Say Goodbye (Cheap Trick song)
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| Single by Cheap Trick | ||||
| from the album Cheap Trick | ||||
| B-side | "Yeah Yeah" | |||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Genre | Rock, Power Pop | |||
| Length |
3:34 (album version) 3:30 (Cheap Rock mix) |
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| Label | Red Ant Entertainment | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson | |||
| Producer(s) | Cheap Trick, Ian Taylor | |||
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Australian/Japanese cover of "Say Goodbye"
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"Say Goodbye" is a single by American rock band Cheap Trick, released as the leading single from their 1997 self-titled album Cheap Trick. The song was written by Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander and Tom Petersson.
The single was released on CD Single in America, Australia and Japan. The Australian release was through Shock Records whilst the Japanese version was released on a 3-inch CD in a snap-pack design. A one-track American promo CD single was also released. For the American single, the a-side was titled "Say Goodbye (Cheap Rock Mix)".
The b-side "Yeah Yeah" was featured on the same album, written by Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander and Tom Petersson.
Both tracks were produced by Cheap Trick and producer/engineer Ian Taylor, who produced the entire "Cheap Trick" album. Taylor had previously engineered the band's "One on One" LP in 1982 and produced a handful of other tracks in 1983 including the single "Dancing the Night Away" for the Next Position Please LP as well as the contributions that the band recorded for the 1983 Sean S. Cunningham comedy film "Spring Break".
The album, named after the band's original 1977 eponymous debut, featured a similar stripped-down sound to what they had used 20 years earlier, with the single reflecting it. The album, released under Red Ant Entertainment was the band's first appearance on a non-major record label. Red Ant's parent company Alliance Entertainment Corporation declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy three weeks after the album's release, causing both the single and album to flop in America.
The single was Cheap Trick's last appearance on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart as well as any other American charts such as the Mainstream Rock chart. The song peaked at #119 on the Billboard and #39 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
The song peaked at #13 in Canada, where for the Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1997 in that country, "Say Goodbye" peaked at #88.
A music video was created for the song, which later featured on a bonus DVD which came with certain editions of the band's 2003 album "Special One".
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