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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: #E6E8FA; font-size: 125%;">"Goodnight, Irene"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Irene_Sheet_Music.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/Irene_Sheet_Music.JPG/220px-Irene_Sheet_Music.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Irene_Sheet_Music.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="269" data-file-height="369" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Sheet music for "Goodnight, Irene" by the Weavers</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: #E6E8FA;"><a href="/wiki/Song" title="Song">Song</a> by <a href="/wiki/Lead_Belly" title="Lead Belly">Lead Belly</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Ain't You Glad"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1943<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1943</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/American_folk_music" title="American folk music">Folk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">2</span>:<span class="s">25</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Melodisc_Records" title="Melodisc Records">Melodisc</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Lomax" title="John Lomax">John Lomax</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lead_Belly" title="Lead Belly">Lead Belly</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Goodnight, Irene</b>" or "<b>Irene, Goodnight</b>," (<a href="/wiki/Roud_Folk_Song_Index" title="Roud Folk Song Index">Roud</a> 11681) is a 20th-century American <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk standard</a>, written in <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="serif-fonts" style="font-family: 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', Times, 'Times New Roman', FreeSerif, 'DejaVu Math TeX', 'URW Bookman L', serif;"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:0.85em;font-size:80%;text-align:center"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>3</b></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>4</b></sub></span></span></span></span> time, first recorded by American <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> musician <a href="/wiki/Lead_Belly" title="Lead Belly">Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter</a> in 1933. A version recorded by <a href="/wiki/The_Weavers" title="The Weavers">The Weavers</a> was a #1 hit in 1950. <a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a> of The Weavers has characterized it as Lead Belly's "theme song."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The lyrics tell of the singer's troubled past with his love, Irene, and express his sadness and frustration. Several verses refer explicitly to suicidal fantasies, most famously in the line "sometimes I take a great notion to jump in the river and drown", which was the inspiration for the title of the 1964 <a href="/wiki/Ken_Kesey" title="Ken Kesey">Ken Kesey</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/Sometimes_a_Great_Notion" title="Sometimes a Great Notion">Sometimes a Great Notion</a></i> and a song of the same name from <a href="/wiki/John_Mellencamp" title="John Mellencamp">John Mellencamp</a>'s 1989 album, <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Daddy_(John_Mellencamp_album)" title="Big Daddy (John Mellencamp album)">Big Daddy</a></i>, itself strongly informed by traditional American folk music.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodnight,_Irene&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1886, <a href="/wiki/Gussie_Lord_Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Gussie Lord Davis">Gussie Lord Davis</a> published a song called "Irene, Goodnight". The lyrics of the song have some similarities to "Goodnight, Irene" to suggest that <a href="/wiki/Lead_Belly" title="Lead Belly">Huddie Ledbetter</a>'s song was based on Davis' lyrics. There is also a degree of resemblance in the music despite some differences, such as their time signatures, to indicate that the two songs are related.<sup id="cite_ref-loc_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Ledbetter, he first heard the core of the song, the refrain, and a couple of verses from his Uncle Terrill. Another uncle of Ledbetter, Bob Ledbetter, who also recorded a nearly identical version of the song, said that he also learned the song from Terrill. Family members of Huddie Ledbetter indicate that he may have sung the song as early as 1908 as a lullaby to his niece, Irene Campbell. Ledbetter eventually extended the song to six verses.<sup id="cite_ref-loc_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lead_Belly's_version"><span id="Lead_Belly.27s_version"></span>Lead Belly's version</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodnight,_Irene&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Lead Belly's version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Lomax" title="John Lomax">John Lomax</a> recorded a version of <a href="/wiki/Lead_Belly" title="Lead Belly">Huddie Ledbetter</a>'s song "Irene" in 1933, on a prison visit to Angola (<a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Penitentiary" title="Louisiana State Penitentiary">Louisiana State Penitentiary</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These recordings for the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> included three takes of "Irene".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first version recorded in 1933 had two verses and two choruses, the second version from 1934 had four verses and four refrains, while the third version from 1936 had six verses and six refrains, including an extended spoken part.