Talking to the Moon
{{Short description|2011 single by Bruno Mars}}
{{Other uses|Talking to the Moon (disambiguation)}}
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| name = Talking to the Moon
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| type = single
| artist = Bruno Mars
| album = Doo-Wops & Hooligans
| released = {{start date|2011|04|12}}
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| label = Warner Music Brasil
| writer =
- Bruno Mars
- Philip Lawrence
- Ari Levine
- Albert Winkler
- Jeff Bhasker
| producer = The Smeezingtons
| prev_title = The Lazy Song
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Lighters
| next_year = 2011
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"Talking to the Moon" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). The song was first unveiled on Mars' debut extended play, It's Better If You Don't Understand (2010), as its last track. It was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Albert Winkler, and Jeff Bhasker, while production was handled by the Smeezingtons in collaboration with Bhasker. "Talking to the Moon" is a pop and R&B power ballad about a failed relationship, solitude, and sadness. Instrumentally, the track relies on drum percussion and piano.
"Talking to the Moon" received mixed reviews from music critics. Some praised its slow pace and lyrics, while others criticized its overwhelming production. The song was announced as a single only in Brazil, on April 12, 2011, through Warner Music Brasil, following its appearance on the soundtrack of the Brazilian telenovela Insensato Coração (2011). The song charted on the Brasil Hot 100 Airplay, where it spent several weeks at number one, and on the Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular. It was certified twice platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was performed during Mars's debut world tour, The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour (2010–2012), on the Hooligans in Wondaland Tour (2011) and once on the South American leg of the 24K Magic World Tour (2017–2018).
Background and production
"Talking to the Moon" was first recorded by Bruno Mars for his debut EP, It's Better If You Don't Understand, which was released on May 11, 2010 under Elektra Records.{{cite press release|url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Bruno-Mars-Blasts-Off-Into-Top-Ten-Albums-Chart-on-iTunes-With-New-Digital-EP-Acclaimed-1258360.htm|title=Bruno Mars Blasts Off into the Top Ten Albums Chart on iTunes With New Digital EP|date=May 5, 2010|publisher=Marketwire|access-date=August 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927234537/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Bruno-Mars-Blasts-Off-Into-Top-Ten-Albums-Chart-on-iTunes-With-New-Digital-EP-Acclaimed-1258360.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2012}} When asked about the lyrical content of the record, Mars stated that "[he] just [writes] songs that [he] strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies. And [he is] singing the s*** out of them." During an interview, Mars explained that after writing and producing songs for other artists, he thought that he could write a song for himself. He started writing the lyrics of "Talking to the Moon" while playing the piano.{{Cite news|url=http://justbrunomars.com/bruno-mars/interviews/bruno-mars-interview-justbrunomars-com-exclusive/ |title=Bruno Mars Interview – JustBrunoMars.com Exclusive |access-date=November 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504144758/http://justbrunomars.com/bruno-mars/interviews/bruno-mars-interview-justbrunomars-com-exclusive/ |archive-date=May 4, 2011 }} The track was included five months later on his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, released on October 4, 2010 under the Elektra and Atlantic labels.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043ZDFEQ/|title=Doo-Wops & Hooligans|website=Amazon |access-date=September 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111092856/http://www.amazon.com/Doo-Wops-Hooligans/dp/B0043ZDFEQ|archive-date=January 11, 2011}} Mars also recorded an acoustic piano version included on the deluxe edition of the album.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/doo-wops-hooligans/id5780542344|title=Doo-wops & Hooligans – edition collector|publisher=iTunes Store|date=October 5, 2010|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605022501/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/doo-wops-hooligans/id578054234|archive-date=June 5, 2015}} Ari Levine described how the song was conceived in an interview for Sound on Sound:{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun11/articles/smeezingtons.htm|title=Ari Levine & The Smeezingtons: Producing Bruno Mars|work=Sound on Sound|first=Paul|last=Tingen|date=June 2011|access-date=July 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171117/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun11/articles/smeezingtons.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}
{{Cquote|We only had the first verse and the horns. We then had three different bridges and we spent a lot of time trying to find out which one was the best. Jeff Bhasker is a fantastic musician, and he helped write that track. I think we tried to arrange and produce this in four different ways, mostly trying to figure out what kind of drums to put on.}}
"Talking to the Moon" was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, Levine, Bhasker, and Albert Winkler, and produced by the former three, under their alias, the Smeezingtons, while Bhasker co-produced the song. Levine and Mars played all the instruments on the track; Levine was also responsible for engineering the song at Levcon Studios in California. The mixing of the track was done at Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles by Manny Marroquin, with Christian Plata and Erik Madrid serving as assistants. It was mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California.
