<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> "Talking to the Moon" is a "sowaring" R&B power ballad, that lasts for three minutes and seven seconds, with a stripped - down production, and instrumentation consisting primarily of drums and a piano . According to the digital sheet music published by Sony / ATV Music Publishing, the song was written in the key of C#minor and was set in a four - four time signature with a ballad tempo of 73 beats per minute . Mars' vocal range spans from G ♯ to C ♯, and the song follows the chord progression E-G ♯ 7 - C ♯ m-B-A . Natalie Li from The Harvard Crimson felt the song has an "electro twist". Sasha Frere - Jones wrote for The New Yorker that the single relies on a "gorgeous wall of backing harmony". </P> <P> The song's lyrics describe feelings of loneliness, loss, and hope in the chorus: "Talking to the moon / Try to get to you / In hopes you're on the other side / Talking to me, too". As the song continues, it shows the singer's vulnerable side with soft, sincere lyrics about a lost love that has now gone, according to Alex Young of Consequence of Sound . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette' Scott Mervis described Mars' vocals on the track as "yearning". Sherri Thornhill of Yahoo!, believed the lyrics reveal the singer's hope that "his former flame is talking to the moon just as he is ." A similar opinion was shared by Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Tyrone Reid, noticing Mars "waxing poetic about love and longing". </P> <P> The song received mixed to positive reviews from music critics on the release of the album . Alex Young of Consequence of Sound gave the song a positive review writing that the song "may be the best of this collection (album)", adding that "this track is primed for radio; a soft, sincere piano - driven song about a lost love that has now gone (...) belts the vulnerable Mars ." Yahoo!'s music critic, Sherri Thornhill, praised the song, calling it a "beauty" and "relatable", since the lyrics show the "heartbroken lover ('s)" wish that his former lover is doing the same as he is - talking to the moon . The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's reviewer, Tyrone S. Reid, considered the song "beautifully written, waxing poetic about love and longing--a forte that the singer employs with great results in his work ." In a similar review, Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly felt that the debut studio album "aptly applies Mars' studio talents...in his own postmillennial way", calling "Talking to the Moon" "woebegone", adding that "a malt - shop heart beats beneath (its) digital skin". Emily Yang of The Signal stated that Mars "focuses on the slow pace of the drums and piano to convey his sorrow . He sings of loneliness which is almost palpable in the chorus ." </P>

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