<sup id="cite_ref-loc_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leadbelly_with_Accordeon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Leadbelly_with_Accordeon.jpg/202px-Leadbelly_with_Accordeon.jpg" decoding="async" width="202" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Leadbelly_with_Accordeon.jpg/303px-Leadbelly_with_Accordeon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Leadbelly_with_Accordeon.jpg/405px-Leadbelly_with_Accordeon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1093" data-file-height="1415" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lead_Belly" title="Lead Belly">Huddie William Ledbetter</a> (1888-1949), better known as Lead Belly</figcaption></figure><p>As part of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Art_Project" title="Federal Art Project">Federal Art Project</a> that began in 1935, the song was published in 1936, in Lomax's version, as "Goodnight, Irene", a joint Ledbetter-Lomax composition. It has a straightforward <a href="/wiki/Verse%E2%80%93chorus_form" title="Verse–chorus form">verse–chorus form</a>, but is in <a href="/wiki/Waltz_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Waltz time">waltz time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a <a href="/wiki/Three-chord_song" title="Three-chord song">three-chord song</a>, characterized as a "<a href="/wiki/Folk_ballad" class="mw-redirect" title="Folk ballad">folk ballad</a>" with a three-phrase melody, with provenance in 19th-century popular music transmitted by oral tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Irene" has been styled by Neil V. Rosenberg a "folk recomposition" of the 1886 song "Irene Good Night" by <a href="/wiki/Gussie_L._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Gussie L. Davis">Gussie L. Davis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a> connected the melody to the English ballad tradition, via a mountain song he knew as "Pere Ellen".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lead Belly's account was of performing "Irene" by 1908, in a way he learned from his uncles Ter(r)ell and Bob. By the 1930s, he had made the song his own, modifying the rhythm and rewriting most of the verses.<sup id="cite_ref-jour_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jour-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Lomax" title="Alan Lomax">Alan Lomax</a> made a field recording of Bob Ledbetter's version of the song.<sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lead Belly continued performing the song during his prison terms.<sup id="cite_ref-jour_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jour-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An extended version of the song that includes narratives connecting the verses appears in <i>Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly.</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1941, <a href="/wiki/Woody_Guthrie" title="Woody Guthrie">Woody Guthrie</a> used the melody for his New Deal anthem <i><a href="/wiki/Roll_On,_Columbia,_Roll_On" title="Roll On, Columbia, Roll On">Roll On, Columbia, Roll On</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Irene" remained a staple of Lead Belly's performances throughout the 1930s and 1940s. In 2002, Lead Belly's Library of Congress recording received a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Hall of Fame Award">Grammy Hall of Fame Award</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Version_by_the_Weavers">Version by the Weavers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodnight,_Irene&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Version by the Weavers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1950, one year after Lead Belly's death, the American folk band <a href="/wiki/The_Weavers" title="The Weavers">the Weavers</a> recorded a version of "Goodnight, Irene".<sup id="cite_ref-pc1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a <a href="/wiki/B-side" class="mw-redirect" title="B-side">B-side</a> track on the <a href="/wiki/Decca_label" class="mw-redirect" title="Decca label">Decca label</a>, produced by <a href="/wiki/Milt_Gabler" title="Milt Gabler">Milt Gabler</a>. The arranger was <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Jenkins" title="Gordon Jenkins">Gordon Jenkins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a national hit, as was the A-side, a version of "<a href="/wiki/Tzena,_Tzena,_Tzena" title="Tzena, Tzena, Tzena">Tzena, Tzena, Tzena</a>"; sales were recorded as 2 million copies.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The single first reached the <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard magazine">Billboard</a></i> Best Sellers in Stores chart on June 30, 1950 and lasted 25 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1 for 13 weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although generally faithful, the Weavers chose to omit some of Lead Belly's lyrics, leading <i>Time</i> magazine to label it a "dehydrated" and "prettied up" version of the original.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Weavers' lyrics are the ones now generally used, and <i>Billboard</i> ranked this version as the No. 1 song of 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This song closed the Weavers historic final concert on November 28, 1980. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Covers">Covers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodnight,_Irene&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Covers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the Weavers' success, many other artists released versions of the song, some of which were commercially successful in several genres. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>'s cover, released a month after the Weavers', lasted nine weeks on the <i>Billboard</i> magazine Best Seller chart on July 10, peaking at #5.