Goodbye (Air Supply song)

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"Goodbye"
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Single by Air Supply
from the album The Vanishing Race
B-side "The Vanishing Race"
ReleasedMay 7, 1993
Studio Trax Recorders, Ground Control Studios/Sunset Sound Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Length4:04
Label Giant
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Air Supply singles chronology
"Stronger Than the Night"
(1991)
"Goodbye"
(1993)
"Someone"
(1995)

"Goodbye" is a song by English/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, from their twelfth album The Vanishing Race . Released as a single in 1993, it was an Adult Contemporary chart hit, peaking at No. 48. [1] In the UK, the song peaked at No. 66. [2] The song was more successful in Asia, particularly in the Philippines and Indonesia.

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Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Panama ( El Siglo de Torreón ) [3] 8
UK Singles (OCC) [4] 66
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [5] 48

Cover versions

"Goodbye" has been covered by several artists: [6]

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 13.
  2. "AIR SUPPLY - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  3. "Discos más populares en Latinoamérica". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish): 46. October 10, 1993. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  4. "AIR SUPPLY - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 13.
  6. "Covers of Goodbye by Air Supply".