Goodnight Girl


"Goodnight Girl" is the third single from Scottish band Wet Wet Wet's fourth studio album, High on the Happy Side. It was released on 23 December 1991 by label The Precious Organisation and was the second of the band's three UK number-one singles, but the only one to be self-penned. Writer Graeme Clark was inspired to write the song for his then girlfriend, but has never publicly named her.
A string-laden ballad, "Goodnight Girl" spent four weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1992, representing a turnaround in fortunes for the band, with the first two singles from High on the Happy Side having peaked at numbers 37 and 56 respectively. It also gave Wet Wet Wet their third Irish number-one single and reached the top 10 in Belgium and the Netherlands. Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings [the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile].

Track listings

Original release

UK CD1
  1. "Goodnight Girl"
  2. "With a Little Help from My Friends"
  3. "Sweet Surrender"
  4. "Goodnight Girl" UK CD2
  5. "Goodnight Girl"
  6. "Wishing I Was Lucky"
  7. "Temptation"
  8. "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"UK cassette single
  9. "Goodnight Girl"
  10. "Ambrose Wykes"UK 7-inch single
  • '''Dutch 12-inch vinyl'''

"Goodnight Girl '94"

European CD and Japanese mini-CD single
  1. "Goodnight Girl '94"
  2. "Love Is All Around" European limited-edition two-CD single
  3. "Goodnight Girl '94"
  4. "Love Is All Around"
  5. "Goodnight Girl"
  6. "Shed a Tear"
  7. "Put the Light On"
  8. "Wishing I Was Lucky" Australian CD and cassette single
  9. "Goodnight Girl '94"
  10. "Love Is All Around"
  11. "Goodnight Girl" US CD and cassette single
  12. "Goodnight Girl" – 3:39
  13. "Love Is All Around" – 4:22