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}}}}{{Album ratings| rev1 = AllMusic3.5ACCESS-DATE=18 MAY 2021, AllMusic, }}Wired to the Moon is the sixth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1984. The album reached No. 35 on the UK album charts. Three singles were released. “I Don’t Know What It Is But I Love It” peaked at No. 65 on the UK Singles Chart, “Touché d’Amour” reached No. 86, and “Ace of Hearts” peaked at No. 79. The latter was re-released in 1985 and climbed one position higher, to No. 78.WEB,www.officialcharts.com/artist/29468/chris-rea/, Official Charts > Chris Rea, Official Charts Company, The Official UK Charts Company, 9 January 2017,

Track listing

All songs by Chris Rea

1. “Bombollini” – 6:11
2. “Touché d’Amour” – 3:30
3. “Shine, Shine, Shine” – 4:04
4. “Mystery Man” – 3:22 (only on the German LP)
5. “Wired to the Moon” – 5:20
6. “Reasons” – 3:47
7. “I Don’t Know What It Is But I Love It” – 3:35 (Cassette version includes the extended version 5:25)
8. “Ace of Hearts” – 4:29
9. “Holding Out” – 4:26
10. “Winning” – 6:33

Personnel

Musicians

• Chris Rea – vocals (1, 3–9), keyboards (1–9), acoustic piano (1, 9), lead guitar (1–5, 8, 9), guitars (1, 2, 3, 5–9), bass guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 9), marimba (1), accordion (2), fretless bass (7)
• David Richards – synthesizers (5, 6)
• Jerry Stevenson – guitars (2, 6, 7), acoustic guitars (7)
• Kevin Powell – bass guitar (2, 5, 7, 8)
• Jeff Seopardie – drums (1–9), percussion (1, 2, 3), brushes (7)WEB,www.allmusic.com/album/wired-to-the-moon-mw0000522899/credits, Wired to the Moon - Chris Rea &124; Credits &124; AllMusic, 18 May 2021, AllMusic,

Production

• Chris Rea – producer
• David Richards – producer, engineer
• John Dent – mastering
• Jo Mirowski – art direction, design

Singles

1. “I Don’t Know What It Is (But I Love It)” b/w “Mystery Man”
2. “Touché d’amour (Remix)” b/w “Touché d’amour (Instrumental)”
3. “Bombollini (Edit)” b/w “True Love”
4. “Ace of Hearts (Remix)” b/w “I Can Hear Your Heartbeat (Live)”, “True Love”, “From Love to Love”, “Smile”
5. “Wired to the Moon” b/w “True Love”

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Charts{| class“wikitable sortable plainrowheaders” style@text-align:center“|+ Chart performance for Wired to the Moon

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References

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