Composition
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"Talking to the Moon" is a "soaring" pop and R&B power ballad.{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/album-review-bruno-mars-doo-wops-amp-hooligans-1-1496996|title=Album review: Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans|work=The Scotsman|date=January 14, 2011|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116173933/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/album-review-bruno-mars-doo-wops-amp-hooligans-1-1496996|archive-date=January 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2010/10/07/For-the-Record-Bruno-Mars/stories/201010070346?|title=For the Record: Bruno Mars|date=October 7, 2010|first=Scott|last=Mervis|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=October 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225153616/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2010/10/07/For-the-Record-Bruno-Mars/stories/201010070346|archive-date=December 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/10/12/mars-doo-wops-hooligans/|title='Hooligan' Bruno Mars Challenges Bounds of Genre|last=Li|first=Natalie|work=The Harvard Crimson|date=October 12, 2010|access-date=July 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602095108/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/10/12/mars-doo-wops-hooligans/|archive-date=June 2, 2015}} Its instrumentation consists primarily of drums and a piano.{{Cite web|url=http://georgiastatesignal.com/481501/|title=Album Review: Doo-Wops & Hooligans|date=May 10, 2010|first=Emily|last=Yang|work=The Signal|access-date=November 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413144007/http://georgiastatesignal.com/481501/|archive-date=April 13, 2016}} According to the digital sheet music on Music-Notes, the song is written in the key of C{{sharp}} minor and is set in a 4/4 time signature with a ballad tempo of 73 beats per minute. Mars's vocal range spans from B3 to C{{sharp}}5, and the song follows the chord progression E–G{{sharp}}7–C{{sharp}}m–B–A.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0087651|title=Bruno Mars Talking to the Moon – Digital Sheet Music|work=Music-Notes|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424220948/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0087651|archive-date=April 24, 2016}} Natalie Li from The Harvard Crimson felt the song has an "electro twist". Sasha Frere-Jones wrote for The New Yorker the single relies on a "gorgeous wall of backing harmony".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/14/mars-attacks|title=Mars Attacks!|last=Frere-Jones|first=Sasha|magazine=The New Yorker|date=February 14, 2011|access-date=July 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902025026/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/14/mars-attacks|archive-date=September 2, 2015|url-access=limited}}
The song's lyrics describe feelings of loneliness, loss, and hope in the chorus: "Talking to the moon/Tryin to get to you/In hopes you're on the other side/Talking to me, too". As the song continues, it shows the singer's vulnerable side with soft, sincere lyrics about a lost love that has now gone. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette{{'}}s Scott Mervis described Mars's vocals on the track as "yearning". Sherri Thornhill of Yahoo!, believed the lyrics reveal the singer's hope that "his former flame is talking to the moon just as he is".{{cite web|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/bruno-mars-doo-wops-hooligans-cd-review-7326330.html?cat=33|title=Bruno Mars Doo Wops & Hooligans CD Review|first=Sherrri|last=Thornhill|work=Yahoo! Voices|date=December 2, 2010|access-date=April 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128021207/http://voices.yahoo.com/bruno-mars-doo-wops-hooligans-cd-review-7326330.html?cat=33|archive-date=January 28, 2012}} A similar opinion was shared by Seattle Post-Intelligencer{{'}}s Tyrone Reid, noticing Mars "waxing poetic about love and longing".
