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{{Infobox song
| name       = Goodnight Sweetheart
| cover      = Goodnight Sweetheart single.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[David Kersh]]
| album      = [[Goodnight Sweetheart (album)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]
| B-side     = Breaking Hearts and Taking Names
| released   = July 27, 1996<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/kersh_david/543032/album.jhtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-07-03 |archive-date=2011-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208183221/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/kersh_david/543032/album.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| recorded   = 1996
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[country music|Country]]
| length     = 3:28<ref name="Liner Notes" />
| label      = [[Curb Records|Curb]]
| writer     = [[Kim Williams (songwriter)|Kim Williams]], L. David Lewis, [[Randy Boudreaux]]<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Goodnight Sweetheart |others=David Kersh |year=1996 |type=CD |publisher=Curb Records |id=77848}}</ref>
| producer   = Pat McMakin<ref name="Liner Notes" />
| prev_title = Breaking Hearts and Taking Names
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = [[Another You (David Kersh song)|Another You]]
| next_year  = 1997
}}
'''"Goodnight Sweetheart"''' is a song co-written by [[Kim Williams (songwriter)|Kim Williams]], L. David Lewis and [[Randy Boudreaux]]. It was recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Joe Diffie]] for his 1992 album ''[[Regular Joe (album)|Regular Joe]]''. The song was later recorded by American country music artist [[David Kersh]] for his album ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (album)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]''. Released as the album's second single in July 1996, it reached number 6 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart but missed the top 40 on the Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Country Tracks chart.
==Music video==
The music video was directed by Chris Rogers and premiered in mid-1996.
==Chart performance==
"Goodnight Sweetheart" peaked at number 6 on the country charts in the U.S.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1996)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|44|chartid=9728|publishdate=December 16, 1996|accessdate=July 20, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardbubbling100|13|artist=David Kersh}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|6|artist=David Kersh}}
|}
==References==
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{{David Kersh}}
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[[Category:1992 songs]]
[[Category:1996 singles]]
[[Category:Joe Diffie songs]]
[[Category:David Kersh songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Randy Boudreaux]]
[[Category:Curb Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Kim Williams (songwriter)]]