"The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder" is a song written by

Hugh Prestwood Hugh Loring Prestwood (born April 2, 1942) is an American Hall of Fame songwriter, whose work is primarily in country music. He was discovered by Judy Collins, who gave him his first hit "Hard Time for Lovers", which was recorded in 1978. Prestw ...

, and recorded by American

country pop Country pop (also known as pop country or urban cowboy) is a fusion genre of country music and pop music that was developed by members of the country genre out of a desire to reach a larger, mainstream audience. Country pop music blends genres ...

artist Michael Johnson. It was released in January 1987 as the third single from the album ''

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''. The song was Johnson's second and last number one on the country chart and his follow up to "

Give Me Wings "Give Me Wings" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country pop artist Michael Johnson. It was released in September 1986 as the second single from the album ''Wings A wing is a type of fin that prod ...

". The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart.

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1987 singles 1986 songs Michael Johnson (singer) songs Songs written by Hugh Prestwood RCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Brent Maher {{1986-country-song-stub