Contrary to the confusion that arose upon his entry into the New Wave music scene Moon Martin is a singer and songwriter, and not the name of a band.

Martin had a minor hit with the power pop song Rolene in 1979. However, he is perhaps most famous not for the hit he sang, but for the hit he didn’t sing.

Martin wrote, as well as originally recorded, Bad Case of Loving You which was subsequently turned into an international hit and generational touchstone by Robert Palmer.