Goodnight (Babybird song)

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"Goodnight"
Goodnight Single Cover.jpg
Single by Babybird
from the album Ugly Beautiful
Released29 July 1996
Genre
Length2:54
Label Echo
Songwriter(s) Stephen Jones
Babybird singles chronology
"Snake Caves / Baby Lemonade"
(1995)
"Goodnight"
(1996)
"You're Gorgeous"
(1996)

Goodnight is a 1996 single by Babybird, released from the album Ugly Beautiful . The song originally appeared on Stephen Jones' solo album Fatherhood , which had been released the previous December (where it was spelled "Good Night"), but was later re-recorded with a full band after Babybird were signed to Echo Records. The single was a minor hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #28. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Goodnight"
  2. "July"
  3. "Harry & Ida Swap Teeth"
  4. "July 2"
  5. "Girl with Money"
  6. "Shellfish"

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