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"Full Moon" is a song by American recording artist Brandy Norwood, from her same-titled third studio album (2002). A breakaway from Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins' dominating influence on the album, it was written and produced by Mike City, one of the few producers Norwood worked with on ''Full Moon'' apart from Jerkins and his production and songwriting crew. The song initially impacted on US radios on April 1, 2002 as the album's second single. Described by Norwood as "ghetto", the track is a R&B and pop song that makes use of pop and hip-hop influences and a simple, piano–led production. Lyrically, the song follows Norwood as she experiences a love at first sight in a nightclub, whose circumstances she attributes to a full moon night. The song was well received by music critics, with many complimenting Norwood's aurally remarkable evolvement and growth as well as the bass–heavy production, calling it a standout track from the album. The impact of "Full Moon" on the global charts was mediocre: While the single 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 and made it to the top 30 in France and Italy, where it enjoyed equal commercial success as previous single "What About Us?". The song's music video, directed by Chris Robinson, features Norwood telescoping at night. As the video progresses, she attends a house party where she meets a man with whom she is eventually riding off through Los Angeles, watching the rising full moon. Norwood was nearly six months pregnant at the time of the shot. "Full Moon" was included on the set-lists of the Human World Tour (2009) and performed live by Norwod on several televised events, including Dick Clark's ''American Bandstand 50th Anniversary Celebration'' and BET's ''Just Human'' special (2008). ==Background and recording== After the end of her promotional touring for her album ''Never Say Never'' (1998), the cancellation of her UPN sitcom ''Moesha'' and a flurry of tabloid headlines discussing her nervous breakdown in November 1999, Norwood went on a lengthy hiatus to reflect and take some introspective looks. In mid-2000, she started reconsecrating herself on her musical career, contributing songs to albums such as ''Urban Renewal'' (2001), which introduced a scratchy, evocative edge to Norwood's voice, now having a deeper and warmer tone with a textured lower register and notably stronger falsetto. In fall 2000, Norwood finally began conceiving ideas for a third studio album with the Atlantic label.〔 While Rodney Jerkins, the main producer of her previous album, and his team, had been working on several new songs for the singer's upcoming project in hopes of recreating the winning chemistry of ''Never Say Never'', Norwood wanted to make sure that she was gaining more creative control over the project and thus, arranged meetings with all her writers and musicians to discuss the lyricals topics and sounds she wanted for the album.〔 While Jerkins maintained his status as the album's executive producer, contributing most to its track listing with his team, Norwood decided to record with several producers for the album, including Unsung Entertainment head Mike City, with whom she had previously worked on the song "Open" for the soundtrack of the 2001 animated comedy film ''Osmosis Jones''. Though Norwood and City crafted several new songs, the pair was insecure if their song "Full Moon" was going to make it to the final tracklisting since it differentiated stylistically from what the singer had recorded before. "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''.〔 "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 () 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 (), 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."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Full Moon (Brandy song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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