I'm Your Moon

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I'm Your Moon
ReleaseThing a Week Four
Length3:13
Release date08-25-2006
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"I'm Your Moon" is a song on Jonathan Coulton's seventh album, Thing a Week Four.

History

"I'm Your Moon" was released as the forty-seventh Thing a Week on August 25th, 2006, after several people suggested Jonathan write about Pluto's new status as a dwarf planet (which has since been renamed "Plutoids").

Live performance

"I'm Your Moon" is played somewhat regularly at Jonathan Coulton concerts. Jonathan usually gives a full explanation of the song's origins and what it means before playing it, casually damning the scientists who changed Pluto's status. Because there is no major solo in the song, the live version is essentially an acoustic version of the original recording.

Trivia

  • "I'm Your Moon" is classified as a sweet song on the Listening Suggestions page.
  • The song is written from the view of Charon, Pluto's moon. Because Charon is almost half the size of Pluto, the two do not have a traditional orbit where the small body basically moves around the center of the large body. Rather, both Pluto and Charon revolve around a point between them (the barycenter), like a bola or a spinning pair of skaters. In addition, the two celestial objects are tidally face-locked, meaning they keep the same "face" towards each other ("like dancers", according to Jonathan's blog of the song).

Availability

Downloads

"I'm Your Moon" is available for purchase in the Jonathan Coulton MP3 Store as an individual track or as part of Thing a Week IV. Of course, this song is also included as part of the "Everything" playlist.

Downloadable FLAC versions of the above are available in the Jonathan Coulton FLAC Store

CD

"Thing a Week IV" is available for purchase as a CD here.

Other versions

  • A karaoke version of "I'm Your Moon" is available on the Jonathan Coulton Karaoke Store.
  • The song has been covered by fellow Masters of Song Fu winner Joe "Covenant" Lamb on his album "Beyond the Fu."

Themes

Thing-a-Week Four
1. SkyMall · 2. Seahorse · 3. Creepy Doll · 4. Under the Pines · 5. Big Bad World One · 6. Mr. Fancy Pants · 7. You Ruined Everything · 8. I'm Your Moon · 9. The Big Boom · 10. Make You Cry · 11. Pull the String · 12. Summer's Over · 13. We Will Rock You · 14. We Are the Champions
JoCo Looks Back
1. Code Monkey · 2. Ikea · 3. I Feel Fantastic · 4. Mandelbrot Set · 5. Tom Cruise Crazy · 6. Shop Vac · 7. Chiron Beta Prime · 8. I'm Your Moon · 9. My Monkey · 10. Skullcrusher Mountain · 11. I Crush Everything · 12. When You Go · 13. A Talk with George · 14. You Ruined Everything · 15. Creepy Doll · 16. Mr. Fancy Pants · 17. Baby Got Back · 18. First of May · 19. Re: Your Brains · 20. The Future Soon
Best. Concert. Ever.
1. The Future Soon · 2. Ikea · 3. Shop Vac · 4. I'm Your Moon · 5. Baby Got Back · 6. Kenesaw Mountain Landis · 7. Chiron Beta Prime · 8. Tom Cruise Crazy · 9. Code Monkey · 10. Creepy Doll · 11. Still Alive · 12. Mr. Fancy Pants · 13. I Crush Everything · 14. Skullcrusher Mountain · 15. Mandelbrot Set · 16. You Ruined Everything · 17. Re: Your Brains · 18. A Talk with George · 19. I Feel Fantastic · 20. First of May