"Goodnight Girl" is the third single from Wet Wet Wet

Wet Wet Wet

Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop rock band that formed in the 1980s. They scored a number of hits in the British charts and around the world. The band is composed of Marti Pellow , Tommy Cunningham , Graeme Clark and Neil Mitchell...

's fourth studio album, High on the Happy Side

High on the Happy Side

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. It was released on 23 December 1991, and was the second of the band's three UK number-one singles (the first being a cover of The Beatles

The Beatles

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' "With a Little Help from My Friends

With a Little Help from My Friends

-Joe Cocker version:Joe Cocker's version was a radical re-arrangement of the original, in a slower, 6/8 meter, using different chords in the middle eight, and a lengthy instrumental introduction...

"), but the only one to be self-penned. A lush, string-laden ballad, it spent four weeks at number one in January 1992. Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

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 joined them on Top of the Pops

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when they performed the song.

"Goodnight Girl" also gave Wet Wet Wet their third Irish number-one single (after "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Sweet Surrender"). Marti Pellow

Marti Pellow

Marti Pellow has been the lead singer of the Scottish pop group Wet Wet Wet since their formation in 1982. He has also recorded solo material.-Early life:...

 recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile

Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile

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. Writer Graeme Clark

Graeme Clark (musician)

Graeme Clark is a Scottish musician, best known as the bass guitarist for Wet Wet Wet.In 1977, at the age of 12, Clark, a pupil at Clydebank High School, bought his first guitar for £10. Shortly thereafter, a chance meeting with Tommy Cunningham on the school bus brought the two together.-External...

 was inspired to write the song for his then girlfriend but has never publicly named her.

Track listings

CD 1

1. "Goodnight Girl"
2. "Wishing I Was Lucky"
3. "Temptation" (from The Memphis Sessions
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   )

CD 2

1. "Goodnight Girl"
2. "With a Little Help from My Friends"
3. "Sweet Surrender"
4. "Goodnight Girl" (no strings attached)

MC

1. "Goodnight Girl"
2. "Ambrose Wykes"

7"

1. "Goodnight Girl"
2. "Ambrose Wykes"
3. "Put the Light On"

CD 1 ('94 version) (Europe & Australia)

1. "Goodnight Girl '94" - 3:40
2. "Love Is All Around" (MTV Most Wanted Version) - 4:22
3. "Goodnight Girl" - 3:40

CD 1 ('94 version) (USA)

1. "Goodnight Girl '94" - 3:40
2. "Love Is All Around" (MTV Most Wanted Version) - 4:22