Critical reception
The song received mixed reviews from music critics. Alex Young of Consequence of Sound gave the song a positive review writing that the song "may be the best of this collection [album]", adding that "this track is primed for radio; a soft, sincere piano-driven song about a lost love that has now gone [...] belts the vulnerable Mars."{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/album-review-bruno-mars-doo-wops-hooligans/|title=Album Review: Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans|first=Alex|last=Young|work=Consequence of Sound|date=December 3, 2010|access-date=April 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715154137/http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/album-review-bruno-mars-doo-wops-hooligans/|archive-date=July 15, 2015}} Yahoo!'s music critic, Sherri Thornhill, praised the song, calling it a "beauty" and "relatable", since the lyrics show the "heartbroken lover['s]" wish that his former lover is doing the same as he is – talking to the moon. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer{{'}}s reviewer, Tyrone S. Reid, considered the song "beautifully written, waxing poetic about love and longing – a forte that the singer employs with great results in his work."{{cite web|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Bruno-Mars-Doo-Wops-Hooligans-891934.php|title=Music Review: Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans|author=Tyrone S. Reid|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer
|date=April 26, 2011|access-date=April 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200918/http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Bruno-Mars-Doo-Wops-Hooligans-891934.php|archive-date=March 3, 2016}} Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly called "Talking to the Moon" "woebegone", adding that "a malt-shop heart beats beneath [its] digital skin".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20430431,00.html|last=Greenblatt|first=Leah|title=Doo-Wops & Hooligans Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 29, 2010|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006125707/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20430431,00.html|archive-date=October 6, 2014}} Emily Yang of The Signal stated that Mars "focuses on the slow pace of the drums and piano to convey his sorrow. He sings of loneliness which is almost palpable in the chorus."
On the other hand, Bill Lamb of About.com wrote that it "is possibly the weakest track simply because the heavy production threatens to overwhelm the centerpiece of Bruno Mars' singing because it is a big power jazz ballad."{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/brunomarsep.htm|title=Bruno Mars – It's Better If You Don't Understand|last=Lamb|first=Bill|date=May 11, 2010|access-date=June 20, 2011|publisher=About.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203027/http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/brunomarsep.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2016}} In the same vein, Mike Diver of BBC Music considered the song "a ballad devoid of detectable emotion".{{cite web|last=Diver|first=Mike|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mfnv|title=Mars' solo debut is geared for maximum appeal|date=January 20, 2011|access-date=June 20, 2011|publisher=BBC Music|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109111344/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mfnv|archive-date=January 9, 2016}} The same perspective was replicated by Jamie Milton from musicOMH, who called it a "over-sentimental ballad".{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/bruno-mars-doo-wops-and-hooligans|title=Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops And Hooligans|last=Milton|first=Jamie|work=musicOMH|date=January 17, 2011|access-date=January 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015212222/http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/bruno-mars-doo-wops-and-hooligans|archive-date=October 15, 2015}} The Scotsman compared "Talking to the Moon" to the "Gary Barlow stirring-yet-banal mould", dubbing it "a slowed-down, doleful version of "Billionaire" (2011).
