"Can't Fight the Moonlight" is a song written by Diane Warren,recorded by LeAnn Rimes and featured on the soundtrack of the film Coyote Ugly,and in the film itself.
It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in 2000.It also reached number one in Australia and went on to become the highest selling single in Australia of 2001.It went triple platinum in Australia selling over 210,000 copies.In Ireland,it reached number one and is currently the 18th best selling single in the history of the Irish Charts.In the U.S.,it enjoyed two chart runs on the Billboard Hot 100.On its original chart run in 2000,"Can't Fight the Moonlight" stalled at number 71.It regained renewed interest in late 2001 and 2002,and rose up the charts to number eleven.In the U.S.,the single is certified gold by the RIAA (which signifies sales of 500,000+ copies).It is one of the most recent songs to achieve such high U.S.sales of a physical single.[citation needed]
As of 2009,it is Rimes' last song to chart in the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The song sold 565,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company.The song was the fifth best seller of 2000 in the UK.