Blue Moon (Beck song)

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"Blue Moon"
Single by Beck
from the album Morning Phase
Released January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20)[1]
Format CD
Genre Folk rock
Length 4:02 (album version)
3:47 (single edit)[2]
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Beck Hansen[3][2]
Producer(s) Beck Hansen[2]
Beck singles chronology
"I Won't Be Long"
(2013)		 "Blue Moon"
(2014)		 "Waking Light"
(2014)
Morning Phase track listing
"Say Goodbye"
(4)		 "Blue Moon"
(5)		 "Unforgiven"
(6)
Music video
"Blue Moon" on YouTube

"Blue Moon" is a song written,[3][2] produced[2] and performed by Beck, issued as the lead single from his twelfth studio album Morning Phase. The song is the musician's first release on Capitol Records (after leaving his previous label, Geffen Records). The song was nominated for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance at the 57th Grammy Awards. Beck has performed the song on Ellen[4] and Saturday Night Live.[5][6]

Music video

No official music video was created for the song; however, a video featuring the song's audio was created to coincide with the single's physical release.[7]

Critical reception

The song has received positive reviews from critics. Kory Grow of Rolling Stone, while comparing the song's melody to material from Beck's 2002 album Sea Change, called the song "anything but desolate", as well as "lush".[8] Leonie Cooper of NME called the song "one of the most captivating things Beck has ever composed".[9]

Personnel

  • Beck Hansen – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, electric bass, ukulele, charango
  • Joey Waronker – drums, percussion
  • Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – clavinet, background vocals

Chart positions

References

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  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Beck – Blue Moon" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Beck – Chart history" Japan Hot 100 for Beck. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Beck – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Beck. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Beck – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Beck. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Beck – Chart history" Billboard Rock Airplay for Beck. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Beck – Chart history" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Beck. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Beck – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for Beck. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
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External links

Preceded by Billboard Adult Alternative Songs number one single
April 5–12, 2014		 Succeeded by
"Magic" by Coldplay
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