"Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" | ||||
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Single by Billy Joel | ||||
from the album River of Dreams | ||||
B-side | "Two Thousand Years" | |||
Released | March 1994[1] | |||
Recorded | 1992, in New York City | |||
Genre | Pop[2] | |||
Length | 3:34 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel | |||
Producer(s) | Billy Joel, Danny Kortchmar | |||
Billy Joel singles chronology | ||||
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"Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" is the seventh track from Billy Joel's 1993 album River of Dreams, released in 1994 as the fourth and final single for the album. It was inspired by Alexa Ray Joel, his daughter by Christie Brinkley. The song is in the key of G major.
In 2004, it was announced that Joel had agreed to write two children's books for Scholastic, the U.S. publisher. The first book was titled Goodnight, My Angel (A Lullabye) and is a picture book based on the song and illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert. "Reassuring children that they are not alone or could be abandoned is very important for their well-being," Joel said in a statement in 2004. The second book was titled New York State of Mind and illustrated by Izak.