"Talking to the Moon" is the seventh track from American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars' debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). The song was first unveiled on Mars' debut extended play, It's Better If You Don't Understand (2010), as its last track. It was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Albert Winkler, and Jeff Bhasker, while production was handled by The Smeezingtons in collaboration with Bhasker. "Talking to the Moon" remains a pop song with power ballad influences, and its lyrics are about a failed relationship, solitude, and sadness. Instrumentally, the track relies on drum percussion and piano.