"Kiss Goodnight" is the debut single released by Canadian singer-songwriter

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. The song was written by Shaw in conjunction with Stephen Kozmeniuk and Todd Clark, and was produced by Kozmeniuk and Zubin Thakkar. It was released December 4, 2012 through

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as Shaw's first official single following his win of the second Coca-Cola MuchMusic Covers Contest (2012) and serves as the

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for Shaw's debut studio album, '' Yesterday'' (2015). A

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version featuring vocals by

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artist Nathalie Noël, entitled "Je veux juste rester là" ("I Just Want to Stay There"), was released April 9, 2013.

Commercial reception

"Kiss Goodnight" debuted at number 100 on the ''Billboard''

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for the week of January 19, 2013. It entered the top forty (at number 39) in its fourth week on the chart dated February 9, 2013 and reached a peak position of 24 on the chart dated May 18, 2013. The single was certified

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on April 22, 2013, indicating sales of over 40,000 units. As of September 2015, "Kiss Goodnight" has sold over 73,000 units, according to Shaw's label,

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. The song received significant airplay on pop and adult radio formats in early 2013 and resultantly charted on multiple airplay charts compiled by ''Billboard'' via Nielsen BDS Radio. "Kiss Goodnight" spent seventeen weeks in the Top 10 on Canadian

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radio and reached a peak position of 5 on the associated

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chart; it also peaked at number eighteen on the

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chart and at number 7 on the

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chart. It was the 23rd most-played song on Canadian radio between January 2001 and July 2015, according to data compiled by

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Music video

The official music video for "Kiss Goodnight" was directed by Marc Andre Debruyne and premiered through

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December 14, 2012 before becoming publicly available December 17, 2012. It was funded by

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, a collaborative venture between

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and

. In the video, Shaw and his friends break into an

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in the woods, where they engage in a campfire-style singalong and later illuminate the house with strings of

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. The video was nominated for the MuchFACT Video of the Year award at the

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, but lost to

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Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Awards and nominations

References

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