How Do I Say Goodbye

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"How Do I Say Goodbye"
How Do I Say Goodbye by Dean Lewis.png
Single by Dean Lewis
from the album The Hardest Love
Released2 September 2022 [1]
Length2:43
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dean Lewis
  • Jon Hume
  • Edd Holloway
  • Nick Atkinson
Dean Lewis singles chronology
"Lost Without You"
(2022)		"How Do I Say Goodbye"
(2022)		"Trust Me Mate"
(2023)
Music video
"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 .

Contents

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]

Background

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.

Music video

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]

Track listings

Digital download / streaming
No.TitleLength
1."How Do I Say Goodbye"2:43
Digital download / streaming
No.TitleLength
1."How Do I Say Goodbye" (Chuksie remix)3:13
Digital download / streaming
No.TitleLength
1."How Do I Say Goodbye" (Acoustic version)2:44

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "How Do I Say Goodbye"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [49] 4× Platinum280,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria) [50] Gold15,000‡
Belgium (BRMA) [51] Platinum40,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [52] Platinum40,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [53] 2× Platinum160,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [54] 2× Platinum180,000‡
France (SNEP) [55] Gold100,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [56] Gold200,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [57] Gold50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [58] 2× Platinum60,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [59] Gold25,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [60] Gold30,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [61] Platinum20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [62] Platinum600,000‡
Streaming
Sweden (GLF) [63] Platinum8,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

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  2. ↑ "Nominees Announced for 2023 ARIA Awards". Music Feeds . 21 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "2024 APRA Music Awards nominees announced: Paul Kelly, Troye Sivan, Tex Perkins, and more". Mumbrella. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "APRA Music Awards 2024: Troye Sivan, Sia & The Teskey Brothers Among Biggest Winners". The Music . 1 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "Dean Lewis Releases New Song "How Do I Say Goodbye"". PM Studio. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ↑ @deanlewis (5 September 2022). "Guys the music video is out now!! It was filmed, directed and edited by my brother Sean he CRUSHED IT! My dad filmed so much footage of us growing up so that's how we had all that footage! I'm so blown away by the response!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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  52. ↑ "Brazilian single certifications – Dean Lewis – How Do I Say Goodbye" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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  54. ↑ "Danish single certifications – Dean Lewis – How Do I Say Goodbye". IFPI Danmark . Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  55. ↑ "French single certifications – Dean Lewis – How Do I Say Goodbye" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  56. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Dean Lewis; 'How Do I Say Goodbye')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  57. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Dean Lewis – How Do I Say Goodbye" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  58. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Dean Lewis – How Do I Say Goodbye?". Radioscope. Retrieved 20 July 2025.Type How Do I Say Goodbye? in the "Search:" field.
  59. ↑ "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 20 December 2023. Click "TYTUŁ" and enter How Do I Say Goodbye in the search box.
  60. ↑ "Spanish single certifications – Dean Lewis – How Do I Say Goodbye". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España . Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  61. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('How Do I Say Goodbye')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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  63. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan – Dean Lewis" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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