Goodnight Song Explained

Goodnight Song
Cover:GoodnightSong.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Tears for Fears
Album:Elemental
B-Side:
  • "New Star"
  • "Elemental" (Sons of August mix)
Released:October 1993
Genre:Rock
Length:3:53
Label:Mercury
Producer:
Prev Title:Cold
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Elemental
Next Year:1994

"Goodnight Song" is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears 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.

The US single included the B-side "New Star". This song was played during the opening credits of the 1994 film Threesome and appears on the film's soundtrack album. It was also later included on the 1996 Tears for Fears compilation album Saturnine Martial & Lunatic.

Music 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.

Track listings

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) (Orzabal, Griffiths) – 5:29