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that same year, <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Tubb" title="Ernest Tubb">Ernest Tubb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red_Foley" title="Red Foley">Red Foley</a> had a number 1 country music record with the song,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Brothers_(American_musicians)" title="Alexander Brothers (American musicians)">Alexander Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Day" title="Dennis Day">Dennis Day</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jo_Stafford" title="Jo Stafford">Jo Stafford</a> released versions which made the Best Seller chart, peaking at number 26,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> number 17<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and number 9<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> respectively. <a href="/wiki/Moon_Mullican" title="Moon Mullican">Moon Mullican</a> had a number 5 country hit with it in 1950,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a version by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gayten" title="Paul Gayten">Paul Gayten</a> and his Orchestra reached number 6 on the <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/R%26B_chart" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B chart">R&B chart</a> in the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-whitburnr&b_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitburnr&b-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the <i><a href="/wiki/Cash_Box_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box magazine">Cash Box</a></i> chart, where all available versions were combined in the standings, the song reached a peak position of number 1 on September 2, 1950, and lasted at number 1 for 13 weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Raffi" title="Raffi">Raffi</a> sang the song on his 1979 children's album <i>The Corner Grocery Store</i>, but with modified lyrics about where different animals sleep. </p><p>The song was the basis for the 1950 parody called "Please Say Goodnight to the Guy, Irene" by Ziggy Talent. It also inspired the 1954 "answer" record "Wake Up, Irene" by <a href="/wiki/Hank_Thompson_(musician)" title="Hank Thompson (musician)">Hank Thompson</a>, a No. 1 on <i>Billboard</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s country chart.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tom_Waits" title="Tom Waits">Tom Waits</a>'s cover was included on <i><a href="/wiki/Orphans:_Brawlers,_Bawlers_and_Bastards" class="mw-redirect" title="Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards">Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards</a></i>; <a href="/wiki/Keith_Richards" title="Keith Richards">Keith Richards</a> covered it on his third solo album, <i><a href="/wiki/Crosseyed_Heart" title="Crosseyed Heart">Crosseyed Heart</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_hit_versions">Other hit versions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodnight,_Irene&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other hit versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Williams_(singer)" title="Billy Williams (singer)">Billy Williams</a> reached number 75 on the US <i>Billboard</i> pop chart.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reed" title="Jerry Reed">Jerry Reed</a> reached number 79 on the US pop chart.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_in_football">Use in football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodnight,_Irene&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Use in football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Goodnight Irene" is sung by supporters of English football team <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a>. It was first sung at a fireworks display at the Stadium the night before a home game against <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a> in 1950. During the game, the following day, Rovers were winning quite comfortably and the few Argyle supporters present began to leave early prompting a chorus of "Goodnight Argyle" from the Rovers supporters—the tune stuck and "Goodnight Irene" became the club song. The song was sung by Plymouth Argyle supporters for a long time before this and this added to the goading by the Bristol Rovers fans.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodnight,_Irene&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In professional wrestling, <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Adonis" title="Adrian Adonis">"Adorable" Adrian Adonis</a> frequently referred to his finishing move—a standard sleeperhold—as "Goodnight, Irene."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2013 videogame <i><a href="/wiki/BioShock_Infinite" title="BioShock Infinite">BioShock Infinite</a></i>, the song is heard being sung at the Raffle Fair, in the beginning of the game. It is an early indication of the anachronistic nature of the story, as it is set in the year of 1912. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodnight,_Irene&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/If_It_Had_Not_Been_For_Jesus" title="If It Had Not Been For Jesus">If It Had Not Been For Jesus</a>", a Christian <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a> sung to the same tune, first recorded in 1930 by <a href="/wiki/Blind_Willie_Johnson" title="Blind Willie Johnson">Blind Willie Johnson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodnight,_Irene&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Oliver" title="Paul Oliver">Oliver, Paul</a> (1984). <i>Songsters and saints: vocal traditions on race records</i>. Cambridge Univ. 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