"How Do I Say Goodbye" | ||||
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Single by Dean Lewis | ||||
from the album The Hardest Love | ||||
Released | 2 September 2022 [1] | |||
Length | 2:43 | |||
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"How Do I Say Goodbye" on YouTube |
"How Do I Say Goodbye" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Dean Lewis. The song was released on 2 September 2022 as the third single from Lewis's second studio album, The Hardest Love .
At the 2023 ARIA Music Awards, the song was nominated for Song of the Year. [2]
At the APRA Music Awards of 2024, the song won Most Performed Australian Work and Most Performed Pop Work. [3] [4]
Lewis wrote the song for his father, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2019. Dean Lewis later said, "Although I wrote the song about my dad, my dad ended up being okay. I wrote the song assuming I was gonna have to say goodbye, and I didn't have to. My dad got a stem cell transplant and his cancer was an aggressive form of pre-leukemia, and he had a very small percentage chance of getting out of it." [5] He has since gone into remission.
The official video was directed by Sean Loaney (Lewis's brother) and premiered on 6 September 2022. The music video features footage taken by Lewis's father during the singer's childhood. [6]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "How Do I Say Goodbye" | 2:43 |
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1. | "How Do I Say Goodbye" (Chuksie remix) | 3:13 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "How Do I Say Goodbye" (Acoustic version) | 2:44 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [49] | 4× Platinum | 280,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [50] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
Belgium (BRMA) [51] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [52] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [53] | 2× Platinum | 160,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [54] | 2× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [55] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [56] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [57] | Gold | 50,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [58] | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [59] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [60] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [61] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [62] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
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Sweden (GLF) [63] | Platinum | 8,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |