La Luna (song)

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"La Luna"
Single by Belinda Carlisle
from the album Runaway Horses
ReleasedNovember 27, 1989
Length4:43
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley
Producer(s)Rick Nowels
Belinda Carlisle singles chronology
"(We Want) The Same Thing"
(1989)
"La Luna"
(1989)
"Summer Rain"
(1990)

"La Luna" (English: "The Moon") is a song by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in 1989 as the second single (third in Japan) from her third album, Runaway Horses (1989).

Music video[edit]

The accompanying music video for "La Luna" was directed by Andy Morahan.[1] It features Carlisle lying naked in bed fantasizing about a night à la Cinderella.

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 21
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 29
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 23
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 70
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 10
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 38
West Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 16

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1990) Position
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 82

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom November 27, 1989
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
MCA [citation needed]
Japan January 21, 1990 Mini-CD [11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Video on YouTube
  2. ^ "Belinda Carlisle – La Luna". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ^ "Belinda Carlisle – La Luna" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ^ "Belinda Carlisle – La Luna" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Belinda Carlisle". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 42. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "Belinda Carlisle – La Luna" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  7. ^ "Belinda Carlisle – La Luna". Swiss Singles Chart.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Belinda Carlisle – La Luna" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  10. ^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1990" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  11. ^ "ラ・ルナ | ベリンダ・カーライル" [La Luna | Belinda Carlisle] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 20, 2024.