Commercial performance
Following the track's inclusion on the soundtrack of Insensato Coração, which generated most of the song's success, Warner Music Brasil decided to release it as an official single in Brazil on April 12, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.warnermusic.com.br/portal/newswindow.aspx?317|title=Bruno Mars está na trilha de "Insensato Coração"|language=pt|publisher=Warner Music Brasil|date=June 21, 2011|access-date=June 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930060029/http://www.warnermusic.com.br/portal/newswindow.aspx?317|archive-date=September 30, 2011}} After its release, "Talking to the Moon" charted on two Brazilian charts – Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular and the Brasil Hot 100 Airplay with it reaching the top position in both cases. The song spent nine weeks at number one on the latter chart,{{Cite journal |year=2011 |title=Billboard Brasil Hot 100 Airplay |journal=Billboard Brasil |pages=78–79 |editor=BPP}} while it topped the former chart for 22 weeks.{{Cite journal |date=July 2011|title=Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular |journal=Billboard Brasil |issue=23|pages=96–97|publisher=BPP}}{{Cite journal |date=September 2011|title=Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular |journal=Billboard Brasil |issue=23 |pages=96–97|publisher=BPP}} It became the fourth song with the most weeks spent at the top of Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular and on Brasil Hot 100 Airplay it ranked seventh with the most weeks at number one as of 2012."Brasil Hot 100 Airplay". Billboard Brasil (Brasil: bpp) (2): 96. January 2012. In April 2021, the song received a resurgence on the video-sharing app TikTok, which it led to enter various charts, such as Australia and Switzerland.{{cite web|url=https://portalpopline.com.br/bruno-mars-top-50-global-spotify-lado-b-2010/|title=Bruno Mars entra no Top 50 global do Spotify com lado B de 2010|last=Torres|first=Leonardo|publisher=POPline|language=Portuguese|date=April 20, 2021|access-date=May 7, 2021}} "Talking to the Moon" was certified two times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Other usage and live performances
The song was used on the soundtrack of Brazilian telenovela Insensato Coração. It was also used in the movie, A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures, with it being as well included on the movie soundtrack as a bonus song.{{cite web|url=http://www.theost.com/2010/sammys_avonturen_de_geheime_doorgang.html|title=Sammy's avonturen: De geheime doorgang Soundtrack|language=de|publisher=theost.com|access-date=December 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408215117/http://theost.com/2010/sammys_avonturen_de_geheime_doorgang.html|archive-date=April 8, 2016}} An acoustic piano version of "Talking to the Moon" was included on the charity compilation album, Songs for Japan, released on March 25, 2011.{{cite web|title=Songs for Japan by Various Artists|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songs-for-japan/id428401715|publisher=iTunes Store|date=March 25, 2011|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325184803/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songs-for-japan/id428401715|archive-date=March 25, 2011}} "Talking to the Moon" was featured in the movie Think Like a Man, released in 2012, where the song was attributed to Mars in the final credits.{{cite web|url=http://www.soundtrack.net/movie/think-like-a-man/|title=Think Like a Man (2012) – Song Credits|work=Soundtrack.Net|date=April 20, 2012|access-date=April 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906043333/http://www.soundtrack.net/movie/think-like-a-man/|archive-date=September 6, 2015}} In 2020, American R&B band Michelle and American singer Catie Turner covered "Talking to the Moon", in different instances, as part of the tenth anniversary of Mars's debut album.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz2W36-3kD8|title=MICHELLE - Talking To The Moon (Bruno Mars Cover) - 10th Anniversary 'Doo-Wops & Hooligans'|publisher=Youtube|date=November 13, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej0rwfIvnfM|title=Catie Turner - Talking to the Moon (Bruno Mars Cover) - 10th Anniversary 'Doo-Wops & Hooligans'|publisher=Youtube|date=December 7, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2021}} It was the fourteenth song on the set list of his debut world tour, The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour (2010–2012) and was also, sometimes, sung as an encore on the Hooligans in Wondaland Tour (2011).{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/65968/bruno-mars-brings-doo-wops-&-hooligans-to-london-on-uk-tour|title=Bruno Mars Brings 'Doo-Wops & Hooligans' To London on UK Tour|first=Holly|last=Frith|work=Gigwise|date=August 17, 2013|access-date=December 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424215600/http://www.gigwise.com/news/65968/bruno-mars-brings-doo-wops-%26-hooligans-to-london-on-uk-tour|archive-date=April 24, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/music/2011/06/05/bruno-mars-and-janelle-monae-take-audiences-jazzy-50s-inspired-journey|title=Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae take audiences on jazzy '50s-inspired journey|last1=Cheung|first1=Angel|last2=Greskiw|first2=Alexis|work=The Vancouver Observer|date=June 5, 2011|access-date=May 31, 2020|archive-date=January 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112103020/https://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/music/2011/06/05/bruno-mars-and-janelle-monae-take-audiences-jazzy-50s-inspired-journey|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews39_24/mobile/page24.cfm|title=Bruno Mars leads the Hooligans in a night of unforgettable talent|last=Knittel|first=Shaun|magazine=Seattle Gay News|volume=39|issue=24|date=June 17, 2011|access-date=May 31, 2020|archive-date=July 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713004000/http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews39_24/mobile/page24.cfm|url-status=dead}} It was also performed during a show on the South American leg of the 24K Magic World Tour (2017–2018).