Goodbye to You (Scandal song)

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"Goodbye to You"
Scandal - Goodbye to You.jpg
Single by Scandal
from the album Scandal
B-side "All My Life"
ReleasedSeptember 1982
Studio Mediasound, New York City
Genre
Length3:46
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Zack Smith
Scandal singles chronology
"Goodbye to You"
(1982)
"Love's Got a Line on You"
(1983)

"Goodbye to You" is the debut single by American rock band Scandal. The song was written by band member Zack Smith, [1] and is from their 1982 eponymous debut EP.

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Background

The video shows Patty Smyth in a bright red dress singing the lyrics to various members of the band as they perform the song. Scandal keyboardist Benjy King is shown playing a rare Digital Keyboards Synergy synthesizer, which provided the main 8th note foundation of the track.

Though he is not shown in the video, the song features Max Crook from Del Shannon's band and Paul Shaffer (who at the time was bandleader and sidekick on Late Night with David Letterman ) playing a solo—based on Del Shannon's "Runaway" on an Oberheim OB-Xa. [2]

Chart performance

The single reached No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. [3]

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References

  1. Lyrics to "Goodbye to You", written by Zack Smith.
  2. Sigman, Mitchell (March 2010). "Scandal's "Goodbye to You" Solo". Keyboard Magazine. p. 44.
  3. Scandal discography, phan.org