Goodbye (Army of Anyone song)

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"Goodbye"
Single by Army of Anyone
from the album Army of Anyone
ReleasedOctober 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)
Recorded2005–2006
Studio The Village Studio, Santa Monica
Genre
Length4:31
Label The Firm
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Army of Anyone singles chronology
"Goodbye"
(2006)		"Father Figure"
(2007)

"Goodbye" is a song by American rock band Army of Anyone. It was their first single off their only studio Army of Anyone . It peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2006.

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Background

"Goodbye" was the last song written for the band's debut, and only, studio album, Army of Anyone , [2] with vocalist Richard Patrick feeling that the album had too many mid-tempo songs, and that a more up-tempo song was needed to mix things up. [3] Guitarist Dean DeLeo estimated that the song was written in approximately five minutes. [2] The song was released as the album's first single on July 28, 2006, [4] The band shot a music video for the song the following month, [5] with it later making its debut on October 3, 2006. [6] The video was directed by Scott Speer, who had previous directed the video for rock band Switchfoot's single "Stars". [7] The video mostly consists of footage of the band performing the song for many different, rapidly changing camera views. [2] The band noted the video to be a challenge, as it had been the first time the four had ever performed together publicly, and it was done both in front of cameras, and in front a large crowd of people who had been invited through an internet survey. [8] [2] A separate, "Behind the Scenes/Making of" video was released online as well. [7] A special download of the song was made available for Halloween 2006, where, when the song was purchased on iTunes, the buyer would also receive a free download of the music video, and a podcast, with band interviews discussing "Goodbye" and the rest of the tracks from the Army of Anyone album. [9] The song performed well on rock radio, [10] peaking at number three on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. [11]

The band debuted the song live on September 20, 2006. [12] The song was performed three time on live, national television: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on November 10, Late Night With Conan O'Brien on November 20, and Last Call with Carson Daly on November 23. [13] [14]

Themes and composition

Lyrically, Richard Patrick described the song as being about the death of a number of people close to him at the time:

"It's a song about loss and dealing with the ending of things, you know, how everybody has to go through that at some point in their life. "I've lost a lot of friends lately. I don't know what's going on. And there's a full range of emotions that go behind it, like grief and then just anger, and then you feel sad and just kind of dealing with that". [2]

Patrick also revealed the song was influenced by his 2002 stint in drug rehab, and the people around him that he had lost to the drug addiction had had overcome himself. [6]

Musically, AllMusic described the song as having a huge rock, guitar-driven sound that Bob Ezrin, the music producer the band had worked with, was known for. [10] While mostly guitar, bass, and drum driven, a keyboard part plays in the background in the bridge and outro. [15]

Reception

PopMatters singled out "Goodbye" as one of two highlights on the Army of Anyone album. [15]

Personnel

Army of Anyone

Production

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard )3 [11]
US Modern Rock ( Billboard )21 [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Army of Anyone 'Goodbye' video to debut October 3 on Yahoo Music". MSOPR. September 29, 2006.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Army of Anyone Want to be Judged by Their Fifth Album, Not Their Debut". Archived from the original on February 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ "ARMY OF ANYONE Frontman Says Writing Music Was 'Effortless'". 16 November 2006.
  4. ↑ "ARMY OF ANYONE: First Single Available Online". 28 July 2006.
  5. ↑ "ARMY OF ANYONE to Film Video Next Week". 18 August 2006.
  6. 1 2 "ARMY OF ANYONE to Debut First Video Tomorrow". 2 October 2006.
  7. 1 2 "ARMY OF ANYONE: Go Behind the Scenes of 'Goodbye' Video Shoot". September 2006.
  8. ↑ "ARMY OF ANYONE to Film 'Goodbye' Video Today; Fans Invited to Attend". 22 August 2006.
  9. ↑ "ARMY OF ANYONE's Halloween Treat: Special Three-In-One EP Due October 31". 12 October 2006.
  10. 1 2 "Army of Anyone - Army of Anyone | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
  11. 1 2 [ dead link ]
  12. ↑ "ARMY OF ANYONE Live Debut Scheduled for Wednesday". 17 September 2006.
  13. ↑ "Army of Anyone Raiding Stone Temple Pilots, Filter Catalogs for Tour". Archived from the original on February 20, 2015.
  14. ↑ "ARMY OF ANYONE Schedules TV Appearances". 10 November 2006.
  15. 1 2 "Army of Anyone: Army of Anyone, PopMatters". 17 January 2007.
  16. ↑ [ dead link ]
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