Good Night
“Now the sun turns out his light”
A Lennon composition for Ringo's lead vocal, closing the White Album. The only Beatle on the final track, Ringo sings a Hollywood-style lullaby over a 26-piece orchestra and 8-voice Mike Sammes Singers, all arranged and conducted by George Martin.
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This song is one of only 2 Beatles songs with Sensitive female.
Track30 · Side 4 · Album closer · Side closer
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedJune 28, July 2, July 22, 1968
ReleasedNovember 22, 1968
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[ADV] the[VERB] mine[VERB] out[ADJ] [VERB] for[ADV] it's [NOUN][ADV] the [NOUN][NOUN] [VERB] to[VERB] for me[VERB] for youand i'll [VERB]for you [VERB]it's [NOUN] toto [VERB] [ADJ][ADJ] [VERB] for me[ADV] the [NOUN] [VERB][NOUN] [VERB] to [VERB]the [NOUN] [VERB] to [VERB]your [NOUN] and i'll [VERB][VERB] your [NOUN] and i'll [VERB]
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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