlantic
Records in 2009. In the same year, he
co-founded the production team The
Smeezingtons, responsible for various
successful singles for Mars himself and other artists. Mars rose to fame in
2010 with the release of the successful singles "Nothin' on You"
by B.o.B and
"Billionaire"
by Travie McCoy,
both of which featured his vocals on the hooks.
His debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) spawned
the international number-one singles "Just the Way You Are",
"Grenade",
and "The Lazy Song".
The former won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance.
Mars' second album, Unorthodox
Jukebox (2012), became his first number one
album on the US Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.
Its singles "Locked
Out of Heaven" and "When
I Was Your Man", reached number one on the
US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 2014, Mars collaborated with Mark Ronson on "Uptown
Funk", which topped various music charts and
won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
In 2016, Mars co-founded the production team Shampoo Press & Curl, who
replaced The Smeezingtons on the composition of his third studio album, the
R&B-focused, 24K Magic.
The record received seven Grammy Awards, winning the major categories of Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. The album also yielded the
successful singles "24K
Magic", "That's What I Like", and
"Finesse".
Mars has sold over 130 million records
worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
He has released seven number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 since his
career launched in 2010, attaining his first five faster than any male artist
since Elvis Presley.
As a songwriter, he was included i Music Week and Billboard magazine as one of the best songwriters of 2011 and
2013, respectively. Mars has received several awards and nominations,
including 11 Grammy Awards,
three Brit Awards,
nine American
Music Awards, 10 Soul Train Awards and holds three Guinness
World Records. He has appeared in Time magazine's list of the 100 most
influential people in the world in 2011 and Forbes magazine's
lists of '30 under 30' in 2013, and Celebrity
100 in 2014, 2018 and 2019.
"Talking to the Moon" is a song by
American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). The
song was first unveiled on Mars' debut extended play,
It's Better If You Don't Understand (2010), as its last track. It was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Albert Winkler, and
Jeff Bhasker,
while production was handled by The
Smeezingtons in collaboration with Bhasker.
"Talking to the Moon" is a pop and R&B power ballad about a failed relationship, solitude, and sadness. Instrumentally, the track relies
on drum percussion and piano.
The
song received mixed reviews from music critics. Some praised its slow pace and
lyrics, while others criticized its overwhelming production. The
song was announced as a single only in Brazil, on April 12, 2011, through Warner Music Brasil,
following its appearance on the soundtrack of the Brazilian telenovela Insensato
Coração (Irrational Heart) from 2011. As a
result, the track charted on the Brasil
Hot 100 Airplay, where it spent several weeks at
number one, and on the Billboard Brasil Hot Pop &
Popular. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song was performed during Mars' debut world tour, The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour (2010–2012), as the fourteenth track on its set list and during a
show on the South American leg of the 24K
Magic World Tour (2017–2018).
I know you're
somewhere out there
Somewhere far away
I want you back
I want you back
My neighbors think
I'm crazy
But they don't understand
You're all I had
You're all I had
At night when the
stars light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the Moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on the other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool who sits alone
Talking to the Moon?
Oh, oh
I'm feeling like I'm
famous
The talk of the town
They say I've gone mad
Yeah, I've gone mad
But they don't know what I know
'Cause when the Sun goes down
Someone's talking back
Yeah, they're talking back, oh
At night when the
stars light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the Moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on the other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool who sits alone
Talking to the Moon?
Ah, ah, ah
Do you ever hear me
calling?
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (ah, ah, ah)
'Cause every night
I'm talking to the Moon
Still trying to get to you
And hopes you're on the other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool who sits alone
Talking to the Moon?
Oh, oh
I know you're
somewhere out there
Somewhere far away.
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