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Can't Fight the Moonlight is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Britney Spears. Those roots explain a lot about how Can't Fight the Moonlight arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as There You'll Be, That Don't Impress Me Much, I Will Always Love You, It's My Life and Dancing with a Stranger, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ava Max, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Can't Fight the Moonlight, reaching back through Britney Spears and forward to Ava Max. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Can't Fight the Moonlight" is a song by the American singer LeAnn Rimes, written by Diane Warren and produced by Trevor Horn. It is the theme song of the film Coyote Ugly. Released as a single on August 22, 2000, the song topped the charts of 10 countries, including Australia, where it was the highest-selling single of 2001. In the United States, it reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the top-selling country single of both 2001 and 2002.
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Can't Fight the Moonlight connections
Can't Fight the Moonlight grew out of Britney Spears, shares an orbit with There You'll Be, That Don't Impress Me Much, I Will Always Love You and It's My Life, went on to shape Ava Max. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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