Goodnight Song

"Goodnight Song"
Single by Tears for Fears
from the album Elemental
B-side	"New Star", "Elemental"
Released	October 1993
Format	7", CD Single
Recorded	1992
Genre	Rock
Length	3:53
Label	Mercury Records
Writer(s)	Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths
Producer(s)	Alan Griffiths Tim Palmer Roland Orzabal
Tears for Fears singles chronology
"Cold" (1993) "Goodnight Song" (1993) "Elemental" (1994)

"Goodnight Song" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears.

Taken from their 1993 album Elemental, it was released as a single in North America and in some European countries (though not in the UK), and was a minor hit in Canada.

Track lisiting

US track listing

1. "Goodnight Song" - 3:53
2. "New Star" - (Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths)-4:29

French 2-track CD

1. "Goodnight Song" - 3:53
2. "Elemental" (Sons of August Mix)-(Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths)- 5:29

Video

The music video was directed by Dani Jacobs and shows Orzabal and the rest of the group performing in a bar. It also shows brief video fragments of other things including scenes from a boardwalk and a picture of a toothbrush. The overall theme visually was that of a 1990s American southwest.

Chart positions

¹ - Equaling #125 on the main U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics