Artist:LeAnn Rimes
Song:Can't Fight the Moonlight
Album:Greatest Hits
The big question about LeAnn Rimes is she country or pop. When she crossed over to pop with the 1997 single How Do I Live, that answered the question. The 2000 single Can't Fight the Moonlight was her second biggest hit and even more pop than How Do I Live. It's from the 2000 film Coyote Ugly so that means it's also a discography orphan. How Do I Live was written by Diane Warren for the 1997 film Con Air. After LeAnn recorded the song, Disney decided she was too young to sing it and brought in Trisha Yearwood to record it. BTW, neither version appeared on the soundtrack album. Diane asked Curb Records owner Mike Curb to release LeAnn's version. Both versions were successful. At the time, LeAnn was getting into acting and she signed to appear in the 2000 film Coyote Ugly. She had moved to Los Angeles with her mother and split with her father. The film was about sexy girls hanging out in a bar. Piper Perabo played the lead character Violet, an aspiring songwriter. LeAnn played herself. Though Piper could sing, it was decided that LeAnn would sing all the original songs. That turned out to be a great decision as the Coyote Ugly soundtrack was certified 4XPlatinum. The single Can't Fight the Moonlight reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The problem with the soundtrack album is other than the four original songs by LeAnn, it's all previously released filler. That's when it became a discography orphan. Curb released Can't Fight the Moonlight as a single. Then they decided not to include it in the 2001 comp I Need You. They finally got it straight when the song was included on this 2003 Greatest Hits comp which is available as a budget comp. Can't Fight the Moonlight has turned out to be LeAnn's final big hit. She's still around but her recent albums have been religious. She was more successful as a teenager. Here's the video for Can't Fight the moonlight by LeAnn Rimes.
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