"Hypnotize the Moon" is a song written by Steve Dorff

Steve Dorff

Steve Dorff is an American songwriter and composer whose work is mainly in the field of country music.Dorff has written several songs for other artists, including "Hypnotize the Moon" and "My Heart Will Never Know" for Clay Walker, "The Man in Love with You" and "I Cross My Heart" by George Strait,...

 and Eric Kaz

Eric Kaz

Eric Kaz, born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947, is a singer-songwriter active mainly in the late 1960s and the 1970s.-Biography:He first appeared on the popular music scene in the mid-60s playing piano in a band called Children of Paradise with Happy and Artie Traum...

, and recorded by American

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 country music singer Clay Walker

Clay Walker

Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker Jr. is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single "What's It to You," which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, as did its follow-up, 1994's "Live Until I Die." Both singles were included on...

. Released in January 1996 as the second single from Walker's CD, Hypnotize the Moon

Hypnotize the Moon

-Critical reception:The editors at Billboard wrote in their review of the album "Walker is a big-voiced Texas singer with smart song selection and a minimalist honky-tonk production. He sounds unassuming until you realize that's what he's all about. He gets in your yard without ever getting in your...

, it peaked at #2 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

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) chart.

Reception

Larry Flick of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

gave the song a positive review: "The pretty melody and sentimental lyrics should prove popular with country radio listeners."

Music video

The music video was directed by Bill Young. It starts out in a house museum with a boy who is on a tour, and before going along with the tour, he takes a look at a picture of a woman. Then he starts to imagine her at a party in a past themed time, with Walker singing in a background with a bright moon right behind him.

Chart positions

"Hypnotize the Moon" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 13, 1996.

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	2
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	6
Canadian RPM Country Charts	6

Year-end charts

End of year chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	9