Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)

"Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"
Single by Billy Joel
from the album River of Dreams
Released	1994
Format	7", CD single
Genre	Soft rock, classical
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Billy Joel
Producer	Billy Joel, Danny Kortchmar
Billy Joel singles chronology
"No Man's Land" (1993) "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" (1994) "To Make You Feel My Love" (1997)

"Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" is the seventh track and third single from Billy Joel's 1993 album River of Dreams. It was inspired by Alexa Ray Joel, his daughter by Christie Brinkley. The song is in the key of G major.

The song was originally written as a prelude to the song "The River of Dreams" in the style of a monophonic Gregorian chant. Joel had written English words in the chant describing a man who had lost his faith, and had then had the words translated into Latin. He changed his mind upon hearing the recording, and incorporated it into the song River of Dreams. He later removed the interlude from the final studio version of "River of Dreams", and instead wrote lyrics to the melody that reflected his sentiment toward Alexa Ray, who was a young child at the time of writing. The version of "River of Dreams" incorporating Lullabye appeared as an alternate version on the box set My Lives, and on An Evening of Questions and Answers...And A Little Music.

Cover versions

• The German a cappella group Wise Guys included a version of this song in their 1997 album Alles im grünen Bereich
• The Gas House Gang (quartet) included an arrangement of this song by Kirk Young on their 2003 CD "The Gas House Gang's Fifth"
• John Stamos performed it on the 2006 charity album Unexpected Dreams–Songs From the Stars.
• Cantabile - the London Quartet arranged this for their album Lullabyes and Goodbyes - Cantabile
• In 2009, the song was also performed by Celtic Woman
• Philip Lawson arranged this song for The King's Singers.
• In 2010, it was covered by Libera on their Peace DeLuxe album, with Joshua Madine as the soloist.
• In 2010, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performed an all-male vocal arrangement by Ryan Murphy on the album "Men of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir".
• In 2011, Celine Dion performed it on The Oprah Winfrey Show and her residency show, Celine.
• It was featured in the 2012 film Song for Marion, performed by Terence Stamp

Chart positions

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart	27
New Zealand Singles Chart	43
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	77
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	18

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics