Title:	Good Night
Credits:	John Lennon - Paul McCartney
Recorded	EMIStudios, London, 22 July 1968
Producer	George Martin
Engineer	Geoff Emerick
Location	The Beatles - track 13 disc 2

John Lennon at his other extreme: as slushy a ballad as one could ever hear, written for his son Julian but expressly for Ringo to sing. Original recordings featured Beatles instrumentation but these were discarded in favour of an all-orchestral music track: 12 violins, three violas, three flutes, three cellos, a harp, clarinet, horn, vibraphone, string bass, celeste and piano. Ringo backed by eight singers from the mike Sammes troupe (which also featured on I Am The Walrus), recorded his plaintive vocal during the same 22 July 1968 session.

The Beatles began recording on June 28, 1969. Five takes (1 - 5) were recorded this day of John Lennon on acoustic guitar and Ringo Starr on vocals. On July 2, new lead vocals were added to take five and harmony backing vocals were recorded (takes 6 - 15). The song was begun again on July 22, beginning with take 23. Twelve takes of the orchestra were taped (takes 23 - 34) and the choir was added. Once this was complete Ringo added his lead vocal on this day and six mono mixes were created July 23. Two more mono mixes and one stereo mix were prepared October 11 and used for release. Ringo gave a copy of a mono mix of 'Good Night' to Peter Sellers. On this version, the final "good night" is clearer and some voices are just barely heard in the background. This mix has been bootlegged and can be found on "Unsurpassed Masters" (CD).

An unnumbered rehearsal take recorded June 28, 1968 was released in both the US and the UK on October 29, 1996 on "The Beatles Anthology Volume 3." This track was crossfaded into take 34 - the released take.

John and Yoko Ono recorded this track on March 26, 1969 as part of the album side titled 'Amsterdam', which consisted of conversation with the press and the tracks titled 'Good-bye Amsterdam, Good-bye', 'John John (Let's Hope For Peace)', 'Bed Peace', and 'Good Night'. This track, produced by John and Yoko, was released on the LP "Wedding Album" in the US on October 20, 1969, and in the UK on November 7, 1969.

During the spring of 1969 John performed a spur of the moment version of this song while appearing on Israeli radio. This performance has been bootlegged and can be found on "The Toy Boy."