So when one does a search on YouTube for this song, the results are what come up below:
YouTube Search "Imogen Heap - Goodnight and Go"
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And the below information from Wikipedia shows how Imogen Heap co-wrote "Goodnight n Go" from Ariana Grande's new album.
That's fine, and Grande's a fan, etc. But she failed to even CITE that it was not even her song on the credits for that YouTube stream below.
I just roll my eyes for many reasons, maybe 1st and foremost, like the travesty of now people hearing-and-thinking "Africa" is the new hit single from WEEZER, like 80 or 90% of Ariana Grande's fans/people who hear this song will believe it was written and a song originally recorded and released by Ariana Grande (or whatever pop-music songwriting hack her label hires to write songs for her).
No, this is a motherfucking song written-by the goddess herself Imogen Heap.
I just...millennials and their lazy, privileged naive lives.
Perhaps some of them at least will be introduced to Immi and realize how much more creative and organic sounding her original version is, and maybe more beneficially all her other music can be.
I mean she even has Jeff Beck play on hers. Jeff of-the-famed-60's-blues-rockers, the YARDBIRDS plays on the original.
Ariana Grande's version contains "trap" "future bass" and "house" elements...yeah, that really is the kind of vibe I get from this tune of course. Electronically enhanced garbley-gook..mmkay.
But when one searches for this song on YouTube, Ariana Grande's COVER should not be the what comes up 1st. And look at how long its been there (a few months) and how many hits (4.5 million, which is more than Imogen Heap's single, uploaded 9 years ago).
Let's see in 5 or 10 years how those numbers compare. The millennial, what-have-you-done-for-me-lately flavor-of-the-month mentality has another perfect example of this and on YouTube right now.
Immi's original has stood the test of time some 13 years later, but I'd be surprised if 13 years from now in the year 2031, the Ariana Grande COVER will be in regular rotation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_and_Go
Ariana Grande version
"Goodnight n Go" is a song by American singer Ariana Grande covered/remixed the song for her album Sweetener, released in 2018. Grande's version uses a sample of the original as part of an original arrangement but with extra harmonies and different song structures, with a new verse penned by Grande. It was written by Grande, Heap and Victoria Monét, With Tommy Brown, Charles Anderson and Michael Foster. In terms of music "Goodnight n Go" is a EDM and future bass song that contains trap and deep house elements.Background and release[edit]
It was written by Imogen Heap, Ariana Grande and Victoria Monét. With Tommy Brown, Charles Anderson and Michael Foster handling the production of the song. It was recorded at Glenwood Place Burbank, California, with Jeremy Lertola providing recording engineer assistance.[4] Serban Ghenea mixed the track, and John Hanes as the assistant mixer. Grande's version uses a sample of the original as part of an original arrangement, reharmonizing and rearranging the song's structure. The chorus and bridge lyrics of the original are retained, with a new verse penned by Grande.[5]
Composition[edit]
"Goodnight n Go" is a EDM and future bass song,[2][3] with tropical and deep house elements.[6] It runs for a total duration off three minutes and nine seconds.[7] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, the song is composed in the key of D Major with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. Grande's vocals range from the note of F♯3 to Gb5.[8]
Critical reception[edit]
Heap responded positively to the cover/remix, calling it "a gift" and that she "love[d] that saucy verse she’s put in there and twisted it up at the end. What’s not to like?"
