"Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" | |
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Song by Leonard Cohen | |
from the album Songs of Leonard Cohen | |
Published | 1967 |
Genre | Contemporary folk |
Songwriter(s) | Leonard Cohen |
Producer(s) | John Simon |
"Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" is a song by Leonard Cohen. [1] It was first released in November 1967, in a version by Judy Collins on her album Wildflowers . The following month, Cohen's own version was issued on his debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen .
Cohen wrote the song when staying at the Penn Terminal Hotel on 34th Street in New York City in 1966. He wrote:
The room is too hot. I can't open the windows. I am in the midst of a bitter quarrel with a blonde woman. The song is half-written in pencil but it protects us as we manoeuvre, each of us, for unconditional victory. I am in the wrong room. I am with the wrong woman. [2]
Feist, Ariel Engle and Daniela Gesundheit performed the song at the 2017 Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen concert. [3] Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks has also covered the song in memory of his late wife on his album Whatcha Want.