Say Goodbye (Cheap Trick song)

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"Say Goodbye"
Cheap Trick 1997 Single Say Goodbye American.jpg
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album Cheap Trick
B-side "Yeah Yeah"
Released1997
Genre Rock, power pop
Length3:30 (Cheap Rock mix)
3:34 (album version)
Label Red Ant Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"Cold Turkey"
(1995)		"Say Goodbye"
(1997)		"Baby No More"
(1997)
Alternative Cover
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Australian/Japanese cover of "Say Goodbye"

"Say Goodbye" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1997 as the lead single from their thirteenth studio album Cheap Trick . The song was written by guitarist Rick Nielsen, lead vocalist Robin Zander and bassist Tom Petersson, and was produced by Cheap Trick and Ian Taylor. [1]

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"Say Goodbye" reached number 19 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart and number 39 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. [2]

Release

"Say Goodbye" was released as the lead single from Cheap Trick. In the US, Red Ant began promoting the song to a number of different radio formats, including commercial alternative and triple-A, from March 24, 1997. [3]

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Doug Freel. It features the band performing in front of an audience at the Rockford Theater in Rockford, Illinois, with interspersed footage shot on location in Chicago. [4] [5]

Critical reception

On its release, Larry Flick of Billboard described "Say Goodbye" as "gloriously melodious" and "one of Cheap Trick's best ever bits of Beatlemania", adding "that's saying something, considering the[ir] past achievements in that area". He added that the song had "warmth and personality" and felt its "distillation of power pop verities makes it an obvious add for both modern and mainstream rock outlets". Flick also praised "Yeah, Yeah" as a "hard rockin' highlight" from Cheap Trick that "wouldn't have sounded out of place" on Heaven Tonight . [6] In a review of the single, Doug Stone of AllMusic described the song and its B-side as "two first-class tunes" from the band's "artistically-pleasing but ultimately ill-fated revival". Stone commented that "Say Goodbye" "delivers an irksome send-off which quotes Dylan and the Beatles" whereas "Yeah Yeah" is a "strong and snarly album cut". [7]

Track listing

CD and cassette single (US)

  1. "Say Goodbye" (Cheap Rock Mix) - 3:30
  2. "Yeah Yeah" (LP Edit) - 3:12

CD single (US promo)

  1. "Say Goodbye" (Cheap Rock Mix) - 3:30

CD single (Australia)

  1. "Say Goodbye" (Album Version) - 3:34
  2. "Yeah Yeah" (LP Edit) - 3:12

3-inch CD single (Japan)

  1. "Say Goodbye" (Cheap Rock Mix) - 3:30
  2. "Yeah Yeah" (Album Version) - 3:14

Personnel

Cheap Trick

Production

Charts

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