{{cite web|url=https://www.midiorama.com/com-talking-to-the-moon-bruno-mars-encerra-a-passagem-da-24k-magic-world-tour-pelo-brasil|title=Com 'Talking to the Moon', Bruno Mars encerra a passagem da "24k Magic World Tour" pelo Brasil|author=Midiorama|language=pt|work=O Povo|date=November 24, 2017|access-date=February 25, 2018}} In 2021, Gambian-born rapper Jnr Choi's single "To the Moon" sampled a cover of the song by British singer-songwriter Sam Tompkins.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/jnr-choi-signs-epic-records-1235037422/|title=JRising Star JNR Choi Signs With Epic Records & Sony Music UK's Black Butter Records|last=Lamarre|first=Carl|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2022|access-date=May 5, 2022}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Doo-Wops & Hooligans.{{cite AV media notes|title=Doo-Wops & Hooligans|title-link=Doo-Wops & Hooligans|year=2010|type=CD booklet|publisher=Elektra Entertainment Group|id=2-525393|location=United States}}
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- Bruno Mars – lead vocals, songwriting, instrumentation
- Philip Lawrence – songwriting
- Ari Levine – songwriting, instrumentation, engineering
- Albert Winkler – songwriting
- Jeff Bhasker – songwriting, co-production
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- The Smeezingtons – production
- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- Christian Plata – mixing assistant
- Erik Madrid – mixing assistant
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="row"|Brazil Hot 100 Airplay (Billboard)
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| scope="row"|Brazil Hot Pop Songs (Billboard){{Cite journal |date=December 2011 – January 2012|title=Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular |journal=Billboard Brasil |issue=26 |pages=144–145|publisher=BPP}}
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=Year-end charts=
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|+Year-end chart performance for "Talking to the Moon" ! scope="col" | Chart (2011) ! scope="col" | Position |
| scope="row" |Brazil (Crowley){{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/2011/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2011|date=April 3, 2018|publisher=Crowley Broadcast Analysis|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}
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! scope="col" | Chart (2021) ! scope="col" | Position |
| scope="row"| Global 200 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/billboard-global-200/|title=Billboard Global 200 – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2021}}
| 156 |
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| scope="row"| Portugal (AFP){{cite web|url=http://www.audiogest.pt/uploads/files/file_2022-01-26-11-37-08.pdf#page=13|title=Top 1000 Singles + EPs Digitais: Semanas 01 a 52 de 2021 |language=pt|publisher=Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|access-date=May 13, 2022}}
| 116 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Talking to the Moon"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Bruno Mars|title=Talking to the Moon|award=Platinum|id=12250|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2023|access-date=March 23, 2023|refname="IFPIDEN"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2011|certyear=2023|artist=Bruno Mars|title=Talking to the Moon|access-date=October 25, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2011|certyear=2024|artist=Bruno Mars|title=Talking to the Moon|access-date=May 3, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2011|certyear=2024|artist=Bruno Mars|title=Talking to the Moon|id=12994|access-date=October 13, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2011|certyear=2021|artist=Bruno Mars|title=Talking to the Moon|id=file_2021-08-05-10-32-35.pdf|access-date=August 5, 2021|relmonth=4}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Bruno Mars|title=Talking to the Moon|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2024|access-date=July 31, 2024|refname="PROMUSICAE"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Bruno Mars|title=Talking to the Moon|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2020|access-date=October 2, 2020|refname="RIAA"}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|title=Talking to the Moon|artist=Bruno Mars|award=Gold|streamsonly=true|certyear=2025|certmonth=2|accessdate=March 28, 2025}}
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See also
References
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Category:Brasil Hot 100 Airplay number-one singles
Category:Brasil Hot Pop number-one singles
Category:Contemporary R&B ballads
Category:Song recordings produced by Jeff Bhasker
Category:Song recordings produced by the Smeezingtons
Category:Songs written by Jeff Bhasker
Category:Songs written by Bruno Mars
Category:Songs written by Ari Levine