Goodbye Says It All

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"Goodbye Says It All"
Single by Blackhawk
from the album Blackhawk
B-side "Let 'Em Whirl"
ReleasedOctober 25, 1993
Recorded1993
Genre Country
Length3:24
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Charlie Black
Bobby Fischer
Johnny MacRae
Producer(s) Mark Bright
Tim DuBois
Blackhawk singles chronology
"Goodbye Says It All"
(1993)
"Every Once in a While"
(1994)

"Goodbye Says It All" is a debut song by American country music band Blackhawk, written by Bobby Fischer, Charlie Black and Johnny MacRae. It was released in October 1993 as the lead single from their self-titled debut album. It peaked at #11 in the United States, [1] and #29 in Canada. This song was heavily promoted on CMT.

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Content

The song's narrator is sneaking home from an unknown location (presumably a tavern or a nightclub) "thinking up an alibi", only to find that the house is entirely empty and all of its lights are on. He discovers that, instead of attempting a reconciliation, his significant other has left, writing the word "goodbye" in red lipstick on the living room wall before she leaves.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marius Penczner. In the video, a man returns to a pontoon house to find that his significant other has abandoned him, and the word "goodbye" written in red lipstick on the exterior wall of the pontoon, and his belongings destroyed. She also leaves behind a videotape of her destroying his things. At the end of the video, the man drops the television set into the water, since his ex-girlfriend destroyed the television remote control.

Chart performance

The song entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on the week of November 27, 1993, and peaked at number 11 on the week of March 12, 1994.

Chart (1993-1994)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 29
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [3] 11
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 11

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