In fall 2000, Norwood finally began conceiving ideas for a third studio album with the Atlantic label. In mid-2000, she started reconsecrating herself on her musical career, contributing songs to albums such as Urban Renewal (2001), which introduced a scratchy, evocative edge to Norwood's voice, now having a deeper and warmer tone with a textured lower register and notably stronger falsetto.

'Full Moon' was included on the set-lists of the Human World Tour (2009), the Slayana World Tour (2016) and performed live by Norwood during several televised events, including Dick Clark's American Bandstand 50th Anniversary Celebration and BET's Just Human special (2008).Īfter the end of her promotional touring for her album Never Say Never (1998), the cancellation of her UPN sitcom Moesha and a flurry of tabloid headlines discussing her nervous breakdown in November 1999, Norwood went on a lengthy hiatus to reflect and take some introspective looks. Norwood was nearly six months pregnant at the time of the shot. As the video progresses, she attends a house party where she meets a man with whom she is eventually riding off through Los Angeles, watching the rising full moon. The song's music video, directed by Chris Robinson, features Norwood telescoping at night. It charted within the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart stateside, number 15 on the UK Singles Chart and made it to the top 30 in France and Italy, where it enjoyed equal commercial success as previous single ' What About Us?'. As a single, it performed moderately well across global formats. The song was well received by music critics, with many complimenting Norwood's voice as well as the bass–heavy production, calling it a standout track from the album. Lyrically, the song follows Norwood as she experiences a love at first sight in a nightclub, whose circumstances she attributes to a full moon night. Described by Norwood as 'ghetto', the track is an R&B and pop song, that makes use of a simple, piano–led production.

The song initially impacted on US radios on April 1, 2002, as the album's second single. A breakaway from Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins' dominating influence on the album, it was written and produced by Mike City, one of the few producers Norwood worked with on Full Moon apart from Jerkins and his production and songwriting crew. ' Full Moon' is a song by American recording artist Brandy, from her same-titled third studio album (2002). The Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)

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