Good-bye Baby

"Good-bye Baby"
Single by Miss A
from the album A Class
Released	July 18, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	K-pop
Length	3:46
Label	JYP
Songwriter	Park Jin-young
Producers	Park Jin-young Hong ji-sang
Miss A singles chronology
"Love Alone" (2011) "Good-bye Baby" (2011) "Touch" (2012)
Music video
"Good-bye Baby" on YouTube

"Good-bye Baby" is a song recorded by K-pop girl group Miss A for their debut studio album A Class. "Good-bye Baby" topped the Gaon Digital Chart for two weeks and became one of the best-performing singles of 2011.

Background and release

On July 11, 2011 Miss A first teased their comeback nine months after their second single album Step Up, for July 18, 2011, in which the title song "Good-bye Baby" was symbolically written. ^[1] On July 18, 2011, both the music video for "Good-bye Baby" and their first studio album A Class were released.

Composition

"Good-bye Baby" lyrics were written by Park Jin-young and composed by Park Jin-young and Shim Eun-ji. ^[2] The song is composed in the key G-sharp minor and has 138 beats per minute and a running time of 3 minutes and 46 seconds. ^[3] "Good-bye Baby" captured the ears of music fans at once with a powerful hip-hop rhythm and acoustic shuffle soul in the story of a woman who relentlessly abandons a flirting man. ^[4]

Promotion

On July 21 2011, Miss A held their first comeback stage for the song on Mnet's M Countdown ^[5] they also performed on M Countdown on July 28. ^[6] Miss A performed on KBS's Music Bank on July 29 ^[7] and SBS's Inkigayo on July 31. ^[8]

Accolades

Music program awards

Program	Date (3 total)	Ref.
M Countdown	July 28, 2011	[9]
Music Bank	July 29, 2011	[10]
Inkigayo	July 31, 2011	[11]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for "Good-bye Baby"

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
Golden Disc Awards	2012	Digital Daesang of the Year	Nominated	[12]
		Digital Bonsang Award	Won
Mnet Asian Music Awards	2011	Song of the Year	Nominated	[13]
		Best Dance Performance – Female Group	Won
Seoul Music Awards	2012	Bonsang Award	Won	[14]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart positions

Chart (2011)	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon) [15]	1
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100) [16]	1
US World Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [17]	3

Monthly charts

Chart (July 2011)	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon) [18]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon) [19]	11

Sales

Country	Sales
South Korea (digital) [20]	3,613,664

Release history

Release history for "Good-bye Baby"

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	July 18, 2011	Digital download	JYP

References

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2. "Good-bye Baby" (in Korean). Dreamus. JYP Entertainment. July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011– via Melon.
3. "Key & BPM for Good-bye Baby by Miss A | Tunebat". Tunebat. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
4. Lee, Mina (July 26, 2011). "미쓰에이 '굿 바이 베이비' 인기몰이 … 음원차트 1위". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
5. Park, So-Jung (July 18, 2011). 미스 A, 'Good-bye Baby'로 실시간 메이저 음악 차트 1위 (in Korean). Naver . Retrieved July 18, 2011– via Naver.
6. "miss A wins #1 on M! Countdown + other performances". Allkpop . Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
7. "miss A wins Music Bank K-Chart on comeback + other performances". Allkpop . Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
8. "miss A wins Inkigayo Mutizen + other performances". Allkpop . Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
9. "미쓰에이, '엠카'서 컴백 1주일만에 1위 기록". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved January 1, 2021.
10. 미쓰에이, '뮤뱅' 컴백과 동시에 1위 '기염'. n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021– via Naver.
11. "miss A wins Inkigayo Mutizen + other performances". Allkpop . Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
12. Winners from the 26th Golden Disk Awards
13. "Winners from the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards". Allkpop. November 29, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
14. Winners from the 21st High1 Seoul Music Awards
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16. "Good-bye Baby". Billboard . August 20, 2011. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
17. "Good-bye Baby". Billboard . August 6, 2011.
18. "Digital Chart – July 2011". Circle Chart (in Korean). July 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
19. "Digital Chart – 2011". Circle Chart (in Korean). January 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
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