The Long Goodbye (song)

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"The Long Goodbye"
Single by Paul Brady
from the album Oh What a World
Released24 April 2000 (2000-04-24)
Genre Rock, folk
Length
  • 4:22 (album version)
  • 3:57 (single version)
Label Rykodisc
Songwriter(s) Paul Brady, Ronan Keating
Producer(s) Alastair McMillan, Paul Brady

"The Long Goodbye" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriters Paul Brady and Ronan Keating for Brady's 2000 album Oh What a World . In October 2001, it was released by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn as the third single from their album Steers & Stripes . Ronan Keating released his version in April 2003 as the last single from his album Destination (2002).

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Long Goodbye" – 3:57

Brooks & Dunn version

"The Long Goodbye"
Brooks & Dunn - The Long Goodbye.jpg
Single by Brooks & Dunn
from the album Steers & Stripes
B-side "Only in America"
Released22 October 2001
Genre Country
Length
Label Arista Nashville 69101
Songwriter(s) Paul Brady, Ronan Keating
Producer(s) Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Mark Wright
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology
"Only in America"
(2001)
"The Long Goodbye"
(2001)
"My Heart Is Lost to You"
(2002)

"The Long Goodbye" was recorded by country music duo Brooks & Dunn for their album Steers & Stripes (2001). The single was Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, and a No. 39 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background

Ronnie Dunn, one-half of the duo, was initially challenged by this song. "For me, I didn't know if I could sing some of these songs, if I could get inside them. So I'd take the tracks home...Paul Brady's demo of 'The Long Good-bye was intimidating...How do you do that? I'd work in my barn, explore the songs, try things, really learn where the song wanted to go, where I wanted to go." [1]

Critical reception

Chuck Taylor, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the song has more of a pop flavor than most of their other music. Taylor also says that Dunn's "earnest emotion exudes quiet desperation mixed with knowing acceptance." [2]

Charts

"The Long Goodbye" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of October 27, 2001, the same week that the duo's previous single "Only in America" was at number one.

Ronan Keating version

"The Long Goodbye"
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Single by Ronan Keating
from the album Destination
Released28 April 2003 (2003-04-28)
Studio Various
Length
  • 4:43 (album version)
  • 4:18 (single version)
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
  • Ronan Keating
  • Paul Brady
Producer(s)
Ronan Keating singles chronology
"We've Got Tonight"
(2002)
"The Long Goodbye"
(2003)
"Lost for Words"
(2003)

"The Long Goodbye" was released as the fourth and last single from Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating's second studio album, Destination (2002). The album version was produced by Calum MacColl and Liam Bradley while the single version was produced by Stephen Lipson. The single peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, number 10 in Ireland, and reached the top 50 in Australia, Austria, Germany, and New Zealand.

Track listings

UK CD1 [6]

  1. "The Long Goodbye"
  2. "Love Won't Work (If We Don't Try)"
  3. "This Is It"
  4. "The Long Goodbye" (video)

UK CD2 [7]

  1. "The Long Goodbye"
  2. "We've Got Tonight" (featuring Jeanette)
  3. "Love Won't Work (If We Don't Try)" (video)

European CD single [8]

  1. "The Long Goodbye"
  2. "The Long Goodbye" (Bimbo Jones vocal mix)

Credits and personnel

Credits for the album version are lifted from the Destination album booklet. [9]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Australia28 April 2003CD Polydor [23]
United Kingdom
  • CD
  • cassette
[24]

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