Bette Midler

Released: September 4, 1990

Songwriter: Diane Warren

Producer: Arif Mardin

How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of moonlight dancin'
Underneath the starry sky?
How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of moonlight dancin'?
Just the moon and you and I
Mmm, just the moon and you and I
Moonlight dancin', mmm, moonlight dancin'

How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of late night romance
Underneath the starry sky?
How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of late night romance?
Just the moon and you and I
Mmm, just the moon and you and I
Moonlight dancin', mmm, moonlight dancin'

Ohh, nobody's gonna be there
Ohh, so don't you wanna go where
We could dance across the sky
Leave the world behind us?
Nothin' that we couldn't do
Yeah, we could dance across the sky
Leave the world behind us
Just the moon and me and you
Mmm, just the moon and me and you

We could hide inside the rhythm
'til the morning finds us
Share a little ecstasy
Yeah, we could hide inside the rhythm
'til the morning finds us
If you come away with me
I'll show you how it feels to be
Moonlight dancin'. Mmm, moonlight dancin'

Oh, we gonna sail on the wind
Oh, so don't you wanna begin?

Moonlight dancing, mmm, moonlight dancing
How 'bout a little bit, a little bit?
How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of moonlight dancin'?
Just the moon and you and I
Moonlight dancin, mmm, moonlight dancing
Ooooh, ahhh...

Bette Midler is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, comedienne and actress. Named in honor of Bette Davis, Midler’s career began performing off-broadway until she developed the stage persona The Divine Miss M while singing at the world-famous Continental Baths gay bathhouse. A pre-fame Barry Manilow, the venue’s in-house piano player, produced her Grammy-nominated debut album which scored three US top 40 singles including the Grammy-nominated “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Midler took home the Best New Artist Grammy that year, her first of three career wins.

Throughout the 1970s, Midler found further success with music, Broadway, television and film. The Rose, Midler’s 1979 acting debut, earned her both Oscar and Academy Award nominations, and its namesake song won her a Golden Globe and another Grammy – also giving Midler her first success overseas.

The early 1980s proved less successful for Midler with four under-performing singles and a box office flop with the film Jinxed. However, the second half of the decade would prove far more fruitful with a handful of very successful films including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Beaches, the latter featuring a chart-topping cover of “Wind Beneath My Wings” that won Midler her third Grammy and is considered one of the greatest songs in American film history.

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