Don't Say Goodbye (Human Nature song)

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"Don't Say Goodbye"
Don't Say Goodbye Human Nature Cover.jpg
Single by Human Nature
from the album Telling Everybody
B-side "September Girl"
Released9 March 1997
Recorded1996
Genre Pop
Length4:22
Label Sony Music Records, Columbia Records
Songwriter(s) Paul Begaud, Michael Tierney, Andrew Tierney
Producer(s) Paul Begaud
Human Nature singles chronology
"Wishes"
(1996)
"Don't Say Goodbye"
(1997)
"Whisper Your Name"
(1997)
Music video
"Don't Say Goodbye" on YouTube

"Don't Say Goodbye" is a song by Human Nature, released as the fourth single from their album Telling Everybody on 9 March 1997 by Sony Music Records and Columbia Records. It nominated the 1997 ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Single along with Wishes but lost to Savage Garden's Truly Madly Deeply. The song peaked at No. 8 in Australia, becoming their second top ten single. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Australian CD single

  1. "Don't Say Goodbye" – 4:22
  2. "Wishes" (Ak's Comfort Zone Mix) – 4:53
  3. "September Girl" (US Acoustic Remix) – 3:51

Australian remix single

  1. "Don't Say Goodbye"
  2. "Don't Say Goodbye" (Pee Wee Ferris Remix (Radio Edit))
  3. "Don't Say Goodbye" (Pee Wee Ferris Remix)
  4. "September Girl" (US acoustic remix)

Charts

Weekly charts

"Don't Say Goodbye" debuted at No. 10 in Australia in the week commencing March 16, 1997, peaking at No. 8 on April 20, 1997. [4]

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)Position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 57

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [7] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Awards

"Don't Say Goodbye" was nominated for an ARIA Music Award at the 1997 ceremony. [8] It lost to "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1997 "Don't Say Goodbye"Highest Selling SingleNominated

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