Moonshine

About Moonshine

"Moonshine" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars for his second studio album Unorthodox Jukebox (2012). It was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Andrew Wyatt, Jeff Bhasker and Mark Ronson who also served as its producer along with the former three, under their alias, The Smeezingtons, and Bhasker. "Moonshine" is a midtempo pop, power pop and R&B record. In addition to be heavily influenced by quiet storm and dance-pop styles, as well as, presenting a "disco groove". Development of "Moonshine" began while Mars, Ronson and Bhasker "went out one night" and drunk moonshine all night long. When they returned to the studio they started jamming, while Mars screamed "Moonshine, take us to the stars!". The song was released as the second promotional single on November 19, 2012. It was set to be issued on contemporary hit radio as the fourth single of the album in Europe and South America, as announced by Brazilian Warner Music Group in their official website. However, it was replaced by "Gorilla", which had already been released in the United States and Oceania at the time. Commercially, "Moonshine" charted only in South Korea, where it reached number 17, along with the release of its parent album. It eventually charted in both Belgium charts in 2013, peaking at number 30 on the Ultratop 50 Flanders and Ultratip Wallonia, a component of the Ultratop 50 Wallonia at number four. On the following year, it debuted in France, spending 11 weeks on the chart, Netherlands and Poland, during the month of January, peaking at number 117, 32 and 11, respectively. more »