Good Night ( Beatles song ) - wikipedia Good Night ( Beatles song ) This article is about the Lennon -- McCartney song. For other songs of the same / similar title, see Good Night ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2009 ) `` Good Night '' Song by the Beatles from the album The Beatles Released 22 November 1968 Recorded 28 June 1968 Genre Orchestral pop, lullaby Length 3 : 11 Label Apple Records Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) George Martin `` Good Night '' is a song by the Beatles, composed by John Lennon, but credited to Lennon - McCartney. It is sung by Ringo Starr, the only Beatle to appear on the track. The music was provided by an orchestra arranged and conducted by George Martin. It is the last song on the Beatles ' 1968 album The Beatles ( also known as the `` White Album '' ). Contents 1 Composition 2 Love 3 Covers and other uses 4 Personnel 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Composition John Lennon wrote the song as a lullaby for his five - year - old son Julian. George Martin 's arrangement is lush, and intentionally so. Lennon is said to have wanted the song to sound `` real cheesy '', like a Gordon Jenkins-esque Old Hollywood production number. The musicians play the following instruments : 12 violins, three violas, three cellos, one harp, three flutes, one clarinet, one horn, one vibraphone, and one string bass. The Mike Sammes Singers also took part in the recording, providing backing vocals. Starr became the third member of the group ( after Paul McCartney and George Harrison ) to record a song credited to the group without the other members performing ( Lennon was the fourth with `` Julia '' ). The song ends with Starr whispering the words : `` Good night... Good night, everybody... Everybody, everywhere... Good night. '' Love The song makes three appearances on the Beatles ' soundtrack to the Cirque du Soleil production of Love. It is used as a transition between `` Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds '' and `` Octopus 's Garden ''. It can be heard a minor third lower than originally recorded. After the orchestral intro to the third verse of `` Good Night '', the same orchestral accompaniment is played over a sample of Starr freely, slowly singing the opening words to `` Octopus 's Garden ''. Later, at the end of the show, after the strains of `` All You Need Is Love '' have faded out, the orchestral coda of `` Good Night '', in its original key, G major ( as well as the last bits of dialogue in the Beatles ' fan club - exclusive Christmas album ) brings the album to a close. Covers and other uses The song has been covered by several artists, including Jarvis Cocker, Pedro Aznar, the Carpenters, Ramsey Lewis, Kenny Loggins, Kidsongs, Linda Ronstadt, Cyril Stapleton, the Manhattan Transfer, Matthew Sweet, and Monkees drummer Micky Dolenz and the `` Forces Sweetheart '' Vera Lynn who released it as a single and performed it on a BBC TV variety show. Barbra Streisand recorded it in 1969 for her album What About Today ? It was also chosen by the British band Coldplay to play out after the band had left the stage at concerts on their 2005 -- 2006 Twisted Logic Tour. A fragment of a rehearsal and take 34 of the song, along with an overdub of the orchestra from the close of the released version is heard on the 1996 Beatles compilation album, Anthology 3. A one - second clip of the song is heard on the Paul McCartney album Liverpool Sound Collage at 3 : 38 on the track `` Plastic Beetle ''. Personnel Ringo Starr -- lead vocal George Martin -- celesta, orchestral arrangements The Mike Sammes Singers -- backing vocals Orchestra -- twelve violins, three violas, three cellos, three flutes, clarinet, horn, vibraphone, double bass, harp Personnel per Ian MacDonald Notes Jump up ^ Sheff 2000, p. 200. Jump up ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 294. References MacDonald, Ian ( 2005 ). Revolution in the Head : The Beatles ' Records and the Sixties ( Second Revised ed. ). London : Pimlico ( Rand ). ISBN 1 - 84413 - 828 - 3. Sheff, David ( 2000 ). All We Are Saying. New York : St. Martin 's Griffin. ISBN 0 - 312 - 25464 - 4. External links Alan W. Pollack 's Notes on `` Good Night '' The Beatles ( White Album ) Songs Side one `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' `` Dear Prudence '' `` Glass Onion '' `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' `` Wild Honey Pie '' `` The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill '' `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' `` Happiness Is a Warm Gun '' Side two `` Martha My Dear '' `` I 'm So Tired '' `` Blackbird '' `` Piggies '' `` Rocky Raccoon '' `` Do n't Pass Me By '' `` Why Do n't We Do It in the Road ? '' `` I Will '' `` Julia '' Side three `` Birthday '' `` Yer Blues '' `` Mother Nature 's Son '' `` Everybody 's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey '' `` Sexy Sadie '' `` Helter Skelter '' `` Long, Long, Long '' Side four `` Revolution 1 '' `` Honey Pie '' `` Savoy Truffle '' `` Cry Baby Cry '' `` Revolution 9 '' `` Good Night '' Non-album single `` Hey Jude Revolution '' Outtakes `` A Beginning '' `` Child of Nature '' `` Circles '' `` Etcetera '' `` Junk '' `` Not Guilty '' `` Sour Milk Sea '' `` What 's the New Mary Jane '' Related articles The Beatles discography The Beatles in India Mother Nature 's Son The Grey Album Please Please Me With the Beatles A Hard Day 's Night Beatles for Sale Help ! Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. 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Question: who sings good night on the beatles white album
Answer: Ringo Starr; Ringo Starr; Ringo Starr; Ringo Starr; Ringo Starr