Last Goodbye (Jeff Buckley song)

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"Last Goodbye"
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Single by Jeff Buckley
from the album Grace
ReleasedMay 8, 1995 [1]
RecordedBearsville Recording Studio, Woodstock, New York (late 1993)
Genre Alternative rock, folk rock
Length4:35
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Jeff Buckley
Producer(s) Andy Wallace
Jeff Buckley singles chronology
"Grace"
(1994)		"Last Goodbye"
(1995)		"So Real"
(1995)

"Last Goodbye" is a 1994 song by singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, from his album Grace . It was the second single released from the album, after the title song. It was Buckley's most commercially successful song in the US, earning him a belated alternative hit in early 1995, peaking at No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. [2] In Australia, the single peaked at No. 88 on the ARIA Singles Chart. [3]

Contents

"Last Goodbye" was originally titled "Unforgiven", and had a more straightforward rock feel and instrumentation; it was first recorded at a demo session in 1990. [4] A live version of the song, still titled "Unforgiven", was recorded in 1993 and released on the posthumous 2003 album Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition) .

The song also featured at number 3 on Australia's Triple J's 'Hottest 100 of 20 Years' countdown.

Music video

A music video was created for "Last Goodbye", which showed Buckley and the rest of the band playing the song on a stage while video was projected onto them and the wall behind them.

Track listing

UK CD 1 (6620422)

  1. "Last Goodbye (Edit)"
  2. "Last Goodbye (Full Version)"
  3. "Last Goodbye (Live and Acoustic in Japan)"

UK CD 2 (6620425)

  1. "Last Goodbye (Full Version)"
  2. "Dream Brother (Live in Hamburg)"
  3. "So Real (Live and Acoustic in Japan)"

Japanese EP (SRCS-7592)

  1. "Last Goodbye (Edit)"
  2. "Mojo Pin (Live at Wetlands)"
  3. "Kanga-Roo"
  4. "Lost Highway"

Soundtrack appearances and covers

The song is included in the soundtrack of the 2001 film Vanilla Sky . The song is also present in episode 7 of season 4 of Sex Education .

A cover of the song by actress Scarlett Johansson, done with only voice and piano, appeared on the soundtrack of the 2009 film He's Just Not That Into You .

The song was sung by Andy Mientus in the 2013 episode "The Producers" of the television show Smash .

Other appearances

On January 12, 2005, the famed Washington, D.C./Baltimore, MD alternative radio station WHFS played "Last Goodbye" as their final track before going under new management as a modern Latin music station. It has also been used by other alternative stations as their last song, including WRXP in New York City (before switching to a simulcast of WFAN), WBRU in Providence, and KRBZ in Kansas City.

The song appeared on an episode of Hindsight .

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 88
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 54
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [7] 19

References

  1. ↑ "New singles". Music Week . May 6, 1995. p. 71.
  2. ↑ "AllMusic, Jeff Buckley Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles".
  3. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 29 Oct 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved July 12, 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
  4. ↑ Babylon Dungeon Session - 1 - Unforgiven 1st Mix, YouTube
  5. ↑ "Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Jeff Buckley: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jeff Buckley Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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