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1974

Goodnight Vienna

Ringo Starr
Produced by Richard Perry

Track Listing

  1. (It's All Down To) Goodnight Vienna
    2:35
  2. Goodnight Vienna (reprise)
    1:21

John contributed the title track to Ringo’s Goodnight Vienna. It was also reprised as the final track of the album.

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(It’s All Down To) Goodnight Vienna
John Lennon: piano
Ringo Starr: drums
Carl “Weddings And Bar Mitzvahs” Fortina: accordion
Blackberries: backing vocals
Clydie King: backing vocals
The Masst Alberts: backing vocals
Billy Preston: clavinet
Jim Keltner: drums
Jesse Ed Davis: guitar
Lon Van Eaton: guitar
Bobby Keys: horns
Lon Van Eaton: horns
Steve Madaio: horns
Trevor Lawrence: horns

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(It's All Down To) Goodnight Vienna

I took my baby to a party last night
She was so beautiful she made me uptight
Up come a butcher with her ju jus alright
It's all down to Goodnight Vienna!

Felt like a bohunk but I kept up my cool
Green as a frog, man I was back into school
Zipped up my mouth coz I was starting to droll
It's all down to Goodnight Vienna!

Get it up, get it up
Get it up, get it up
It's all down to Goodnight Vienna!

She said she loved me but I knew she was lying
Felt like an Arab who was dancing through Zion
Don't call no doctor when ya just feel like crying
It's all down to Goodnight Vienna!

Get it up, get it up
Get it up, get it up
It's all da da down to Goodnight Vienna!

Written by John Lennon

Goodnight Vienna (reprise)

"Ok... with gusto, boys, with gusto!"

I took my baby to a party last night,
She was so beautiful, she made me uptight,
Up came a butcher with her ju jus alight,
It's all down to goodnight Vienna.

Goodnight Vienna

"Come on, boys, sing it to me!"
"Oh, you're so beautiful,
You know that I love you, don't you, boys?"

"And don't forget, folks, the band will be back in fifteen minutes. Just a short break and they'll be back on stage ready to do it to you one more time! That's it!"

Written by John Lennon