Full Moon (song)

Infobox Single |
Name = Full Moon
Artist = Brandy


from Album = Full Moon
Format = CD single, 12" single,
digital download
Released = March 2002 (U.S. radio)
June 18, 2002 (North America)
Recorded = 2001; The Record Plant
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre = R&B
Length = 4:08 (album version)
3:58 (radio edit)
Label = Atlantic
Writer = Mike City
Producer = Mike City
Last single = "What about Us?"
(2002)
This single = "Full Moon"
(2002)
Next single = "He Is"
(2002)

"Full Moon" is a song by American R&B singer Brandy. Written and produced by Mike City for her same-titled third studio album (2002), it was released as the album's second single during the second and third quarter of 2002 (see 2002 in music).

The song was the final music video-accompanied single of the album and rarely promoted as Brandy was heavily pregnant with her first daughter Sy'rai at the time of its worldwide release. As a result, the song's impact on the global charts was medicore: While "Full Moon" made it to the top 20 of the "Billboard" Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart stateside, it reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. Elsewhere, the track reached the top 30 in France and Italy only.

Writing and recording

In opposition to Rodney Jerkins and his Darkchild team's musical dominance on "Full Moon", the album's title track was solely penned by songwriter-producer Mike City. Although Brandy and City had worked on several new songs for the studio album,cite web|author=Shaheem Reid & Gideon Yago|date=2002-01-18|title="Brandy Comes Full Circle On Full Moon"|work=MTV News|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451839/20020117/brandy.jhtml|accessdate=2007-05-20] the pair was insecure if the song was going to make it to the final tracklisting since it differentiated stylistically from what the singer recorded before.cite web|title="The Best of Brandy"|work=Soultracks|url=http://www.soultracks.com/brandy.htm|accessdate=2007-07-10] "I'm glad it did because it really showed where I was coming from musically and vocally [...] and I could relate to the lyrics of the song", Brandy said the following year in an interview with "MTV News".cite web|author=David Nathan|title="The Best of Brandy"|work=Soultracks|url=http://www.soultracks.com/brandy.htm|accessdate=2007-07-10] "It took him a while to understand my crazy ideas, but [...] he really challenged himself. If you listen to it, it's different from what he's already done in the past..." Brandy has characterised "Full Moon" as "ghetto", explaining that it is "pop and R&B at the same time [and] has a lot of elements to it." Lyrcially, the song deals with the circumstances of an unexpected love at first sight: "Anything can happen on a full moon. On that particular [song] , I'm actually falling in love with somebody I'm just meeting", she said. "I hope that's the second single, because it's different. I've never heard anything like it."

"Full Moon" was remixed by several producers and DJs, among spawning versions with rappers Fat Joe and Twista each.cite web|title="Fat Joe Hooks Up With Brandy For 'Full Moon' Remix"|work=Yahoo Music News|url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12037843|accessdate=2007-05-20] The music duo C&J produced a remix of the song that laid the vocals over "I.O.U." by Freeez, Gorillaz colloborator, Soulchild utilised Michael Wycoff's "Looking Up To You", while acclaimed producer Damien Mendis re-worked the song entirely around the basis of Chic's "I Want Your Love."cite web|title=Brandy - "Full Moon"|work=DJSanFran|url=http://www.djsanfran.com/archived_reviews.html|accessdate=2007-05-20] The song was generally released in three formats, one being a CD single including a cover version of P.M. Dawn's "I'd Die Without You" and remixes of "What About Us?", and the other two being limited maxi or 12" singles with twelve different remixes of the song.cite web|title=Brandy - "Full Moon"|work=DJSanFran|url=http://www.djsanfran.com/archived_reviews.html|accessdate=2007-05-20]

Music video

The single's music video was directed by Chris Robinson and filmed on various locations throughout Los Angeles, California on March 1 and 2, 2002.cite web|title=Brandy - "Full Moon"|work=MVD Base|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=4362|accessdate=2007-05-20] Brandy, who was nearly six months pregnant at the time of the video shot, doesn't dance in the video,cite web|author=Shaheem Reid
date=2002-03-25|title="Brandy Plays Peeping Tom-ika In New Video"|work=MTV News|publisher=VH1|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1453065/20020325/brandy.jhtml|accessdate=2007-05-20] which features model and actor Yoki Brown (known for his work on "Moesha", "Boston Public") as Brandy's male counterpart.cite web|title=Brandy - "Full Moon"|work=MVD Base|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=4362|accessdate=2007-05-20] The final edit premiered worldwide on March 28, 2002 on MTV's music video chart program "Total Request Live".cite web|title="Brandy Plays Peeping Tom-ika In New Video"|work=VH1 News|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1453065/20020325/brandy.jhtml|accessdate=2007-05-20]

The video opens with the singer stargazing through a telescope on her balcony at night. While playing someone of whom "MTV News" described as "a bit of a peeping Tom-ika"cite web|title="Brandy Plays Peeping Tom-ika In New Video"|work=VH1 News|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1453065/20020325/brandy.jhtml|accessdate=2007-05-20] Brandy turns her attention to a house party a few miles away. There she locks pupils with a longhaired male (Brown), before changing clothes and then riding along the coast in her silver cabriolet. Once she has arrived, Brandy enters the shindig in hopes of meeting him. This serves as the catalyst for a distant flirt between her and the "potential Mr. Right" that continues as the song plays. Towards the end of the video, he follows her back into the car. In the end they stop by a view point, watching the sinking full moon.cite web|title="Brandy Plays Peeping Tom-ika In New Video"|work=VH1 News|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1453065/20020325/brandy.jhtml|accessdate=2007-05-20]

Chart performance

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?".

Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Full Moon".

International CD single

# "Full Moon" (Radio Edit)
# "Full Moon" (Cutfather & Joe Remix)
# "Full Moon" (Ernie Lake Radio Edit)
# "Die Without You" (featuring Ray-J)
# "What about Us?" (Simon Vegas Remix)
# "What about Us?" (Enhanced Video)

US CD single

# "Full Moon" (Radio Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Album Version)
# "Full Moon" (Full Intention Club Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Video)

Remix single

# "Full Moon" (Damien Mendis Remix)
# "Full Moon" (Precision Remix featuring Fat Joe)
# "Full Moon" (Precision Remix featuring Twista)
# "Full Moon" (Soulchild Remix)
# "Full Moon" (C & J Remix)
# "Full Moon" (Full Intention Club Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Ernie Lake Club Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Filur Vs. C & J Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Robbie Rivera Freeze Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Mike Rizzo Global Club Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Rascal Extended Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Rascal Dub)

Official versions

# "Full Moon" (featuring Fat Joe)
# "Full Moon" (featuring Twista)
# "Full Moon" (Cutfather & Joe Remix)
# "Full Moon" (Damien Mendis Remix)
# "Full Moon" (Precision Remix)
# "Full Moon" (Soulchild Remix)
# "Full Moon" (C&J Remix)
# "Full Moon" (Full Intention Club Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Ernie Lake Club Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Filur VS. C&J Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Robbie Rivera Freeze Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Mike Rizzo Global Club Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Rascal Extended Mix)
# "Full Moon" (Rascal Dub)

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.foreverbrandy.com/ ForeverBrandy.com] — official site
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